U.S. Government Acronyms
Across
- 7. accounts for about one-fourth of federal spending
- 21. accounts for about 3 percant of federal expenditures
- 22. pays the expenses for discharged service personnel to attend colleges and vocational schools
- 23. the disaster on September 11, 2001 prompted the creation of
- 24. oversees the U.S. manned and unmanned space programs and carries on research in the aerospace field
Down
- 1. oversees the practice of railroads
- 2. insures some mortgages that private banks make to homeowners
- 3. the executive department that oversees the U.S. relations with other countries
- 4. the attorney general is its head
- 5. a semi private government corporation
- 6. agency that issues weather forecasts and disseminates weather data that it gathers from satellites and other sources
- 8. collects taxes within the U.S.
- 9. a watchdog agency that ensures the activities of federal offices and personnel stay within the law and within budget guidelines
- 10. the executive department develops natural resources and manages national parks
- 11. regulates communication by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, satellite, cable, and the Internet
- 12. the highest ranking members of the U.S. military
- 13. makes rental property more available to the poor through rent subsidies
- 14. the headquater is in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from the District of Columbia
- 15. insures the deposits that people have in banks
- 16. oversees actions in six geographic areas of the world
- 17. establishes rules of air traffic
- 18. certifies the quality of foods and cosmetics sold in America and approves new prescription drugs
- 19. investigaes threats of terrorism and foreign intrigue against the country as well as alleged violations of federal criminal law
- 20. America's central bank