The Modern Federal Bureaucracy

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Across
  1. 2. The department that inspects and grades food and that importers bring into the country.
  2. 4. The department that conducts the legal business of the United States Government.
  3. 7. Department that provides public education about preventing terrorist attacks and issues appropriate advisories to the American public.
  4. 22. Agency that oversees our country's manned and unmanned space programs and carries on research in the aerospace field.
  5. 24. First executive department Congress created.
  6. 26. Department that provides pensions, health benefits, and assistance to veterans, spouses, dependants, and survivors or veterans.
  7. 27. Its mission is to protect our country and our vital interests from attack and to provide a military response when enemies do attack.
  8. 28. New Deal program that was created to develop the resources of the area in and around the Tennessee River.
  9. 29. Agency which establishes rules for air traffic
  10. 30. Department created to please the National Education Association, the liberal teacher's union.
  11. 31. Agency that investigates threats of terrorism and foreign intrigue against the country as well as alleged violations of federal criminal law.
Down
  1. 1. Issues weather forecasts and disseminates weather data that it gathers.
  2. 2. The department that seeks to protect the natural environment.
  3. 3. Agency which establishes rules for safe travel on the road.
  4. 5. The departemnt that encourages growth in the national economy and promotes trade by American companies with other countries.
  5. 6. Departments that develops the nation's transportation plans and policies.
  6. 8. Department that runs Medicare and Medicaid.
  7. 9. Created to protect the rights of American workers.
  8. 10. The public corporation that replaced the U.S. Post Office in 1971.
  9. 11. Agency which certifies the quality of food and cosmetics sold in America and approves new prescription drugs.
  10. 12. Agency that coordinates the intelligence gathering work of the government.
  11. 13. Department that provides assistance, information, and loans to the nations small businesses.
  12. 14. Department that oversees the economic life of the nation.
  13. 15. Approves of denies applications for patent inventions and also registers trademarks that businesses use to promote their products.
  14. 16. Agency that provides grants for artistic endeavors.
  15. 17. Agency which collects statistics on diseases, formulates policies for reducing disease, and issues public health warnings.
  16. 18. Agency that insures the deposits that people have in banks.
  17. 19. Department that insures some mortgages that private banks make to homeowners
  18. 20. Department that pools mortgage loans together and sells these large packages to investors.
  19. 21. Created to address the issues of the decaying state of many inner city areas.
  20. 23. Highest Ranking Members of the Military.
  21. 25. Department that promotes the president's plan for providing the energy that the country needs for its homes, industries, and military.