The Modern Federal Bureaucracy

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Across
  1. 2. Investigates terrorism threats
  2. 8. Started in 1862 but became an executive department in 1889
  3. 11. Provides assistance, information, and loans to the nation's small businesses
  4. 12. Handles programs and benefits for veterans
  5. 14. Conducts the legal business of the United States government
  6. 18. Created because of the stock market crash in 1929
  7. 26. Formerly called the General Accounting Office
  8. 27. Coordinate government efforts to make the country safer from attacks in the future
  9. 28. HUD oversees this Administration
  10. 29. Awards competitive grants to researchers
Down
  1. 1. Created to replace the Federal Security Agency
  2. 3. Collects statistics and information on diseases
  3. 4. Nicknamed Fannie Mae
  4. 5. Mission is to encourage home ownership
  5. 6. Nicknamed Freddie Mac
  6. 7. Nicknamed Ginnie Mae
  7. 9. Protects oil reserves in Alaska
  8. 10. The first independent agency that Congress created
  9. 13. Certify the quality of food and cosmetics
  10. 15. All US military forces
  11. 16. Insures deposits that people have in banks
  12. 17. This department is the HEW but without education
  13. 19. Used to be an independent agency but is part of Homeland Security
  14. 20. Headquarters is the Pentagon
  15. 21. Oversees national transportation
  16. 22. Tracks down criminals worldwide
  17. 23. Highest ranking members of the US military
  18. 24. Establishes rules for air traffic
  19. 25. Collects taxes within the US