Government Acronyms

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Across
  1. 1. Encourages home ownership
  2. 5. Insures deposits that people have in banks.
  3. 6. Oversee national transportation systems.
  4. 7. Provides assistance, information, and loans to the nations small businesses.
  5. 8. Establish rules in air traffic.
  6. 9. Their headquarters is the Pentagon.
  7. 11. A 7 member panel and have the job of overseeing practices of railroads.
  8. 13. Award almost 50,000 grants to researchers at universities and medical schools.
  9. 15. They are the highest ranking members of the U.S. military.
  10. 17. Protects and releases oil reserves in Alaska.
  11. 19. Regulate communications by radio, cable, wire, satellite and television.
  12. 20. Coordinate and regulate the network of Farm Credit Associations throughout the country.
Down
  1. 2. Oversees missions with specific geographic areas of the world.
  2. 3. Non-cabinet level agency that oversees our country's first industry agriculture.
  3. 4. Tracks down criminals on a worldwide basis.
  4. 5. Certify the quality of food, cosmetics, and approved prescription drugs.
  5. 7. Insure that financial security dealers sell stocks and bonds in an open and honest manner.
  6. 8. Investigates threats of terrorism, and foreign intrigue against the country.
  7. 9. Unified with 22 other agencies and analyze intelligence regarding potential terrorist attacks.
  8. 10. They conduct legal business of the U.S. government.
  9. 11. The Treasury Department that oversees and collects taxes.
  10. 12. Coordinate the intelligence-gathering work of the government.
  11. 13. Preserve important documents and records created by the federal government since it's founding.
  12. 14. Oversees over 300 different programs.
  13. 16. They care about the public health and diseases.
  14. 18. Organize a national space exploration program.
  15. 19. Insure some of the mortgages that private banks give to homeowners.