GROSA Government Really Odd Sounding Acronymns

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Across
  1. 3. International police organization
  2. 5. Farm Credit Administration
  3. 6. Enforces provision of National Labor Relations Act 1935
  4. 7. Tax collectors for US
  5. 9. Provides safe affordable housing
  6. 11. Develops resources of the Tennessee Valley area
  7. 15. Coordinator of intelligence gathering for US Government
  8. 16. Insures the deposits of people in banks
  9. 18. Federal Housing Administration
  10. 20. Oversees infrastructure and transportation plans and policies of transportation system
  11. 21. Approves or denies applications for patents of inventions and registers trademarks
  12. 22. Organizes space exploration
Down
  1. 1. Government publishing office
  2. 2. Department of Health Education and Welfare
  3. 4. Preserves important documents and records produced by the US Government
  4. 5. Agency that investigates threats of terrorism and foreign intrigue
  5. 6. Awards grants for scientific research
  6. 8. Provides assistance, information and loans to small businesses
  7. 10. Department of Agriculture
  8. 12. Department of Veterans Affairs
  9. 13. Department of Defense also now known as the Department of War
  10. 14. DOD organized military forces into 11 unified combatant commands
  11. 16. Fannie Mae Housing Loans
  12. 17. First job was to oversee practices of railroads
  13. 19. Department of Health and Human Services
  14. 20. Department of Justice
  15. 21. Postal Service
  16. 22. Weather forecasters and disseminates weather date