Across
- 2. Tracks down criminals operating world wide
- 3. Merging of the department of War and Navy
- 5. Oversee actions in six geographic areas
- 6. The highest ranking members of the US military
- 7. Oversees national infrastructure
- 8. Leads federal response to natural disasters
- 9. Awards competitive grants to research orgs
- 11. Pools together FHA mortgages and sells them
- 12. Charge fees to investors who buy FNMA packages
- 13. co-ordinates intelligence gathering work
- 14. Investigates threats of terrorism and intrigue
- 16. private corporation that delivers packages
- 18. Encourages homeownership, focusing on low and middle income families
- 19. Checks the accuracy of tax returns
- 21. Accounts for ΒΌ national spending, gives welfare benefits
- 23. Collects statistics on diseases
- 24. oversees manned and unmanned space programs and researches aerospace
- 25. Protects wildlife in Alaska
- 28. also called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- 29. Certifies quality of food, drugs, and cosmetics
- 30. Handles programs for veterans
Down
- 1. Ensures that activities of federal officers are legal and within the budget
- 2. Oversees practices of railroads, abolished 1995
- 4. Enforces federal laws, prosecutes cases in court
- 5. Inspects, grades foods that US farmers produce
- 8. Insures some mortgages from private banks
- 9. provides grants for artistic endeavors
- 10. investigates and settles charges of unfair labor practices
- 11. regulates communications, grants radio and television licenses
- 14. Insures deposits that people have in banks
- 15. Analyzes intelligence on potential terrorism
- 16. delivers mail and maintains post offices
- 17. ensures stocks dealers sell stocks honestly
- 20. provides start-up loans for new businesses
- 21. Created in 1953 to replace the Federal Security Agency
- 22. Charge fees to investors who buy FNMA packages
- 26. Issues weather forecasts and measures weather data
- 27. Establishes rules for air traffic
- 29. sets standards for granting loans