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