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== Agencies managed by the Executive Branch == | == Agencies managed by the Executive Branch == | ||
While political appointees are at the top of each agency, the bulk of employees in the following departments are career professionals. The head of each agency, and sometimes several more top officials, are appointed by the President (subject to approval by the Senate) as each now presidential administration begins. These appointees are part of the [[Presidential Transition Plan]]. | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Department of Agriculture}} | {{rpl|U.S. Department of Agriculture}} | ||
Revision as of 08:17, 28 March 2023
- See also changes related to Government of the United States of America, or pages that link to Government of the United States of America or to this page or whose text contains "Government of the United States of America".
U.S. Constitution: The document defining the fundamental purpose and structure of the United States government; it became effective in 1789. [e]
U.S. House of Representatives: The lower house of the United States Congress. [e]- U.S. Senate: The upper house of the United States Congress. [e]
President of the United States of America: Head of State of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college; appointer of cabinet members and federal judges (with Senate confirmation) [e]- Vice-President of the United States of America: A U.S. official who runs for election as an adjunct to the President, who presides over the Senate, and who would assume the Presidency in case of a vacancy in that office, [e]
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Add brief definition or description
- Supreme Court of the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
- Law of the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
- United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
- United States Army Institute of Heraldry: coordinates and approves coats of arms, heraldic devices and insignia for all parts of the U.S. government. [e]
Agencies managed by the Executive Branch
While political appointees are at the top of each agency, the bulk of employees in the following departments are career professionals. The head of each agency, and sometimes several more top officials, are appointed by the President (subject to approval by the Senate) as each now presidential administration begins. These appointees are part of the Presidential Transition Plan.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one administers programs and rules having to do with agriculture, including food imports and diseases of plants and livestock. [e]
- U.S. Department of Commerce: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one administers programs and rules having to do with economic development and technological advancement. [e]
- U.S. Department of Defense: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one administers the military forces of the United States, and their supporting civil servants. [e]
- U.S. Department of Education: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-branch government agencies; this one administers programs and rules having to do with education. [e]
- U.S. Department of Energy: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one looks after the nuclear security and non-proliferation, and other matters having to do with power generation. [e]
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The primary cabinet-level department of the United States, concerned with health affairs [e]
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security: An executive (cabinet-level) department of the United States government whose primary mission is to protect the security of the nation. [e]
- U.S. Department of Justice: The Cabinet level department headed by the Attorney General, which supervises the FBI and 58 other Agencies. [e]
- U.S. Department of State: Agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government responsible for foreign policy and the conduct of American diplomacy. [e]
- U.S. Department of Transportation: Government department responsible for the transport infrastructure in the United States. [e]
- U.S. Department of Treasury: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs: Add brief definition or description
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: An agency of the federal government of the United States of America whose mission is to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment (air, water and land) of the nation [e]
