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This type of agency, like the FDA or EPA, is not a Cabinet department and is created to regulate a specific industry or area.
What is an independent agency?
This agency's primary job is to protect consumers by ensuring the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
This Cabinet department is a part of the Department of the Treasury and is responsible for producing the nation's coins.
What is the United States Mint?
This acronym stands for the agency that helps consumers with issues related to banks, mortgages, and credit cards.
What is the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)?
This agency within the DHS is responsible for securing U.S. borders and facilitating legal trade and travel.
What is Customs and Border Protection (CBP)?
This type of agency is a government-owned business that provides a service and charges a fee, like the Postal Service.
What is a government corporation?
This agency is responsible for managing and protecting most federal land and natural resources.
What is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
This agency's massive budget is primarily focused on space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautical research.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
The acronym for the independent agency that regulates the stock market and protects investors.
What is the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)?
This agency handles all matters related to immigration and citizenship services for foreign nationals.
What is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)?
This agency is responsible for protecting the nation's transportation systems, a mission that was created after the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)?
This agency works to protect the environment and human health by creating and enforcing regulations on pollution.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This Cabinet department is often the largest in terms of its budget because it includes programs like Social Security and Medicare.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?
This agency, is responsible for coordinating the federal response to natural disasters and emergencies.
What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency?
This agency protects the President and other high-level officials and investigates financial crimes.
What is the U.S. Secret Service?
This agency is responsible for enforcing federal laws against organized crime, terrorism, and espionage.
What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)?
This agency ensures the safety of the nation's air traffic and is responsible for regulating U.S. commercial space transportation.
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?
This agency is responsible for paying out benefits to retired and disabled Americans.
What is the Social Security Administration (SSA)?
This acronym stands for the agency that provides federal benefits to military veterans
What is the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)?
This agency is tasked with protecting against terrorism and other threats to the country's critical infrastructure.
What is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)?
This agency, housed within the Department of Justice, is responsible for the care and custody of federal inmates.
What is the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)?
This agency is responsible for the collection of taxes and the administration of the Internal Revenue Code.
What is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?
This Cabinet department has the largest number of employees, with millions of active military and civilian personnel.
What is the Department of Defense (DOD)?
This agency, a part of the Department of Labor, works to prevent injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
This agency is an armed, multi-mission service within the DHS that is responsible for maritime safety and security.
What is the U.S. Coast Guard?