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Federal Executive Departments

Federal Executive Departments. Department of State. Primary foreign relations and diplomacy department Secretary of State, John Kerry Longtime Senator, Chair of the Senate foreign Relations Committee. Presidential candidate in 2004. Department of the Treasury. Manage Gov’t revenues

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Federal Executive Departments

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  1. Federal Executive Departments

  2. Department of State Primary foreign relations and diplomacy department Secretary of State, John Kerry Longtime Senator, Chair of the Senate foreign Relations Committee. Presidential candidate in 2004
  3. Department of the Treasury Manage Gov’t revenues Print/mint money, collect taxes Secretary of the Treasury, Jacob “Jack” Lew Former Director of Office of Management and Budget and White House Chief of Staff
  4. Department of Justice Enforce federal law and administer justice, also run federal prison system Attorney General, Eric Holder Judge in DC, US Attorney in DC, Asst. AG
  5. Department of the Interior Manages federal lands, administer Native American programs Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Studied as an engineer, worked in oil industry, former CEO of REI
  6. Department of Agriculture Execute policy on farms, agriculture, and food Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Former Governor of Iowa
  7. Department of Commerce Promote economic growth, job creation, collect related data Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker Former business executive, real estate mogul, philanthropist
  8. Department of Labor Occupational safety, workers’ rights, wage laws, unemployment, etc. Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez Consumer advocate and civil rights lawyer; former Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights Division)
  9. Department of Defense Coordinate and supervise agencies and functions related to national defense, esp. military Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel Former Senator, received two purple hearts in Vietnam
  10. Department of Health and Human Services Protecting Health and providing essential human services (Medicare and Medicaid, for example) Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius Former Kansas Insurance Commissioner and former Governor of Kansas
  11. Department of Housing and Urban Development Develop and execute policy relating to housing/cities Secretary of HUD, Shaun Donovan Schooled in architecture, former head of NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
  12. Department of Transportation Monitor transportation means and infrastructure Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx Youngest ever mayor of Charlotte, NC; involved in transportation improvements as mayor and earlier as city councilman
  13. Department of Energy Energy production/research, nuclear safety/waste disposal Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz Nuclear physicist, former Head of the Department of Physics at MIT and Director of Bates Linear Accelerator
  14. Department of Education Establish and enforce educational policy Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan (Dave Terpstra) Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
  15. Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran benefits system – medical facilities, disability assistance, home loan programs, etc. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Gen. Eric Shinseki Retired Army General, former Chief of Staff of the Army
  16. Department of Homeland Security Protect US and Territories from domestic emergencies, especially terrorism Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson Former General Counsel for DoD, oversaw legal aspects of counterterrorism efforts, reformed Guantanamo commissions
  17. Some observations about Obama’s cabinet?
  18. Short Paragraph response(s): Which THREE Executive Departments do you feel are the most important? They need not be the most heavily funded or employed, just what you feel are most crucial. EXPLAIN your thoughts in a good, solid paragraph If you could be Secretary of one department (or Attorney General), which would it be? Explain
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