EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENTS
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
■ Secretary Tom Vilsack ■ U.S. Forest Service
■ Established by Lincoln (1862) ■ Food and Nutrition Services
■ Rural Development – SNAP

■ Farming subsidies
Department of Commerce
(DOC)
■ Secretary Gina Raimondo
■ Created under Theodore Roosevelt (1903)
■ Promotes economic growth
■ Census
■ Ocean Service
■ Weather Service
■ Patent and Trademark office
■ International Trade Administration
■ Economic Analysis
 ■ Secretary Lloyd ■ Military
Austin – Army
Department of ■ Truman (1947) – Air Force

Defense (DOD)
– Formerly the – Marines
Department of War
and the – Navy
Department of the
Navy ■ National Security
Agency
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona
Jimmy Carter (1979)
Promote student achievement
To provide equal access to education
Loans, grants and scholarships for college
students
Department of
■ Secretary Jennifer Granholm
■ Jimmy Carter (1977)

Energy (DOE) ■ Secures stable energy for all

■ Researches renewable energy sources
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (DHHS)
Secretary Xavier Becerra
Dwight Eisenhower (1953)
Public health
Research into medicines
Social services
foster care
Medicare/Medicaid
Food and Drug administration
(FDA)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS)
■ Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
■ George W. Bush (2002)
– (consolidated other agencies)
■ Citizenship and Immigration Services
■ Coast Guard
■ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
■ Federal Law enforcement training centers
■ Intelligence
■ Secret Service
Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD)
■ Secretary Marcia Fudge
■ Lyndon B. Johnson (1965)
■ Gov. National Mortgage Association
■ Lead hazard control and heathy homes
■ Public and Indian Housing
Department of the
Interior (DOI)
■ Secretary Deb Haaland
– First Native American in the
Cabinet
■ James K. Polk (1849)
■ Natural Resource Management
■ Fish and Wildlife Service
■ Indian Affairs
■ National Park Service (NPS)
■ U.S. Geological Survey
 ■ Attorney General Merrick Administration (DEA)
Garland
■ Federal Bureau of

Department of ■
■
Ulysses S. Grant (1870)
Law firm for the country ■
Investigation (FBI)
Prisons
Justice (DOJ) ■ Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and explosives
■ U.S. Marshals Service
■ Civil Rights Division
■ Drug Enforcement
Department of Labor
(DOL)
■ Secretary Marty Walsh
■ Woodrow Wilson (1913)
■ Labor Statistics
■ Mine safety and health
■ Occupational safety and health
■ Unemployment Insurance
■ Regulations (minimum wage, child labor, etc.)
Department of State (DOS)

■ Secretary Antony Blinken

■ George Washington (1789)
■ Treaties and agreements
■ Represents U.S. at U.N.
■ Diplomats
■ International Security
Department of
Transportation (DOT)
■ Secretary Pete Buttigieg
■ Lyndon B. Johnson (1967)
■ Transportation statistics
■ Federal Aviation Administration
 ■ Secretary Dr. Janet Yellen ■ Financial crimes
enforcement
■ George Washington(1789)
Department of ■ Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
■ Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)
and Trade
the Treasury ■ Engraving and Printing
■ Comptroller of Currency
money ■ Mint
■ Fiscal service
DEPARTMEN
T OF
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Secretary Denis
McDonough
Reagan (1989)
Managing Veterans
benefits and services