Departments of Executive Branch: 3.2 Flashcards
Department of State responsibilities
developing/ implementing US foreign policy, network of ambassadors, Foreign Service employees, and embassies around the world, assisting US citizens living abroad, assisting foreign nations who wish to enter the US
Department of State activities
promoting democracy, foreign aid, and combatting international crime
Secretary of State
Antony Blinken
Department of the Treasury responsibilities
managing the US Mint (coin manufacturing), managing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (paper money production), making payments to the public and for borrowing money for federal operations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
department of treasury’s largest bureau; collects taxes paid by American citizens and businesses each year
Secretary of Treasury
Janet Yellen
Department of Defense responsibilities
overall security of the nation, overseeing US Army, US Navy, US Marines, US Air Force, National Guard, Reserve Forces, etc; Joint Chiefs of Staff (military advisors to the president), providing disaster assistance/ humanitarian aid
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin 3
Department of Justice responsibilities
headed by Attorney General, nation’s top federal attorney, acting as advisor to the president and executive departments; enforcing federal laws designed to protect public safety, reduce/ punish crime, and civil rights
Department of Justice agencies
US Marshalls, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Prisons, Civil Rights Division
attorney general
Merrick Garland
Department of Education responsibilities
assistance to public and private schools, data and research results, federal financial aid programs, helping state/ local schools set high academic standards, promoting civil rights for employees and students in school systems
Secretary of Education
Dr. Miguel Cardona
