executive department

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executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

department of the federal government, federal department, federal office - a department of the federal government of the United States

EXEC, White House - the chief executive department of the United States government

Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, USDA, Agriculture - the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, DoC, Commerce - the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

Department of Education, Education Department, Education - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Department, Energy - the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979

Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development, HUD - the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965

Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice Department, Justice - the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

Department of Labor, Labor Department, DoL, Labor - the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State, State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department, Interior - the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury, Treasury - the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789

Department of Transportation, DoT, Transportation - the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Department of Veterans Affairs, VA - the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

Department of Commerce and Labor - a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913

Department of Health Education and Welfare - a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979

Navy Department - a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947

War Department - a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947

executive branch, Executive Office of the President - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws

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They are not AT LIBERTY to vest in the executive department permanent funds for the support of an army, if they were even incautious enough to be willing to repose in it so improper a confidence.

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Because when once an efficient national government is established, the best men in the country will not only consent to serve, but also will generally be appointed to manage it; for, although town or country, or other contracted influence, may place men in State assemblies, or senates, or courts of justice, or executive departments, yet more general and extensive reputation for talents and other qualifications will be necessary to recommend men to offices under the national government, -- especially as it will have the widest field for choice, and never experience that want of proper persons which is not uncommon in some of the States.

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No part of the arrangement, according to some, is more inadmissible than the trial of impeachments by the Senate, which is alternately a member both of the legislative and executive departments, when this power so evidently belonged to the judiciary department.

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The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.

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He also added that no changes were made on the GAB, which is just 'almost a photocopy' of the National Expenditure Program (NEP) from the Executive department.

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The acting mayor has the full backing of the executive department in initiating the program, dubbed 'Handog sa Caravan,' the City Information Office said in a statement.

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The creation of another 10,000 police officer positions and the filling of 26,685 positions in the PNP were included in President Duterte's budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, which was submitted to the Senate by the executive department last week.

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The Congress and the Executive Department agreed to approve five measures before the October 5 break of the both chambers.

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Vale informs that, from today onwards, Marcello Spinelli will be exclusively dedicated to the Executive Department of Ferrous Minerals, whilst Juarez Saliba will be in charge of the Department of Coal.

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President Duterte has designated Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to oversee the daily operations of the Executive Department while he is Bangkok, Thailand for the 34th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this weekend.

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They were handled by a dedicated executive department in the General Directorate of Traffic.