Agency Structure: Public Budgeting and Finance
Running Head: AGENCY STRUCTURE
Assignment 1: Agency Structure
Ja Nae’ Roberts
Dr. Stephen Kenealy
PAD 505: Public Budgeting and Finance
October 28, 2012
Administrative Structure of Federal Government The first agency chosen is the U.S. Coast Guard. “The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security” (U.S. Coast, 2012). The USCG is located within the military division of the Department of Homeland Security, thus it is not considered an independent agency but an executive department. The U.S. Forest Service, established in 1905, is an agency of U.S. Department of Agriculture and manages public lands in national forests and grasslands (U.S. Forest, 2012). Unknown to most, national grasslands and forests include 193 million acres of land equivalent to the size of the state of Texas. The USFS is an executive agency and is seated within the agricultural department of the Unites States of America (U.S. Forest, 2012). The third agency selected is the U.S. Geological Survey. “The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information” (U.S. Geological, 2011). The USGS is considered a sole scientific agency within the administrative structure. This agency is considered a factual research organization, and is structured as an executive agency within the Department of the Interior, and there is no regulatory accountability of this organization needed (U.S. Geological, 2011). The fourth agency chosen is the U.S. Secret Service. The USSS was established in 1865 to suppress counterfeiting of U.S. currency. In 1867 the responsibilities of the U.S.
Assignment 1: Agency Structure
Ja Nae’ Roberts
Dr. Stephen Kenealy
PAD 505: Public Budgeting and Finance
October 28, 2012
Administrative Structure of Federal Government The first agency chosen is the U.S. Coast Guard. “The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security” (U.S. Coast, 2012). The USCG is located within the military division of the Department of Homeland Security, thus it is not considered an independent agency but an executive department. The U.S. Forest Service, established in 1905, is an agency of U.S. Department of Agriculture and manages public lands in national forests and grasslands (U.S. Forest, 2012). Unknown to most, national grasslands and forests include 193 million acres of land equivalent to the size of the state of Texas. The USFS is an executive agency and is seated within the agricultural department of the Unites States of America (U.S. Forest, 2012). The third agency selected is the U.S. Geological Survey. “The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information” (U.S. Geological, 2011). The USGS is considered a sole scientific agency within the administrative structure. This agency is considered a factual research organization, and is structured as an executive agency within the Department of the Interior, and there is no regulatory accountability of this organization needed (U.S. Geological, 2011). The fourth agency chosen is the U.S. Secret Service. The USSS was established in 1865 to suppress counterfeiting of U.S. currency. In 1867 the responsibilities of the U.S.
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