October 14, 2006

Which of these agencies and commissions benefit you?

Here is the official list from the White House "Federal Agencies and Commissions" website. Are all these agencies and commissions necessary? Are any of them constitutional? Did you know that the third largest expense of the Federal government is for interest on the national debt?


Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
Agency for International Development
American Battle Monuments Commission
AMTRAK
Appalachian Regional Commission
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
Bureau of Arms Control
Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Central Intelligence Agency
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commission on Civil Rights
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation For National Service
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Defense Security Service
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Drug Enforcement Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Election Commission
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Federal Trade Commission
Food & Drug Administration
General Accounting Office
General Services Administration
Ginnie Mae
Immigration & Naturalization Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Foundation
Internal Revenue Services
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Trade Commission
Legal Services Corporation
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
National Capital Planning Commission
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Council on Disability
National Credit Union Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Imagery & Mapping Agency
National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Standards & Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Science Foundation
National Security Agency
National Skill Standards Board
National Technology Transfer Center
National Telecommunications Information Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Special Counsel
Office of Thrift Supervision
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
Organization of American States
Overseas Private Investment Corp.
Pan American Health Organization
Patent & Trademark Office
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Postal Rate Commission
Railroad Retirement Board
Securities Exchange Commission
Securities Investor Protection Corp.
Selective Service System
Small Business Administration
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Surface Transportation Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Trade and Development Agency
U.S. Customs Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Government Printing Office
U.S. Institute of Peace
U.S. Office of Government Ethics
U.S. Treasury
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
United States Postal Service
United Nations Information Center
Voice of America
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
White House Fellows
White House Commission on Remembrance
Women’s History Commission

3 comments:

linnette said...

They can get rid of a lot of these agencies, in my opinion, but I hope they keep the Women's History Commission. jk

Anonymous said...

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration























(just kidding, too)

Drew said...

DEA definately has the best drugs. Helps me keep my mind loose, limber. This is a very complicated case, man. Lot's of twists and what have you.

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