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:
They can get rid of a lot of these agencies, in my opinion, but I hope they keep the Women's History Commission. jk
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
(just kidding, too)
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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