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Unit #7 Public Policy
Chapter #19 Domestic Policy
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ASSIGNMENT The ABCs of the Federal Bureaucracy
Every decade sees new executive departments created, becoming more involved in domestic policy. New agencies are formed to
implement the executive departments’ policies and of course more federal money is needed to properly carry out policies. Below
is a list of acronyms for some of these organizations. Indicate what these acronyms stand for as well as what there goal is.
1. FHA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
2. TANF
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
3. CAFTA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
4. CCC
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
5. FDA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
6. VA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
7. OPHP
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
8. NTSB
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
9. HUD
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
10. EPA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
11. SSI
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
12. NIH
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
13. CDC
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
14. SBA
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
15. NLRB
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
16. NAFTA Stands For: ____________________________________________
Goal is: _______
17. DOT
Goal is: _______
Stands For: ____________________________________________
Use the descriptions below to answer the question of what the “goal is”
A. Ends barriers to trade (tariffs, etc.)
between Central American nations and
the U.S.
B. Offers help with all areas of starting
and running a small business
C. Helps workers create labor unions as
well as addresses worker/employers
questions and problems
F. Investigates aviation accidents
G. Replaces welfare, provides
assistance with job training, health and
child care
H. Provides cash payments to the
elderly, disabled or blind
I. Helps farmers find markets to sell
goods including overseas markets
L. Helps to stop the spread of
infectious diseases
M. Organizes public housing & helps
increase home ownership
N. Responds to health emergencies
O. Provides health care, college
financing and job training to veterans
D. Ends barriers to trade (tariffs, etc.)
between North American nations
J. Writes/enforces environmental laws
P. Help home builders and potential
homeowner with loans
E. Approves the sale of prescription
drugs and medical devices
K. Conducts research on health issues
and provides grants to other researchers
Q. Help ensure fast, safe, efficient
transportation system
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