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independent government agency created by the Congress to provide oversight of the use (or misuse) of the $52 billion U.S. reconstruction program in Iraq. Stuart

John, McCain (2004-10-08). "Text - S.2952 - 108th Congress (2003-2004): Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act" (in en). https://www

Projects is an independent agency of the U.S. government. Congress created the Office in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004. The intent of that law

was implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal of 1921. He was convicted of bribery in 1929, and served one year in prison, for his part in the controversy

distrust their counterparts in executive agencies. Many government actions require fast coordinated effort by many agencies, and this is a task that Congress

These activities generally require coordination across government agencies. The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation, the BOI or BI for

and massive cutbacks in the federal role in education. Once in office, President Reagan significantly reduced its budget, but in 1989, perhaps to reduce

federal agency to score below 50% in overall survey rankings. It was last of large federal agencies in 2014 with 44.0% and fell even lower in 2015 at 43

accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. The name was changed in 2004 to the Government Accountability Office by the

communicates directly with DoD Components and other Executive Departments and Agencies in carrying out these assigned responsibilities and functions.[citation needed]

M-fund, established by the U.S. government during the post-war period for reconstruction of Japan, was secretly steered to the CIA. Until the 2004 reorganization

Intelligence Agency (CIA). The 9/11 Commission recommended establishing the DNI position in its 9/11 Commission Report, not released until July 22, 2004, as it

By the year 1933, the department was well established in Washington and very well known in rural America. In the agricultural field the picture was different

two new agencies, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and EPA. Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. The law established the CEQ in the Executive

into joint procurement agencies. Meanwhile, in 1949, the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (Hoover Commission), a

Washington Post reported in 2010 that there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that

changed the former Veterans' Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930 into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It

School from 1992 to 2004. In 1996, Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate, a position he held until 2004, when he successfully

of the oldest federal agencies in the U.S., with roots tracing back to the Committee on Indian Affairs established by Congress in 1775. First headed by

Finance of the United States, to root out fraud in the Army. In 1961, the Treasury Department established a foreign intelligence capability, the Office of