Reinvestment Act of 2009. September 18, 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Arun Majumdar as Director of ARPA-E. October 22, 2009 Senate confirmed Arun
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United States. The Office was established under Executive Order 13503, issued by President Barack Obama on February 19, 2009. It is headed by a director
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Reinvestment Act of 2009. September 18, 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Arun Majumdar as Director of ARPA-E. October 22, 2009 Senate confirmed Arun
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headquarters are in southwestern Washington, D.C., in the James V. Forrestal Building, with additional offices in Germantown, Maryland. In 1942, during World
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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
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illicit crops in Mexico in cooperation with local authorities. The separate Air Wing was established in 1986 as use of aviation assets grew in the war on
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of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related
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Recreation Trails. Several additional trails have been established since 1968, and in 2009 Congress established the first National Geologic Trail. National Heritage
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of multiple Cabinet Councils established in the United States on or about February 26, 1981 by the Reagan Administration. In 2020, the Department of Commerce
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Warehouse. In the mid-1800s, various states set up geological survey institutions; e.g., the Kentucky Geological Survey, established in 1854.: 501 In 1879,
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These activities generally require coordination across government agencies. The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation, the BOI or BI for
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distrust their counterparts in executive agencies. Many government actions require fast coordinated effort by many agencies, and this is a task that Congress
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act PL 117-58 In the latest Center for Effective Government analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive the most Freedom of Information
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basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. It is also a major source of funding for government-supported research in climate change
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changed the former Veterans' Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930 into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It
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OMB then works with the agencies to discuss issues in the upcoming budget. In July, the OMB issues circular A-11 to all agencies, which outlines instructions
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GPO was erected in 1903 and is unusual in being one of the few large, red brick government structures in a city where most government buildings are mostly
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numerous proposals to combine the two have failed. Most recently, in 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluated whether the Forest Service
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and massive cutbacks in the federal role in education. Once in office, President Reagan significantly reduced its budget, but in 1989, perhaps to reduce
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1970. In enacting NEPA, Congress recognized that nearly all federal activities affect the environment in some way, and mandated that federal agencies must
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