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Includes resources on food and nutrition, natural resources and the environment, rural and community development, and research.

Gathers economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issues patents and trademarks, and helps to set industrial standards.

Coordinates and supervises all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military.

Provides national leadership and builds partnerships to address critical issues in U.S. education, serves as a national clearing-house of ideas on schools and teaching, helps families pay for college, helps local communities and schools meet the most pressing needs of their students, prepares students for employment in a changing economy, and ensures non-discrimination for recipients of federal education funds.

Advances energy technology and promotes related innovation in the United States.

Protects the health of all Americans and provides essential human services.

Protects the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and responds to natural disasters.

Develops and executes policy on housing and cities.

Assumes responsibity for the management and conservation of most federal land and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, and to insular areas of the United States.

Enforces the laws and defends the interests of the United States according to the law and ensures fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

Assumes responsibility for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics.

Advances U.S. objectives and interests in the world through its primary role in developing and implementing the President's foreign policy. Supports the foreign affairs activities of other U.S. Government entities including the United States Department of Commerce and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Provides an array of important services to U.S. citizens and to foreigners seeking to visit or immigrate to the U.S.

According to its mission, "Serves the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets the vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future."

Oversees the U.S. economy and financial markets. Advises the President on economic and financial issues, promotes the administration's growth agenda, and attempts to enhance corporate governance in financial institutions.

Administers programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors.

Helps manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies.