单词 | executive department |
释义 | executive department (once / 7472 pages) n WORD FAMILY executive department: executive departments USAGE EXAMPLESCreated in 1975 by President Gerald Ford, it includes representatives from 16 executive departments and intelligence agencies including Commerce, Defense, Justice and Homeland Security. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) And he warned her not to create a crisis “because I will order everybody in the executive department not to honor you.” New York Times(Aug 12, 2016) In 1789, Congress granted the president the power to dismiss executives appointed with Senate confirmation, such as the heads of executive departments, without Senate concurrence. Washington Post(Aug 03, 2016) n a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Hypo|Hyper EXEC, White House the chief executive department of the United States government Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, USDAthe federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 Commerce, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, DoCthe United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 Defense, Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defensethe federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 Department of Education, Education, Education Departmentthe United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 DOE, Department of Energy, Energy, Energy Departmentthe federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, Health and Human Servicesthe United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Securitythe federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Housing and Urban Developmentthe United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965 Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice, Justice Departmentthe United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 Department of Labor, DoL, Labor, Labor Departmentthe federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 Department of State, DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of Statethe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior, Interior Departmentthe United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 Department of the Treasury, Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasurythe federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789 Department of Transportation, DoT, Transportationthe United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 Department of Veterans Affairs, VAthe United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989 Department of Commerce and Labora former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913 Department of Health Education and Welfarea former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979 Navy Departmenta former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947 War Departmenta former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947 Foggy BottomUnited States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River department of the federal government, federal department, federal office a department of the federal government of the United States |
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