The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health,wage and hour standards,unemployment benefits,reemployment services,and occasionally,economic statistics. It is headed by the Secretary of Labor,who reports directly to the President of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.
The United States Secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the President of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States,and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building,located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington,D.C. It is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources,and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans,Alaska Natives,Native Hawaiians,territorial affairs,and insular areas of the United States,as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department,with most of the remainder managed by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The department was created on March 3,1849.
Title IX is the most commonly used name for the federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government. This is Public Law No. 92‑318,86 Stat. 235,codified at 20 U.S.C. §§1681–1688.
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security,the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11,2001.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. The United States Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act,which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29,1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training,outreach,education,and assistance." The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations. OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects on employment,sales,credit ratings,or firm survival.
Charles Willis Pickering Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and,briefly,of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,based in New Orleans,Louisiana.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),also known as Indian Affairs (IA),is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives,and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for indigenous tribes. It renders services to roughly 2 million indigenous Americans across 574 federally recognized tribes. The BIA is governed by a director and overseen by the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs,who answers to the Secretary of the Interior.
The domestic policy of the George W. Bush administration was the domestic policy of the United States from 2001 to 2009 while George W. Bush was president. Bush's main domestic policy advisors include Chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs Edward Lazear,Rob Portman,director of the Office of Management and Budget;U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao,Vice President Dick Cheney;U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson;U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez;U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Allan Hubbard,director of the National Economic Council.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs,the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry,Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads.
Jay Scott Bybee is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has published numerous articles in law journals and has taught as a senior fellow in constitutional law at William S. Boyd School of Law. His primary research interests are in constitutional and administrative law.
Naomi Churchill Earp is an American lawyer and government official from Maryland and Virginia. From 2007 to 2009 she served as chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,where she established the Youth At Work Program. She was designated by President George W. Bush in 2006,succeeding Cari M. Dominguez. Prior to her appointment as Chair,she had served as vice chair of the commission since 2003.
Kay Coles James is an American public official who served as secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2022 to August 2023,and as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. Previous to the OPM appointment,she served as Virginia secretary of health and human resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is the president and founder of the Gloucester Institute,a leadership training center for young African Americans.
In the United States,black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in communities of African descent that aligns largely with the American conservative movement,including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism,traditionalism,patriotism,capitalism,and free markets. What characterizes a "black conservative" has changed over time,and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level,and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices—the "spoils"—by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient. They demanded nonpartisan scientific methods and credential be used to select civil servants. The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867,Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883,the Hatch Acts and the CSRA of 1978. In addition,the Civil Service Act of 1888 signed by President Grover Cleveland drastically expanded the civil service system.
Gregory Robert Dahlberg was United States Under Secretary of the Army from 2000 to 2001.
Constance Joan Horner is an American businesswoman,known for being the third Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management as well as President Reagan's chief advisor on Federal civil service personnel matters. She was a presidential appointee in the Administrations of President Reagan and President George H. W. Bush.
