The United States Postal Service provides mail processing and delivery services to individuals and businesses within the United States. The Postal Service was created as an independent establishment of the executive branch by the Postal Reorganization Act (39 U. S. C. 101 et seq. ), approved August 12, 1970. The present United States Postal Service commenced operations on July 1, 1971. The Postal Service has approximately 705,000 career employees and handles about 212 billion pieces of mail annually. The chief executive officer of the Postal Service, the Postmaster General, is appointed by the nine Governors of the Postal Service, who are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governors and the Postmaster General appoint the Deputy Postmaster General, and these 11 people constitute the Board of Governors. In addition to the national headquarters, there are area and district offices supervising more than 37,000 post offices, branches, stations, and community post offices throughout the United States.
Postal ServiceThe Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) was established by EO 12625 of January 27, 1988 (53 FR 2812). The PCIE was primarily composed of the Presidentially appointed Inspector Generals. The Council was chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The PCIE conducted interagency audit, inspection, evaluation, and investigative projects to address integrity, economy, and effectiveness issues that transcend individual government agencies. The Council also had the additional role of increasing the professionalism and effectiveness of Inspector General personnel throughout the government. The PCIE was abolished and reestablished by EO 12805 of May 11, 1992 (57 FR 20627). __________ Source: https://www.oig. doc.gov/oig/reports/other_publications/TravelCardGuide. pdf U. S.government Manual (2009/2010 ed. ), p. 611.
President's Council on Integrity and EfficiencyThe President's Council on Sustainable Development was established by Executive Order 12852 of June 29, 1993. The Council was made up of not more than 25 members from the public and private sectors who represented industrial, environmental, governmental and not-for-profit organizations with experience relating to matters of sustainable development. The Council's functions were to advise the President on matters involving sustainable development and to develop and recommend to the President a national sustainable development action strategy that will foster economic vitality. The Council was terminated by Executive Order 23238 of September 30, 1999.
President's Council on Sustainable DevelopmentThe President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board was established by Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001. The purpose of the Board was to assist and support the Director of OMB in this function and shall be reasonably cognizant of programs related to security of department and agency information systems. The Board was also authorized to recommend policies and coordinate programs for protecting information systems for critical infrastructure, including emergency preparedness communications, and the physical assets that support such systems.
President's Critical Infrastructure Protection BoardThe President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) was established by President Obama to ensure the availability of independent, nonpartisan information, analysis, and advice as he formulates and implements his plans for economic recovery and enhancing the strength and competitiveness of the Nation's economy. The members of the PERAB were appointed by the President from among distinguished citizens outside the Government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience, and independence. The overall membership of the PERAB reflects a diverse set of perspectives from across the country and various sectors of the economy. The PERAB meets periodically and solicits information and ideas from all sectors to promote the growth of the economy, establish a stable and sound financial and banking system, and create jobs. The PERAB provides analysis and information directly to the President on the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies. With respect to matters deemed appropriate by the President, the PERAB may provide information and recommendations to the National Economic Council or any other agency with responsibilities related to the economy or financial markets. [https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/perab/about]
President's Economic Policy Advisory BoardThe Presidio Trust's mission is to preserve and enhance the Presidio as an enduring resource for the American public. The Trust's work encompasses the natural areas, wildlife, and native habitats of the park, as well as the historic structures, and designed landscapes that make the park a National Historic Landmark District. The Presidio Trust is dedicated to ensuring that visitors to this spectacular place have the opportunity to gain a broader understanding of the Presidio, its place in American history, and the plants and wildlife which once thrived throughout the region. The Trust receives federal appropriations that diminish each year, and cease at the end of fiscal year 2012. The Trust uses these funds and lease revenues to rehabilitate the park's buildings, restore its open spaces and historic resources, provide programs for visitors, maintain utilities and infrastructure, and fund the Presidio's long-term care. The Presidio Trust is governed by a seven-member board of directors. Six members are appointed by the President of the United States. The seventh is the U. S. Secretary of the Interior or his/her designee. [https://www.presidio.gov/]
Presidio TrustThe mission of the Bureau of Prisons is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. The Bureau has its headquarters also known as Central Office, in Washington, DC. The Central Office is divided into nine divisions, including the National Institute of Corrections.
Prisons BureauThe Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is an advisory body to assist the President and other senior Executive branch officials in ensuring that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties are appropriately considered in the implementation of all laws, regulations, and executive branch policies related to war against terrorism. Recommended by the July 22, 2004, report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. It consists of five members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the President. The Board is part of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President and supported by an Executive Director and staff. The Board advises the President and other senior executive branch officials to ensure that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties are appropriately considered in the implementation of all laws, regulations, and executive branch policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism. This includes advising on whether adequate guidelines, supervision, and oversight exist to protect these important legal rights of all Americans. In addition, the Board is specifically charged with responsibility for reviewing the terrorism information sharing practices of executive branch departments and agencies to determine whether guidelines designed to appropriately protect privacy and civil liberties are being followed, including those issued by the President on December 16, 2005. In the course of performing these functions within the executive branch, the Board seeks the views of private sector, non-profit and academic institutions, Members of Congress, and all other interested parties and individuals on these issues.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight BoardThe Office of Procurement and Property Management (OPPM) is part of the Departmental Management organization of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). OPPM serves the Secretary and USDA agencies with policy, advice and coordination in acquisitions, procurement and management of real and personal property. In addition it provides oversight and policy in transportation, supply, motor vehicles, aircraft, recycling, and energy conservation. The Office also coordinates USDA’s disaster management and emergency planning response activities. __________ Source: https://www.dm. usda.gov/oppm. htm
Procurement and Property Management, Office ofThe Program Support Center provides information concerning fee-for-service activities in the areas of acquisitions, occupational health, information technology support, human resources, financial management, and administrative operations.
Program Support CenterThe Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) was created by Congress in 1986 to participate in setting and updating the DRG rates. ProPAC was comprised of 17 experts in health care delivery, finance, and research who were appointed by the Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. ProPAC was given the responsibility to evaluate the performance of the executive and legislative branch on the management of the Physicians Fee Schedule. ProPAC’s two statutory responsibilities were to recommend: mechanisms for updating hospital payment rates to the Secretary of HHS, and necessary changes in DRGs including the advisability of establishing new DRGs, modifying existing ones, or changing the relative weights. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 required the Comptroller General to terminate ProPAC and merge its statutory duties along with those of the Physician Payment Review Commission into the newly-establishment Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Source: https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-00-00200.pdf
Prospective Payment Assessment CommissionThe Public Buildings Reform Board was established by statute on December 16, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-287, 130 Stat. 1465) as an independent Board. It's mandated to identify opportunities for the Government to reduce significantly its inventory of civilian real property and reduce costs to the Government. The Board is directed, within 6 months of its formation, to recommend to the Office of Management and Budget the sale of not fewer than five properties not on the list of surplus or excess with a fair market value of not less than $500 million and not more than $750 million. In two subsequent rounds over a five-year period, the Board is responsible for making recommendations for other sales, consolidations, property disposals or redevelopment of up to $7. 25 billion.
Public Buildings Reform BoardThe Bureau of the Public Debt was established on June 30, 1940, pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939 (31 U. S. C. 306). The Bureau's mission is to borrow the money needed to operate the Federal Government, account for the resulting public debt, and provide reimbursable support to Federal agencies. The Bureau fulfills its mission through five programs: wholesale securities, Government agency investment, retail securities services, summary debt accounting, and franchise services. The Bureau auctions and issues Treasury bills, notes, and bonds and manages the U. S. Savings Bond Program. It issues, services, and redeems bonds through a nationwide network of issuing and paying agents. It provides daily and other periodic reports to account for the composition and size of the debt. In addition, the Bureau implements the regulations for the Government securities market. These regulations provide for investor protection while maintaining a fair and liquid market for Government securities.
Public Debt BureauThe U. S. Public Health Service (PHS) was structured under the Public Health Service Act of 1944as the primary division of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) which was later renamed the United States Department of health and Human Services (HHS). The PHS comprises all Agency Divisions of Health and Human Services including: -Administration for Children and Families (ACF); -Administration on Aging (AoA); -Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); -Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); -Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); -Federal Occupational Health (FOH); -Food and Drug Administration (FDA); -Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); -Indian health Service (HIS); -National Institutes of Health (NIH); -Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); and -Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The central mission of the PHS is to protect the health of the country's population.
Public Health ServiceThe Railroad Retirement Board administers comprehensive retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness benefit programs for the Nation's railroad workers and their families. The Railroad Retirement Board was originally established by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1934, as amended (45 U. S. C. 201--228z-1). The Board derives statutory authority from the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U. S. C. 231-231u) and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U. S. C. 351-369). It administers these acts and participates in the administration of the Social Security Act and the Health Insurance for the Aged Act insofar as they affect railroad retirement beneficiaries.
Railroad Retirement BoardThe Bureau of Reclamation was established pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (43 U. S. C. 371 et seq. ). The Bureau is the largest wholesale water supplier and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, with operations and facilities in the 17 Western States. Its facilities also provide substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits.
Reclamation BureauThe Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Board had two goals: (1) To provide transparency in relation to the use of Recovery-related funds (2) To prevent and detect fraud, waste, and mismanagement The mission of the Board is to promote accountability by coordinating and conducting oversight of Recovery funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to foster transparency on Recovery spending by providing the public with accurate, user-friendly information. The Board issues quarterly and annual reports to the President and Congress and, if necessary, "flash reports" on matters that require immediate attention. In addition, the Board maintains the Recovery.gov website so the American people can see how Recovery money is being distributed by federal agencies and how the funds are being used by the recipients. [https://www.recovery.gov/About/board/Pages/TheBoard. aspx]
Recovery Accountability and Transparency BoardThe Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) was established by Congress under The Refugee Act of 1980. This Act incorporates the definition of "refugee" used in the U. N. Protocol, and makes provision for regular flow as well as emergency admission of refugees, and authorizes federal assistance for the resettlement of refugees. Individuals granted refugee status overseas by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security are brought to the United States for resettlement by the U. S. Department of State. Voluntary agencies and ORR through their programs assist with their resettlement and integration into the U. S. Refugees are eligible to receive ORR benefits and services from the first day they arrive in the U. S. Founded on the belief that newly arriving populations have inherent capabilities when given opportunities, the goal of the ORR is to provide people in need with critical resources to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society.
Refugee Resettlement OfficeThe Regulatory Information Service Center (the Center) compiles the Unified Agenda for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), part of the Office of Management and Budget. OIRA is responsible for overseeing the Federal Government's regulatory, paperwork, and information resource management activities, including implementation of Executive Order 12866, as amended. The Center also provides information about Federal regulatory activity to the President and his Executive Office, the Congress, agency managers, and the public.
Regulatory Information Service CenterThe Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) was created under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act (49 U. S. C. 101 note). RITA coordinates, facilitates, and reviews the Department's research and development programs and activities; performs comprehensive transportation statistics research, analysis, and reporting; and promotes the use of innovative technologies to improve our Nation's transportation system. RITA brings together important DOT data, research, and technology transfer assets and provides strategic direction and oversight of DOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems Program. RITA is composed of the staff from the Office of Research, Development, and Technology, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the Transportation Safety Institute, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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