What are Federal Departments and Agencies?

Aug242021

The Department of Justice in Washington, DC, USA

What are Federal Departments and Agencies

Federal departments are government units that are under the direct supervision of the President of the United States. The Cabinet is made up of 15 executive departments, the Attorney General, and the Vice President. Federal agencies have various responsibilities with hundreds of them set up for a specific purpose, such as national security issues or management of resources

“There are millions of refugees right now who are not being given the opportunities that I have been given,” said Ibrahim. “And if they were, they would do incredible things.”

Anisa Ibrahim

“At its best, it [America] is the nation where freedom and opportunity can be yours regardless of who your parents were, or where you were born; the nation where immigrants are accepted more fully than in almost any other.”

Ilya Somin

When appointed to lead Pfizer and asked in the boardroom if he had anything to say, Albert Bourla’s response was: “Only in America.”

“Only in America someone with humble beginnings like me, from a small country, with a heavy accent, would make it to the top of one of the major multinational corporations in the world,” he explains. “It was an expression of appreciation for the country.”

Albert Bourla