The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders,their families,and visiting heads of state or government. The Secret Service was,until 2003,part of the Department of the Treasury,due to their initial mandate of combating counterfeiting of U.S. currency. The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health,safety,and well-being of America". Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979,it was called the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare (HEW).
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources. It also administers 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. It is headquartered at the Main Interior Building,located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington,D.C.
In the United States,a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal,military,tribal,or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally,some special agents operate in criminal intelligence,counterterrorism,or counterintelligence-based roles as well,with one or all of these roles occasionally taking precedence over criminal investigatory tasks.
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate major criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps. However,its broad mandate includes national security,counterintelligence,counterterrorism,cyberwarfare,and the protection of U.S. naval assets worldwide. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS),which was established by the Office of Naval Intelligence after the Second World War. One-half of NCIS personnel are civilian,with the other half being US government investigators —1811 series special agents. NCIS agents are armed federal law enforcement investigators,who frequently coordinate with other U.S. government agencies and have a presence in more than 41 countries and on U.S. Navy vessels. NCIS special agents are supported by analysts and other experts skilled in disciplines such as forensics,surveillance,surveillance countermeasures,computer investigations,physical security,and polygraph examinations.
In the United States,Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to many federal executive departments,independent federal agencies,as well as state and local governments. Each office includes an inspector general and employees charged with identifying,auditing,and investigating fraud,waste,abuse,embezzlement and mismanagement of any kind within the executive department.
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is also "the federal agency charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement and security services to facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA)"—over 9,000 buildings—and their occupants.
The Death Master File (DMF) is a computer database file made available by the United States Social Security Administration since 1980. It is known commercially as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The file contains information about persons who had Social Security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration from 1962 to the present;or persons who died before 1962,but whose Social Security accounts were still active in 1962. As of 2018,the file contained information on 111 million deaths.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
The United States Department of Justice National Security Division (NSD) handles national security functions of the department. Created by the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization,the division consolidated all of the department's national security and intelligence functions into a single division. The division is headed by the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
Social Security Disability Insurance is a payroll tax-funded federal insurance program of the United States government. It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability that restricts their ability to be employed. SSDI does not provide partial or temporary benefits but rather pays only full benefits and only pays benefits in cases in which the disability is "expected to last at least one year or result in death." Relative to disability programs in other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),the SSDI program in the United States has strict requirements regarding eligibility.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is a federal drug enforcement program in the United States,overseen by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify,disrupt,and dismantle the major drug trafficking operations and tackle related crimes,such as money laundering,tax and weapon violations,and violent crime,and prosecute those primarily responsible for the nation's drug supply.
The U.S.Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978. The Inspector General for the Department of Transportation,like the Inspectors General of other federal departments and agencies,is charged with monitoring and auditing department programs to combat waste,fraud,and abuse.
The NASA Office of Inspector General is the inspector general office in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,the space agency of the United States. The OIG's stated mission is to "prevent and detect crime,fraud,waste,abuse,and mismanagement and promote efficiency,effectiveness,and economy throughout NASA."
This article deals with the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the federal government of the United States that constitute violations of human rights.
The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
United States Intelligence Community Oversight duties are shared by both the executive and legislative branches of the government. Oversight,in this case,is the supervision of intelligence agencies,and making them accountable for their actions. Generally oversight bodies look at the following general issues:following policymaker needs,the quality of analysis,operations,and legality of actions.
Fred Weiderhold is the former Inspector General of Amtrak and was a 35-year veteran of the agency. He was appointed as the first Inspector General at Amtrak by former Amtrak Chairman,W. Graham Claytor,Jr. in April 1989. Prior to serving as Inspector General,he had held numerous senior positions at Amtrak spanning a 15-year career.
The President's Surveillance Program (PSP) is a collection of secret intelligence activities authorized by the President of the United States George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks in 2001 as part of the War on Terrorism. Information collected under this program was protected within a Sensitive Compartmented Information security compartment codenamed STELLARWIND.
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located within President's Park in Washington,D.C.,directly north of the White House on H Street,bounded by Jackson Place on the west,Madison Place on the east and Pennsylvania Avenue on the south. It is named for the general,the Marquis de Lafayette,a French aristocrat,and hero of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and includes several statues of revolutionary heroes from Europe,including Lafayette,while at its center is a famous statue of early 19th century U.S. president and general Andrew Jackson on horseback with both of the horse's front hooves raised.
