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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. [1] It comprises 27 separate institutes and centers (ICs) that carry out its mission in different areas of biomedical ...
The President of the United States is the chief executive of the federal government. He is in charge of executing federal laws and approving, or vetoing, new legislation passed by Congress. The President resides in the Executive Residence (EXR) maintained by the Office of Administration (OA).
1961: Community Health Services and Facilities Act PL 87-395; 1962: Public Health Service Act PL 87-838; 1962: Vaccination Assistance PL 87-868; 1963: Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act/Community Mental Health Centers Act PL 88-164; 1964: Nurse Training Act PL 88-581; 1965: Community Health Services and Facilities Act PL 89-109
This list of national public health agencies includes national level organizations responsible for public health, infectious disease control, and epidemiology. Many are represented in the International Association of National Public Health Institutes and discussed at national public health institutes.
Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology National Center for Health Statistics; The Office of Public Health Preparedness was created during the 2001 anthrax attacks shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Its purpose was to coordinate among the government the response to a range of biological terrorism ...
On previous national days of mourning, such as after the deaths of former Presidents George H.W. Bush in 2018 and Gerald Ford in 2006, federal offices and stock markets were closed in the U.S.
Its main responsibilities are to control the Armed Forces of the United States. The department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments—the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force—and has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 US Army; 329,304 US Navy; 202,786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force). [1]
Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI). OEI conducts national evaluations to provide HHS, Congress, and the public with timely and reliable information on significant issues. In FY 2020, OIG produced 44 evaluations. Office of Investigations (OI). OI conducts criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of fraud and misconduct related ...