Take Your Own Tour of the Federal Govt’s 630 Agencies & Departments

OMG! Oy Vey! Unbelievable waste in federal govt. I skimmed down to the “I” and selected a few agencies Americans could do without:
Admin Conference of US
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Agric Mktg Service
Commission on Immigration Reform (Commerce Dept)
Election Assisstance Commission: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information about election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds.

Other responsibilities include maintaining the national mail voter registration form developed in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Exec Council on Integrity and Efficiency: The Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE) was established by Executive Order 12805 of May 11, 1992. The ECIE, along with the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) were created as interagency committees chaired by the Office of Management and Budget’s Deputy Director for Management. The mission of the ECIE is to continually identify, review, and discuss areas of weakness and vulnerability in Federal programs and operations to fraud, waste, and abuse, and to develop plans for coordinated, Government-wide activities that address these problems and promote economy and efficiency in Federal programs and operations.

Financial Crisis Inquiry Council: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was created by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. It’s purpose being to “examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.”

The membership of the bi-partisan Commission consists of 10 prominent private citizens with significant experience in banking, market regulation, taxation, finance, economics, housing, and consumer protection.

The FCIC is charged with conducting a comprehensive examination of 22 specific and substantive areas of inquiry related to the financial crisis.

Indian Arts & Crafts Board
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Women’s Progress Commemoration Commission: The Women’s Progress Commemoration Commission was established under the Act of October 31, 1998 (112 Stat. 3196). The Commission consists of 15 members whose duties were to submit no later than 1 year after their initial meeting a report to the Secretary of the Interior that

(1) identified sites of historical significance to the women’s movement; and
(2) recommended actions, under the National Preservation Act and other law, to rehabilitate and preserve the sites and provide to the public interpretive and educational materials and activities at the sites.