Administrator of the Federal Security Agency

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The Administrator of the Federal Security Agency was the head of a former U.S. government agency responsible for overseeing federal social welfare, public health, and security-related programs before its functions were reorganized into other departments.

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Label Occurrences
Administrator of the Federal Security Agency canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of federal social welfare and health functions into a Cabinet department ⓘ
firstOfficeholder Paul V. McNutt ⓘ
firstOfficeholderStartYear 1939 ⓘ
formationYear 1939 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver federal education programs (prior to later departmental reorganizations) ⓘ
federal public health services ⓘ
federal social insurance programs ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOrganization Federal Security Agency ⓘ
historicalPeriod New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal

World War II era ⓘ
early Cold War era ⓘ
lastOfficeholder Oveta Culp Hobby ⓘ
lastOfficeholderEndYear 1953 ⓘ
legalBasis Reorganization Act of 1939 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
natureOfPosition political appointee ⓘ
officeAbolishedBy Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 ⓘ
officeAbolishedInYear 1953 ⓘ
officeScope cabinet-level in practice though not formally a Cabinet secretary ⓘ
officeStatus defunct ⓘ
officeType agency administrator ⓘ
oversaw Civilian Conservation Corps (in later years of its existence) ⓘ
Office of Education ⓘ
Public Health Service ⓘ
Social Security Board ⓘ
partOf Federal Security Agency ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor certain federal security-related programs ⓘ
coordination of federal health and education policy within the agency ⓘ
coordination of multiple federal social agencies ⓘ
federal public health programs ⓘ
federal social welfare programs ⓘ
implementation of federal social security policy at the agency level ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
successorOrganizationHead Administrator of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
supersededByOffice United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
termLength served at the pleasure of the President ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar R. Ewing → positionHeld → Administrator of the Federal Security Agency ⓘ