FSA

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former United States federal agency

FSA is the abbreviation for the former U.S. Federal Security Agency, a government body that once oversaw various federal social and public health programs.

Aliases (1)

Federal Security Agency ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United States federal agency →
abbreviation	FSA →
archivalRecordsHeldBy	National Archives and Records Administration →
country	United States of America →
createdUnderPresident	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
dateFormed	1939 →
dissolvedOn	1953 →
dissolvedUnderPresident	Dwight D. Eisenhower →
establishedBy	Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 →
firstAdministrator	Paul V. McNutt →
governedBy	Reorganization Act of 1939 →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
historicalEra	New Deal era → World War II era → early Cold War era →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legalStatus	independent agency within the executive branch →
mandate	to promote social and economic security of the American people → to protect and advance public health → to support education and related services →
officeHeldBy	Leon H. Keyserling (in related planning roles) → Oscar R. Ewing →
oversaw	Civilian Conservation Corps (in part, later years) → Federal Works Agency (in certain transferred functions) → Food and Drug Administration → Office of Education → Social Security Board → United States Public Health Service →
oversawProgramArea	federal aid to education → old-age and survivors insurance → public health research and services → unemployment compensation (in coordination with states) →
parentOrganization	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
partOf	New Deal administrative reorganization →
precededBy	separate agencies for social security, public health, and education →
reorganizationOutcome	consolidation of health, education, and welfare functions →
reorganizedInto	United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare →
responsibility	administration of federal education programs → administration of federal public health programs → administration of federal social security programs → coordination of social welfare activities at the federal level →
successorAgency	United States Department of Education → United States Department of Health and Human Services →
supersededBy	United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare →
typeOfAgency	education agency → public health agency → social welfare agency →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Farm Service Agency → Federal Security Agency → Financial Services Agency of Japan →	abbreviation
Federal Security Agency → Financial Services Agency of Japan →	shortName