Administrator of the Works Progress Administration

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executive branch position of the United States federal government office public administration position

The Administrator of the Works Progress Administration was the top federal official responsible for directing the New Deal agency that funded and managed large-scale public works and employment programs during the Great Depression in the United States.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch position of the United States → federal government office → public administration position →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt → President of the United States →
country	United States of America →
endTime	1943 →
hasDuty	administering federal assistance to local governments for projects → allocating federal funds for Works Progress Administration projects → approving major WPA construction projects → balancing relief objectives with long-term infrastructure needs → coordinating relief efforts during the Great Depression → coordinating with other New Deal agencies → coordinating with state and local officials on project selection → defending WPA policies and budgets in congressional hearings → directing federal work relief programs → ensuring compliance with federal regulations in WPA projects → ensuring non-discrimination in WPA hiring policies (within period norms) → ensuring projects provided maximum employment benefits → evaluating effectiveness of WPA programs → implementing New Deal work-relief policies → issuing administrative regulations for WPA operations → managing employment programs for the unemployed → managing the WPA budget → managing transition and wind-down of WPA programs as the economy recovered → overseeing cultural and arts programs under the WPA → overseeing large-scale public works projects → overseeing record-keeping and reporting for WPA activities → planning and prioritizing infrastructure projects → promoting employment through public works → reporting to the President of the United States → representing the WPA before Congress → supervising regional and state WPA administrators →
hasRole	chief executive of the Works Progress Administration → head of the Works Progress Administration → top federal official of the Works Progress Administration →
historicalPeriod	Great Depression →
historyOfTopic	New Deal →
inception	1935 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
officeHolder	Harry Hopkins →
partOf	Works Progress Administration →
saidToBeTheSameAs	Administrator of the WPA → WPA Administrator →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harry Hopkins →	positionHeld