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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position
government office
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy President of the United States
country United States of America
createdBy Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 NERFINISHED
dissolutionReason reorganization of federal social welfare and health functions into a Cabinet department
firstOfficeholder Paul V. McNutt NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod New Deal era NERFINISHED
World War II era
early Cold War era
lastOfficeholder Oveta Culp Hobby NERFINISHED
lastOfficeholderEndYear 1953
legalBasis Reorganization Act of 1939 NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
natureOfPosition political appointee
officeAbolishedBy Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
Office of Education NERFINISHED
Public Health Service NERFINISHED
Social Security Board NERFINISHED
partOf Federal Security Agency NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
supersededByOffice United States Secretary of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED
United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED
termLength served at the pleasure of the President

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Oscar R. Ewing positionHeld Administrator of the Federal Security Agency