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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Administrator of the Federal Security Agency canonical 1

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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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Oscar R. Ewing positionHeld Administrator of the Federal Security Agency