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  U.S. Treasury - Offices
The Treasury Offices are composed of divisions headed by Assistant Secretaries and Under Secretaries who are primarily responsible for policy formulation and overall management of the Treasury Department.
The General Counsel also is the head of the Treasury Legal Division, a separate bureau within the Department that includes all legal counsels of the Treasury Department and their staff.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) provides leadership and coordination and recommends policy for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the internal revenue laws.
www.treasury.gov /offices   (502 words)

  
  United States Department of the Treasury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government.
It is administered by the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States who receives and keeps the monies of the United States.
This office was preceded by the offices of the Comptroller of the Treasury (1789-1817), First Comptroller of the Treasury (1817-20), Agent of the Treasury (1820-30) and Solicitor of the Treasury 1830-1934.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury   (542 words)

  
 Treasury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive building erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games.
A treasurer is the person in charge of the treasury; although, in some systems (such as the US) the treasurer reports to a secretary of the treasury.
In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Treasury is overseen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treasury   (235 words)

  
 Treasury Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Department of the Treasury is an executive department of the United States government that handles a variety of economic, financial, and monetary responsibilities.
The secretary of the treasury, a member of the president's Cabinet, heads the department.
The Department of the Treasury enforces antismuggling laws and works to prevent counterfeiting.
www.worldbook.com /features/taxes/html/treasury.htm   (245 words)

  
 Treasury Building
The present Treasury Building was built over a period of 33 years between 1836 and 1869.
The Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building in Washington and has had a great impact on the design of other governmental buildings.
The Treasury Building is unquestionably a monument of continuing architectural and historical significance.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc35.htm   (479 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
The Department of Treasury was created by the Executive Organization Act of 1965 (Section 16.175 of the Michigan Compiled Laws) and is one of the principal departments of State government.
The Department administers the major tax laws, administers the audits of county and municipal financial records, cares for abandoned propertythrough escheat, and safeguards the credit of the State and its local governments.
In addition, we expressed an unqualified opinion on the Department's supplemental financial schedules, consisting of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and the schedule of taxes by type, in relation to the financial schedules taken as a whole.
audgen.michigan.gov /digests/00_01/2710000.htm   (576 words)

  
 Treasury seeks probe into papers taken by O'Neill - Jan. 13, 2004
Ousted Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, now an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, was a guest on the program, along with Ron Suskind, the author of a book for which O'Neill was the primary source.
The Treasury Department is looking into how a government document that may be classified was shown in an interview with ex-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill on 60 Minutes.
The decision to refer the matter to the inspector general was made at a Monday morning Treasury Department meeting involving senior staff and department attorneys, Nichols said, and was made without the initiation or consultation of the White House.
money.cnn.com /2004/01/12/news/economy/oneill_probe   (825 words)

  
 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The Department of the Treasury as a whole is primarily concerned with promoting prosperous and stable American and world economies, managing the government's finances, and safeguarding our financial systems.
That Treasury Department component (the Office of Intelligence Support - OIS) produces intelligence both for Department use and for sharing across the Community, qualifying OIS as an IC member.
The Special Assistant and staff support the Secretary of the Treasury in his roles as chief economic and financial adviser to the President, head of the second-largest law enforcement department in the Federal Government, and the official responsible for the integrity of the country’s currency.
www.intelligence.gov /1-members_treasury.shtml   (443 words)

  
 Alaska Department of Revenue, Treasury Division
The chief administrator for Treasury is Deputy Commissioner, Tomas Boutin.
Treasury is the bank and trust department for the State of Alaska.
In addition, Treasury is responsible for managing the State's unclaimed property.
www.revenue.state.ak.us /treasury   (74 words)

  
 Regulate Guns - The Treasury Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Department of the Treasury is by far the best-equipped agency to regulate the gun industry.
The Department of the Treasury enforces the existing bans on the manufacture of assault weapons and machine guns.
The fact that the Department already performs these functions would allow the agency to quickly and efficiently add health and safety regulation to the duties it already performs.
www.regulateguns.org /fact_sheets/treasury_department.asp   (780 words)

  
 USA PATRIOT Act — Treasury Department Solicits Comment on Possible Anti-Money Laundering Regulations That Might Affect ...
Treasury has challenged service professionals in the real estate industry to discuss possible exemptions when it stated: "[t]he question of exemption is specifically directed to real estate professionals.
Treasury specifically has asked what types of programs are already in place to prevent and detect fraud and illegal activities, including money laundering.
Treasury has stated publicly that it is moving cautiously in bringing non-bank "financial institutions" under the AML umbrella.
www.gtlaw.com /pub/alerts/2003/fornarisc_04.asp   (784 words)

  
 Treasury Department Stumping for the Bush Campaign
However, the month from which the Treasury chose to measure just happens to be the precise low point in last several years of job losses.
These are basically the same six examples that the Treasury department used to argue for the Bush tax cut to begin with.
The White House bulletin is dated one week earlier than the Treasury bulletins so it seems likely that the Treasury got this campaign slogan from the same source as the White House or from the White House itself.
home.att.net /~rdavis2/treas1.html   (963 words)

  
 CNN.com - O'Neill didn't misuse documents, Snow says - Feb. 8, 2004
Treasury Secretary John Snow said Sunday that his predecessor, Paul O'Neill, did nothing wrong when he used departmental documents as source material for a book that cast President Bush in an unflattering light.
The investigation by the department's inspector general found that though O'Neill did receive classified material from the department after his resignation, the lapse was the fault of the Treasury Department, not O'Neill, the sources said.
O'Neill, who was forced out as treasury secretary in late 2002 during a shake-up of Bush's economic team, said he had asked the department for material related to his tenure and had received about 19,000 documents contained in CDs.
www.cnn.com /2004/US/South/02/08/oneill.documents   (516 words)

  
 Department of Treasury and Finance :: Home Page
The purpose of the new Guidelines is to provide public authorities with general guidance for establishing limits on the liability of suppliers of goods and services, including professional services, and of consultants and contractors engaged in relation to construction or works contracts.
The guidelines are effective from 15 May 2006 and are administered by the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure.
Ada Gutte, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (08) 8463 6216.
www.treasury.sa.gov.au /homepage.jsp?xcid=1   (302 words)

  
 Michael A. Ablowich -- New Hampshire State Treasurer
The Treasury of the State of New Hampshire provides to the state government, its agencies, the legislature and its citizens, professional financial management services.
The Treasury will optimize the use of state financial assets while protecting those assets through the employment of appropriate technology, modern and efficient banking practices, a commitment to prudent management of public funds and a professional staff.
Treasury's Annual Report has more specific information relating to receipts, disbursements and debt payments for all of the State's fund accounts.
www.nh.gov /treasury   (277 words)

  
 Treasury Services General Information - FRB Financial Services
To better understand the issues surrounding beneficiary payment preferences, the U.S. Treasury initiated a market research study in late 2003 to understand the barriers to choosing direct deposit, to determine who is most receptive to direct deposit, and to identify what messages might persuade them to convert to direct deposit.
The U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the nation's financial institutions are partners in the success of the popular U.S. Savings Bond Program.
Check Reclamation is a recovery procedure used by The Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), to obtain a refund (reclamation) from a presenting financial institution for paid Federal Government checks.
www.frbservices.org /Treasury   (875 words)

  
 Treasury Hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Most records for registered Treasury notes and bonds can be searched through this system.
Each year, over 15,000 savings bonds and 25,000 payments return to the Department of the Treasury as undeliverable.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt
www.treasurydirect.gov /indiv/tools/sbtdhunt.htm   (302 words)

  
 CNN.com - O'Neill cleared in use of classified documents - Feb. 6, 2004
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has been cleared of wrongdoing in the use of classified documents as source material for a book that portrayed President Bush in an unflattering light, Treasury Department sources told CNN on Friday.
The investigation by the department's inspector general found that though O'Neill did receive classified material from the department after his resignation, the lapse was the fault of the department, not O'Neill, the sources said.
In a letter sent to members of Congress on Friday, Treasury Secretary John Snow said the documents "were not properly reviewed before their release" and that "we are taking corrective action concerning those documents," according to sources.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/06/oneill.cleared   (566 words)

  
 Treasury breaks word on e-mail anonymity | CNET News.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In March 2003, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) asked for e-mail comments about a proposal that could raise the price of malt beverages like Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice.
At the time, the department said that the text of comments would be made public--but assured people that e-mail addresses, home addresses and other personal information of individuals would be removed first.
The Treasury Department's decision comes after the U.S. Forest Service proposed to limit the influence of "substantially similar" comments--especially those submitted through e-mail--in its own regulatory procedures.
news.com.com /2100-1028_3-5137488.html   (930 words)

  
 THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Treasury Department has the principal responsibility to oversee national assets management as well as to act as the central treasurer for the civil administration in the transfer of money to provincial treasuries.
Organizationally, the Department emphasizes restructuring to achieve more efficiency and flexibility, promoting staffs quality enrichment, improving the working procedures to be more up-to-date, upgrading computers and other equipment, and increasing public relations efforts.
Provincial Centers for the Ministry of Finance: The Department was assigned to manage a project of building regional offices of which construction in four provinces was approved, and one more is under way.
www.mof.go.th /mofweb/org/trd-dept.html   (473 words)

  
 Government Executive Magazine - 8/1/00 Treasury Department
The agency’s commitment to prosperity is highlighted by an ornate ceiling mirror in the general counsel’s office, once the office of Abraham Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase.
The tragic aftermath of the Lincoln presidency played an important role in the building’s history: Following Lincoln’s assassination, President Andrew Johnson moved his office to the Treasury Building for six weeks, out of deference to Mary Todd Lincoln, who remained in the White House during her mourning period.
Other vestiges of Treasury’s storied past include the massive Cash Room, which was once used by citizens to buy bonds, invoice the government and exchange currency.
www.govexec.com /features/0800/0800s5s1.htm   (326 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Judge Orders Treasury Department to Make Paper Money Recognizable to Blind People - Politics | Republican ...
Several attempts to move U.S. currency to a dollar coin have failed in the past, though the Treasury Department announced last week that it is going to give it another go with new coins struck with images of the deceased presidents.
The Treasury Department refused to comment on the case, saying that it's still pending.
ACB is not going to demand of Treasury "wild and crazy changes, you have to do it now," she said.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,232503,00.html   (1305 words)

  
 FindLaw: Federal Resources: Executive Agencies: Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of the Treasury Provides information about the office, its programs and services; includes links to current headlines, public information, and treasury bureaus and offices.
Office of Public Affairs Develops and implements communications strategy for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and advises officials within the Department and its bureaus how best to communicate issues and priorities of public interest.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Provides audit and investigative services that assure IRS and tax administration programs are efficient, effective and free of fraud, waste and abuse.
www.findlaw.com /10fedgov/exagencies/dotreasury.html   (863 words)

  
 Department of Treasury & Finance Annual Report 2004
Department of Treasury and Finance Annual Report 2004
This page has been developed by the Department of Treasury and Finance.
The Webmaster Dept of Treasury and Finance, GPO Box 147, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
www.treasury.tas.gov.au /domino/dtf/dtf.nsf/67c395a1ee153a66ca256dc900001aeb/561d52914d29c647ca256f33002034fc?OpenDocument   (216 words)

  
 TDRA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Treasury Department Recreation Association, Inc. (TDRA) is chartered in the District of Columbia (1 April 1983).
TDRA is an all-volunteer organization in support of Treasury employees both active and retired.
Membership in the organization is open to active and retired federal employees of the Treasury and other Federal Agencies.
www.recgov.org /treasury   (255 words)

  
 U.S. Treasury - Education
We are pleased to welcome you to Treasury's Learning Vault, where you can learn all about the history of the Treasury Department, its role in the Federal government, and its mission to serve you.
Learn all about the history of the Treasury Department, its role in the Federal government and its mission.
The Treasury Collection is composed of paintings, prints and photographs, furniture, decorative arts, sculpture, and architectural fragments.
www.ustreas.gov /education   (169 words)

  
 HM Treasury Home
Alistair Darling has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Andy Burnham appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury
A list of the most recent Treasury publications
Thoresen outlines the emerging themes in his Review of Generic Financial Advice
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk   (47 words)

  
 Publications Index - The Treasury
Departments can access all circulars CFISnet or by contacting the Treasury vote analyst for the department.
Departments can obtain a complete listing from their Treasury Vote team.
Treasury Report - The Renminbi: The Possibility of Change, and its Likely Effects (26 July 2005)
www.treasury.govt.nz /publications   (3529 words)

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