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• Society: Government: Finance: Ministries  (93)

Department of the Treasury -  .

- The Department of the Treasury performs four basic functions: formulating and recommending economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies; serving as financial agent for the U.S. Government; enforcing the law; and manufacturing coins and currency.

Bureau of the Public Debt - - Borrows the money needed to operate the Federal Government, accounts for the resulting public debt, and issues Treasury securities (Savings Bonds and Treasury Bills) to refund the maturing debt and raise new money.

Bureau of the Public Debt : Frauds, Phonies and Scams - - Describes fraudulent schemes that involve what are claimed to be securities issued or backed by the United States Treasury.

Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (EOAF) - - Administers the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic use of asset forfeiture by Treasury law enforcement bureaus to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises.

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - - One of the U.S. Department of Treasury's lead agencies in the fight against money laundering. Serves as a link between the law enforcement, financial, and regulatory communities.

Office of Foreign Assets Control - - Administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations and international narcotics traffickers.

President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform - - established by the President to prepare a report on options to reform the tax code.

U.S. Savings Bonds Online - - Program rules, interest rates, maturity dates, and other information related to savings bonds. Also links to government web resources on U.S. Treasury Bonds and related topics.