New Deal Agencies

The following is a partial list of New Deal bureaus compiled by Mr. E. M. Biggers of Houston, Texas. Many of these bureaus were never even authorized by Congress. The Comptroller General of the United States, empowered to audit government accounts, declared he had never heard of some of them.

• FWA Federal Works Agency
• NRA National Recovery Administration
• USMC United States Maritime Commission
• HOLC Home Owners Loan Corporation
• AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration
• CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
• NYA National Youth Administration
• SSB Social Security Board
• BWC Board of War Communications
• FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• FSA Federal Securities Administration
• NLRB National Labor Relations Board
• NHPC National Historical Publications Commission
• NMB National Mediation Board
• USHA United States Housing Authority
• USES United States Employment Service
• FIC Federal Insurance Corporation
• CWA Civil Works Administration
• RA Resettlement Administration
• FPHA Federal Public Housing Administration
• FHA Federal Housing Administration
• CCC Commodity Credit Corporation
• FCIC Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
• FSA Farm Security Administration
• SCS Soil Conservation Service
• AMA Agricultural Marketing Administration
• FREB Federal Real Estate Board
• CES Committee on Economic Security
• WPA Works Progress Administration
• FCC Federal Communications Commission
• OBCCC Office of Bituminous Coal Consumers Council
• RRB Railroad Retirement Board
• SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
• TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
• BIR-T Board of Investigation and Research-Transportation
• CAA Civil Aeronautics Authority
• NIC National Investors Council
• DPC Defense Plant Corporation
• RRC Rubber Reserve Company
• MRC Metals Reserve Company
• DSC Defense Supplies Corporation
• WDC War Damage Corporation
• DLC Disaster Loan Corporation
• FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association
• RACC Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
• CFB Combined Food Board
• UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
• CEA Commodity Exchange Administration
• SMA Surplus Marketing Administration
• FSCC Federal Surplus Commodity Administration
• FFC Foreign Funds Control
• PRP Production Requirements Plan
• CRMB Combined Raw Materials Board
• CMB Combined Munitions Board
• CSAB Combined Shipping Adjustment Board
• CPRB Combined Production and Resources Board
• CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff
• PWA Public Works Administration
• AOA Administration of Operation Activities
• EIBW Export-Import Bank of Washington
• EHFA Electric Home and Farm Authority
• CPA Council of Personnel Administration
• PRA Public Roads Administration
• EPCA Emergency Price Control Act
• FPA Food Production Administration
• OES Office of Economic Stabilization
• PAW Petroleum Administration for War
• SWPC Small War Plants Corporation
• PIWC Petroleum Industry War Council
• NRPB National Resources Planning Board
• LOPM Liaison Office for Personnel Management
• OEM Office of Emergency Management
• SSS Selective Service System
• NWLB National War Labor Board
• OCD Office of Civilian Defense
• OCIAA Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
• ODHWS Office of Defense and Health Welfare Services
• ODT Office of Defense Transportation
• OLLA Office of Lend-Lease Administration
• OSRD Office of Scientific Research and Development
• OWI Office of War Information
• WMC War Manpower Commission
• WPB War Production Board
• WRA War Relocation Authority
• WSA War Shipping Administration
• OPA Office of Price Administration
• BEW Board of Economic Warfare
• NHA National Housing Authority
• FCA Farm Credit Administration
• REA Rural Electrification Administration
• SA Sugar Agency
• PCD Petroleum Conservation Division
• OPCW Office of Petroleum Coordinator for War
• WEPL War Emergency Pipe Lines, Inc.
• BCD Bituminous Coal Division
• BPA Bonneville Power Administration
• NPPC National Power Policy Committee
• OC Office of Censorship
• FRC Facilities Review Committee
• PWRCB President's War Relief Control Board

See also[edit]

• Economic Planning