Sectors

A partial listing of mission areas followed by programs is defined in the General Accounting Office report, "Managing for Results: Barriers to Interagency Coordination" [GGD-00-106, March 29, 2000]. This set is limited to potential areas of fragmentation and overlap. Functional budget classifications in the federal budget process provide another means for defining sectors:

• Agriculture: Food safety.
• Commerce and housing credit: Financial institution regulation.
• Community and regional development: Community development, economic development, emergency preparedness, housing, rural development.
• Education, training, employment and social services: Early childhood programs, employment training, student aid.
• General science, space and technology: High-performance computing, national laboratories, research and development facilities, small-business innovation research.
• General government: Federal statistical agencies.
• Health: Long-term care, substance abuse, nuclear health and safety, telemedicine, teen pregnancy prevention.
• Income security: Child care, welfare and related programs, youth programs, homelessness programs, programs for people with disabilities.
• Defense: Guided weapon systems, telecommunications, military health care, satellite control systems, nonmedical chemical and biological research and development.
• International affairs: Educational programs, policy formulation and implementation.
• Law enforcement: Border inspections, drug control, investigative authority, drug trafficking, combating terrorism.
• Natural resources and environment: Federal land management, international environmental programs, hazardous waste cleanup, water quality.