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Despite its name, the Department of the Interior has a different role from that of the interior ministries of other nations, which are usually responsible for police matters and internal security. In the United States, national security and immigration functions are performed by the Department of Homeland Security primarily and the Department of Justice secondarily. The Department of the Interior has often been humorously called "the Department of Everything Else" because of its broad range of responsibilities.[4]
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Growing up in central Illinois I too was bullied
and teased. I was harassed and picked on and
called names and it didn't make me feel good.
I think I first realized I that may be gay
my freshman year of high school and once I
started having those thoughts and feelings,
the comments and whispers from my schoolmates
became more prevalent.
Junior High and High school were extremely
difficult years I was subject to quite a bit
of taunting and tormenting and sometimes physical
abuse.
As a lesbian youth one of the difficulties
I experienced was being straight is being
accepted and being lesbian well, often time
isn't.
Coming out was always a process of course
and for me I was fortunate really not to be
bullied although I heard a lot of disparaging
things about people who were gay or lesbian.
Well I was asked to leave my church. That
was a that was a hard thing. I was very committed
to my church growing up was a Sunday school
teacher I loved teaching the youth. I was
always excited about Sunday mornings and when
I came out my church pastor and his wife sat
me down and said we can't have you in our
church anymore and that that hurt.
My strategy was I deflected a lot. I tried
to excel in everything else, I deflected a
lot with humor and I threw myself into my
career and my interest and excelled at those
It's not -- the fear of having that first
conversation is so much worse than the conversation
itself it's that feeling of relief after you've
talked to somebody and shared with them a
little bit about who you really are really
outweighs all the sort of build up getting
to it.
Some of the strategy I took I came out to
people maybe people I shouldn't have, but
I came out.
As I matured a little bit more and realized
how alone I was, I began to become more aware
of the LGBT movement and began to educate
myself on members of the community and the
movement in general and I felt that it was
a great disservice to the tens of thousands
of LGBT Americans and allies who are fighting
so hard for equal rights for all Americans
that I was sitting here hating myself and
I began to realize that all the dreams and
hopes that I once wanted to accomplish could
be accomplished.
Big thing for me was the self acceptance.
It took me till I was 35 to basically go through
my life and wonder, "Why am I not happy what's
not just wrong with me but what's wrong with
my life?" I started to ask those questions
and I started to do that exploration you know
going on my motorcycle trip and seeing the
country being alone in my head and thinking
I came back with a renewed understanding of
you know the only thing holding me back was
myself.
I would say that you know there are there
are a lot of people who although you may not
be sure how they personally feel they are
very professional -- like the people at your
school or people who are in positions of authority
and and who while its really scary and you're
not really sure how to talk about things that
you know I always knew that if I was being
bullied or if I was in danger of physical
confrontation there were people who would
have my back.
Life is wonderful now I'm very thrilled with
the way my life has turned out and I'm so
glad that I've made it through those early
years that I that I didn't lose hope that
I didn't lose confidence in myself.
I survived bullying in my school -- grade
school and high school -- and college, and
now I'm living and working in Yellowstone
National Park. What could be better than that?
Life is so much better than high school. It's
even better than college. It couldn't be any
better I'm married to a wonderful woman. We
have a beautiful daughter. I have a job I
love. I have friends and family who accept
me for who I am. I belong to an fantastic
church. Life couldn't be any better than it
is today.
Bullying happens everywhere in every school
all across America. Make sure that you are
seeking help and you're telling somebody about
it -- where you tell your parents or tell
a friend or tell somebody in your school.
Things are going to get better. Millions of
Americans have been bullied in this country
and as you go through junior high and as you
go through high school I can only guarantee
you that it's going to get better.
It gets better.
It gets better.
It gets so much better.
It gets better.
It gets better.
Its gets better.
It gets better. It's so much better.
In 1849, Walker stated in his annual report that several federal offices were placed in departments with which they had little to do. He noted that the General Land Office had little to do with the Treasury and also highlighted the Indian Affairs office, part of the Department of War, and the Patent Office, part of the Department of State. Walker argued that these and other bureaus should be brought together in a new Department of the Interior.[citation needed] A bill authorizing its creation of the department passed the House of Representatives on February 15, 1849, and spent just over two weeks in the Senate. The department was established on March 3, 1849 (9 Stat.395), the eve of President Zachary Taylor's inauguration, when the Senate voted 31 to 25 to create the department. Its passage was delayed by Democrats in Congress who were reluctant to create more patronage posts for the incoming Whig administration to fill. The first secretary of the interior was Thomas Ewing.
Several of the domestic concerns the department originally dealt with were gradually transferred to other departments. For example, the Department of Interior was responsible for water pollution control prior to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.[8] Other agencies became separate departments, such as the Bureau of Agriculture, which later became the Department of Agriculture. However, land and natural resource management, American Indian affairs, wildlife conservation, and territorial affairs remain the responsibilities of the Department of the Interior.
Controversies
Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal of 1921. He was convicted of bribery in 1929, and served one year in prison, for his part in the controversy. A major factor in the scandal was a transfer of certain oil leases from the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy to that of the Department of the Interior, at Fall's behest.
Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt faced criticism for his alleged hostility to environmentalism, for his support of the development and use of federal lands by foresting, ranching, and other commercial interests, and for banning The Beach Boys from playing a 1983 Independence Day concert on the National Mall out of concerns of attracting "an undesirable element". His 1983 resignation was prompted by a speech in which he said about his staff: "I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent."[9][10]
Under the Administration of President George W. Bush, the Interior Department's maintenance backlog climbed from $5 billion to $8.7 billion, despite Bush's campaign pledges to eliminate it completely. Of the agency under Bush's leadership, Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney has cited a "culture of fear" and of "ethical failure." Devaney has also said, "Simply stated, short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of Interior."[11]
American Indians
Within the Interior Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs handles some federal relations with American Indians, while others are handled by the Office of Special Trustee. The current acting assistant secretary for Indian affairs is Lawrence S. Roberts, an enrolled member of the Oneida Tribe in Wisconsin.
The department has been the subject of disputes over proper accounting for American Indian Trusts set up to track the income and distribution of monies that are generated by the trust and specific American Indian lands, which the government leases for fees to companies that extract oil, timber, minerals, and other resources. Several cases have sought an accounting of such funds from departments within the Interior and Treasury (such as the Minerals Management Service), in what has been a 15-year-old lawsuit. Some American Indian nations have also sued the government over water-rights issues and their treaties with the US. In 2010 Congress passed the Claims Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291), which provided $3.4 billion for the settlement of the Cobell v. Salazar class-action trust case and four American Indian water rights cases.[12][13]
On March 16, 2021, Deb Haaland, serving at that time as a member of Congress for New Mexico, took the oath of office as secretary, becoming the first American Indian to lead an executive department, and the third woman to lead the department.[14]
Operating units
The hierarchy of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs
Logo of the National Invasive Species Council
Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance
Office of International Affairs
Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment
Office of Policy Analysis
National Invasive Species Council
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Deputy Director, Michelle E. Warren, leading an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Office of Budget
Office of Financial Management
Office of Planning and Performance Management
Business Integration Office [administers the Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)]
Office of Acquisition and Property Management
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital and Diversity
Office of Human Resources
Office of Occupational Safety and Health
Office of Strategic Employee and Organizational Development
Office of Civil Rights
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology, Information and Business Services
Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution
Appraisal and Valuation Services Office
Interior Business Center
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Office of Facilities and Administrative Services
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, Resources Protection and Emergency Services (DAS-PRE)
DOI Convocation Honor Award is the most prestigious recognition that can be granted by the department.
The following awards are presented at the Honor Awards Convocation:[15]
Safety and Health Award of Excellence & Aviation Safety Award
Distinguished Service Award
Citizen's Award for Bravery
Valor Award
Regions
In 2018, DOI established 12 organizational regions to be used across the department. These superseded the previous 49 regions used across 8 agencies.[16]
Utley, Robert M. and Barry Mackintosh; The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History; Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; 1989
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