Office of Science and Technology Policy

Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20506

For further information, contact the Executive Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202–395–7347.

The Office of Administration was established within the Executive Office of the President by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (5 U.S.C. App.). The Office was activated, effective December 4, 1977, by Executive Order 12028 of December 12, 1977.

The Office of Administration, headed by the Director, provides administrative support services to all units within the

Executive Office of the President, except those services that are in direct support of the President. The services provided by the Office of Administration include information, personnel, and financial management; data processing; library services; records maintenance; and general office operations, such as nonPresidential mail, messenger, printing, procurement, and supply services.

For further information, contact the Director of Personnel, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. Phone, 202-395-3765.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20501

Article II, section I, of the Constitution provides that the President "shall hold his
Office during the Term of four Years * together with the Vice President *

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In addition to his role as President of the Senate, the Vice President is empowered to succeed to the Presidency, pursuant to Article II and the 20th and 25th amendments to the Constitution.

The executive functions of the Vice President include participation in Cabinet meetings and, by statute, membership on the National Security Council and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Fourteenth Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250

[For the Department of Agriculture statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Part 2]

The Department of Agriculture serves all Americans daily. It works to improve and maintain farm income and to develop and expand markets abroad for agricultural products. The Department helps to curb and to cure poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. It works to enhance the environment and to maintain our production