1.   Of all the federal departments, Treasury is not one where we have learned to find the liberal wing of our presidencies.

2.   The management experience of being a governor was important to my running a federal department this big and complicated.

3.   Also on Wednesday, Clinton signed a directive instructing all federal departments to upgrade security according to the standards set in the report.

4.   Among them is the New York City Police Department, which is now negotiating with the federal department and hoping to avert outside oversight.

5.   All it takes to hurt thousands of New Yorkers in the pocket, instantly and seriously, is for a few federal departments to stop working.

6.   But if final spending disagreements are not resolved, another temporary spending measure would have to be passed to keep federal departments and agencies functioning.

7.   Congress has historically dealt with natural disasters by passing supplemental appropriations, adding money to previously approved budgets for federal departments.

8.   Coordination between the dozens of federal departments, agencies and bureaus responsible for scores of nonproliferation programs must be improved.

9.   Cox is a former top official at the federal departments of labor, agriculture and commerce in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations.

10.   Earlier this year, Republican newcomers had hopes of eliminating several federal departments, including Education, Housing, and Energy.