1.  As banking commissioner, Mrs. Koplow was the first woman to head a major department of the executive branch of the state government.

2.  Both secretaries reduced the number of department employees, and Cuomo has continued the trimming efforts by reorganizing major departments.

3.  All available at major department stores.

4.  One of the first parts of the museum to be put together, the antiquities collection is the last major department to be overhauled.

5.  The federal budget continues to grow and no major departments or programs were eliminated.