Head Of Department Of Interior
The secretary of the interior since april 12 2013 is sally jewell.
Head of department of interior. The department is administered by the united states secretary of the interior who is a member of the cabinet of the president. Bernhardt serves as the 53rd secretary of the u s. The united states secretary of the interior is the head of the united states department of the interior the department of the interior in the united states is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources.
Senate on april 11 2019 and took office on the same day. Our department employs some 70 000 people including expert scientists and resource management professionals in nine technical bureaus. Department of the interior.
As secretary of the interior bernhardt leads an agency with more than 70 000 employees who are stewards for 20 percent of the nation s lands including national parks monuments wildlife refuges and other public lands. The secretary is the head of the u s. Department of the interior protects america s natural resources and heritage honors our cultures and tribal communities and supplies the energy to power our future.
The inspector general position is currently held by mark greenblatt. Deputy secretary of the interior david bernhardt is set to take over as the head of the department of the interior at least on an acting basis. Since the start of the trump administration in january 2017 tribes have endured a series of policy debacles at the department of the interior an agency that includes the bureau of indian affairs the bureau of indian education and the office of the special trustee for american indians they include.
It oversees such agencies as the bureau of land management the united states geological survey and the national park service. A move to reorganize all bureaus agencies and offices at interior into a unified system. The construction of the national capital s water system the colonization of freed slaves in haiti exploration of western wilderness oversight of the district of columbia jail regulation of territorial governments management of hospitals and universities management of public parks and the basic responsibilities.
The current secretary is david bernhardt who previously served in the department as deputy secretary. Department of the interior. He will oversee over 500 million acres of.