Department of the Treasury

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220

Phone, 202–622–2000. Internet, http://www.treasury.gov.

Secretary of the Treasury JACOB J. LEW

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury NEAL S. WOLIN

Treasurer of the United States ROSIE RIOS

Chief of Staff CHRISTIAN WEIDEMAN

Inspector General ERIC THORSON

Treasury Inspector General for Tax

Administration

J. RUSSELL GEORGE

Treasury Special Inspector General for the

Troubled Asset Relief Program

CHRISTY ROMERO

Under Secretary (Domestic Finance) MARY MILLER

Assistant Secretary (Financial Institutions) CYRUS AMIR-MOKRI

Assistant Secretary (Financial Markets) MATTHEW S. RUTHERFORD

Assistant Secretary (Financial Stability) TIM MASSAD

Fiscal Assistant Secretary RICHARD GREGG

Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy) ALEX GELBER , Acting

General Counsel CHRISTOPHER J. MEADE

Under Secretary (International Affairs) LAEL BRAINARD

Assistant Secretary (International Finance) CHARLES COLLYNS

Assistant Secretary (International Markets and

Development)

MARISA LAGO

Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs) AL FITZPAYNE

Assistant Secretary for Management NANI A. COLORETTI

Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs) NATALIE WYETH EARNEST

Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) MARK J. MAZUR

Under Secretary (Terrorism and Financial

Intelligence)

DAVID COHEN

Assistant Secretary (Intelligence and Analysis) LESLIE IRELAND

Assistant Secretary (Terrorist Financing) DANIEL GLASER

The Department of the Treasury serves as f‌i nancial agent for the U.S. Government,

manufacturing coins and currency, enforcing f‌i nancial laws, and recommending

economic, tax, and f‌i scal policies.

The Treasury Department was created by

act of September 2, 1789 (31 U.S.C. 301

and 301 note). Many subsequent acts

have f‌i gured in the development of the

Department, delegating new duties to its

charge and establishing the numerous

bureaus and divisions that now comprise

the Treasury.

Secretary As a major policy adviser

to the President, the Secretary has

primary responsibility for recommending

domestic and international f‌i nancial,

economic, and tax policy; formulating

broad f‌i scal policies that have general

signif‌i cance for the economy; and

managing the public debt. The Secretary

also oversees the activities of the

Department in carrying out its major

law enforcement responsibility; in

serving as the f‌i nancial agent for the U.S.

Government; and in manufacturing coins,

currency, and other products for customer

agencies. The Secretary also serves as the

Government’s chief f‌i nancial off‌i cer.