For some reason while pondering what to write about this month I could not stop thinking about the original cabinet level agency. (www2.erie.gov)
Although most (if not all) cabinet level departments have a line of succession, in case multiple high - level staff are fired at the same time. (politics.stackexchange.com)
But to my mind the worst mistake was not having a minister at Cabinet level responsible for science and technology for most of those 14 years. (newscientist.com)