Post on 18-Jan-2016
The Organization of the Executive Branch9.2The President, White House Staff, VPOTUS, the executive departments and independent agencies.
The White House Staff
• Trusted advisories about National Security• Chief of Staff• Press secretaries• Legal experts• Speech writers• Office workers• researchers
#44-Barack Hussein Obama
V.P.O.T.U.S.
Presides over the SenateSpecial Duties• Head special commissions• Make diplomatic trips• Work with Congress
Historically invisible
If POTUS dies VPOTUS takes over …NAME ONE PRESIDENT THAT WAS NOT ELECTED!
Joe Biden(VP)
Special Advisory Groups
Assist in decision making process both foreign and domesticOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)1. Decides how much the President’s
policy goals will cost2. Prepares a budget - send it to
congress
Valerie Jarrett (special advisor)Iranian born communist, lives in the White House
Special Advisory Groups (cont.)
•National Security Council1.Military and advisors2.Major role in Foreign policy3.Foreign affairs National
Defense
Panthers!!!
•What three groups make up the Executive Office of the President?
#3 - Thomas Jefferson
Answer!!
1.The White House Staff2.V.P.O.T.U.S.3.SPECIAL ADVISORY
GROUPS (OMB & NSC)
# 43 - G.W. Bush
The Executive Departments
GO TO PAGE 252 •Dept. of State – foreign affairs,
ambassadors, UN•Dept. of the Treasury- taxes thru the
IRS, print & coin $$•Dept. of Defense- Army, Navy, Air
Force, USMC, Coast Guard, weapons
Timothy Geithner – Secretary of the Treasury
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Interior – fish, wildlife, federal lands, natural resources …•Dept. of Agriculture- farm assistance,
food safety inspection, school lunches, animal/plant diseases control, import/export animals•Dept. of Justice- investigate & prosecute
federal laws, FBI, represents US in lawsuits
beefers
USDA (meat inspection)
# 40 - Ronald Reagan
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Commerce - assistance to businesses, national census, patents & trademarks, inventions, weights & measures•Dept. of Labor- minimum wage laws,
discrimination, working conditions, unemployment training programs, statistics on prices/workers
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Health & Human Services: Medicare, food and Drug Admin. (FDA), Public Health Service, Family Support Administration•Dept. of Education- $$$ for public
education(K-12 and college/univer.),research & statistics, promotes equal access to education
Name this guy …
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Housing & Urban Development – low income housing, assistance to state & local gov’t financing community develop and housing projects
Dept. of Transportation- maintains highways, sea lanes & air ports, enforces safety standards
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Energy- conducts research on energy, fuel conservation /shortages
•Dept. of Veteran Affairs- medical, educational & financial help to veterans, housing loans,
# 26 -Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
The Executive Departments (cont.)
•Dept. of Homeland Security- runs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Transportation Security Agency (TSA), provides protection to the POTUS and VPOTUS thru Secret Service, operates Coast Guard and US Customs service
Dept. of Homeland Security
• Formed in response to IX.11.2001 by G. W. Bush• Coordinates anti terrorists activities• Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS)• Coast Guard - inspect ships and water
ways• FEMA
# 2 - John Adams
The Cabinet
•POTUS appoints a head to each dept.• Senate must approve•DOJ head is the Attorney General•Dept. heads = Secretaries• These all form the core of …
“The Cabinet”
The Independent Agencies
3 types: (About 60 agencies) • Executive Agencies-
•Regulatory Agencies
•Government Corporations
#7-Andrew Jackson ‘Old Hickory’
Executive Agencies
Direct control of POTUS:
1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
2. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Regulatory Commissions
Congress formed 12 Commissions (e.g.) (to be free from political influence)
1. Federal Communication Commission (FCC): regulation of the media, radio and TV
2. Consumer Product Safety Commission: commission to set safety standards for home products, automobiles, aircraft, watercraft. They settle disputes between businesses they regulate
Government Corporations
• Like private corporations, they try to make a profit•Public service organizations that may
be too risky / expensive for a private business to engage in• (e.g.) United States Postal Service
(USPS)
The Civil Service System
• POTUS chooses < 1% for the executive branch (loyalty more important than job performance)• 1883 – Congress set up the Civil Service
system (workers called civil servants)1. Set up tests for certain jobs2. Highest scores are hired3. Stay on the job when administrations
change.
Vocabulary:
Bureaucracy: an organization of gov’t departments, agencies and offices
Administration: team of executive branch officials
Cabinet: an important group of policy advisors