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