The President’s Cabinet

The BureaucracyThe Bureaucracy

Chapter 7.4Chapter 7.4

Agency Review

1. EPA

2. OMB

3. FDIC

4. FCC

5. CIA

6. FTC

A. Compiles the Budget

B. Insures Consumers’ bank accounts

C. False advertising claims

D. Fuel spills in open water

E. Offensive content on TV

F. Gathers secret information about foreign countries

What is the bureaucracy?• The agencies, offices, departments &

employees of the executive branch

Getting Hired

• There are FOUR ways to get a federal job:– Elected (example: President, Congress)– Appointed (example: Supreme Court, Cabinet)– Enlisted (example: Army, Navy, Marines)– Hired

• Part of the Civil Service System• Hired by Office of Personnel Management (OPM)• Hired & promoted based on merit (performance)• Replaced the Spoils System

The White House

White House Office works in the “West Wing”

The Vice President’s Mansion

The Naval Conservatory has been home to the Vice President since 1974. The VP has offices in both the West Wing & the Exec. Office Bldg.

Who makes up the WH Office• Called “the President’s People.” Do not need Senate

approval• Vice President• Chief of Staff• Press Secretary• National Security Advisor• WH Counsel• Personal Assistants• Secret Service detail agents• Chefs, florists, custodial staff, etc.

The Executive Office Building

What agencies are part of the EOP?

• Office of Management & Budget

• National Security Council

• Domestic Council

• Council of Economic Advisors

• Office of Administration

Other parts of Bureaucracy• Independent Agencies

– President cannot fire head

– NASA, EPA, CIA

• Regulatory Agencies– Have the power to make policies, enforce them, and

punish offenders

– FCC, FTC

• Government Corporations– Expected to be self-supporting like a business

– FDIC, USPS

The Cabinet• Are 15 executive depts.

Originally only 4.• Newest is the Dept. of Homeland

Security (DHS), created in 2002.• Head of ea. dept. is called a

secretary, except the Attorney General heads DOJ.

• List the function of each!

Bureaucracy within the DepartmentsBased upon the function of each dept., match the Based upon the function of each dept., match the

agency with the department that supervises it:agency with the department that supervises it:• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), The Mint,

The Border Patrol, Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), The US Army, The Diplomatic Corps, National Park Service, The School Lunch Program, Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Safe & Drug-free Schools, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Office of Electricity Delivery, & The Bureau of the Census.

Inner Cabinet

• Most important departments.• Comprised of 5 depts.: State,

DOJ, Treasury, DOD, DHS• President meets with these

secretaries on a daily basis. All are vital to US security.

Outer Cabinet• The other 10 depts. make up

the outer cabinet.• Oversee areas of importance

but not as vital to economy or national security.

• The pres. does not meet with these secretaries as much.

Names to Know

• Sec. Of State: John Kerry

• Sec. Of Treasury: Jacob Lew

• Sec. Of Defense: Ash Carter

• Atty. Gen.: Loretta Lynch**

• Sec. Of DHS: Jeh Johnson

How’d you do? Matches!• State: Diplomatic Corps• Treasury: The Mint• Defense: The Army• Justice: FBI• Interior: National Park

Service• Agriculture: School

Lunch Program• Commerce: Census

Bureau• Labor: OSHA

• HHS: Center for Disease Control

• HUD: Fed. Housing Auth.• Transportation: The FAA• Energy: Office of Electricity

Delivery• Education: Office of Safe &

Drug-free Schools• Veterans’ Affairs: Walter

Reed Army Hospital• Homeland Security: Border

Patrol

Cabinet MemoryObjective: To match the cabinet department with

its responsibilities.Procedure: 1. Get in pairs. An odd number may require a trio.2. Give the names of pair members to Teacher.3. After all are grouped & recorded, each team

will get a chance to turn over 2 cards. If the cards make a match, pick up the cards. Go again. If the cards do not match, turn them back over in their original positions.

4. The team with the most matches at the end of the game wins.