GOVERNMENT AT WORK

FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

• The federal bureaucracy is all the agencies,people and procedures in the federal Government
• The president is chief administrator of the Federal Government
• Administration-the governments many admististrators and agencies that enact/enforce policy
• Federal bureaucracy is organized into to areas of specialization

STRUCTURE OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• Executive Office of the President (EOP)
• Executive Departments (Cabinet Depts)
• Independent Agencies (regulatory agencies)

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

• The name department is reserved for agencies of cabinet rank
• Titles include agency,administration,commission,corporation,and authority
• The EOP is an umbrella agency of sparate agencies
• The EOP is the presidents right arm staffed with his closest advisors
• The EOP was established by congress in 1939

THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

• The white house stafe is made up of the presidents closest political staff
• Postions include chief of staff,press secretary,counsel to the President,etc..

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

• NSC advises the president on all matters that relate to national security
• Members include the Vice President and secretaries of state and defense

ADDITIONAL AGENCIES

• Office of management and budget(OMB)
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Council of Economic Advisers

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

• The executive departments are traditional units of federal administration
• Each department is headed by a secretary(except Dept of Justice)
• Each department is made up of a number of subunits,both staff and line
• Executive Depts vary in terms of visibility,size,and importance

THE CABINENT

• Is a very informal advisory body for the president
• Tradition makes them the heads of executive depts
• The president appoints the head of each department with senate approval

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

• Created by congress and located outside the executive departments
• Independent agencies do nit have cabinent status

INDEPENTEND REGULATORY COMMISSIONS

• They ar largely out of reach of the presidents conrol

CIVIL SERVICE

• Group of public employees who preform work for the government
• Patronage-giving government jobs to supporters and friends