Executive Office of the President and the Cabinet

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Executive Office of the President and the Cabinet
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White House Office

• Paid for with funds appropriated by Congress
• Not until after the Civil War
• Appointed by the president
• No Senate confirmation

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White House Office

• Chief of Staff
• Manages all the White House staff
• Controls access to the President
• Josh Bolten

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White House Office

• Press secretary
• Presents television briefings to the press
• Most visible member of the White House Office
• Tony Snow

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White House Office

• Speechwriting
• Write all important public speeches
• Ex. Inaugural address
• Scheduling and advance office
• Plan presidential trips
• Plan exact timing and route
• Plan placement of cameras during speeches
• Answering mail and email

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National Security Council

• Coordinates the departments that deal with
  national security
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Departments of State and Defense
• National Security Advisor
• Appointed by the president
• Very influential
• Steve Hadley

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Office of Management and Budget

• All executive branch agencies must submit their
  budget requests to this agency
• Can withhold funding for a program that the
  president considers ineffective
• Prepares annual budget recommendations to Congress

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Vice President

• Breaks tie votes as the
• President of the Senate
• Succeeds the president in the event of his death
• Active in a specific policy area
• A public spokesperson for the president
• Dick Cheney

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The Cabinet

• Secretary
• Head of a cabinet department
• Exception attorney general is head of the
  Department of Justice
• Cabinet departments
• Divided into units that perform the actual work
  of the government
• Bureaus, administrations, offices, agencies, or
  services
• The presidents main advisory body