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Title: Chapter 7, Section 4 Presidential Advisors and Executive Agencies


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Chapter 7, Section 4Presidential Advisors and
Executive Agencies
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Main Idea
  • Thousands of employees and advisors help the
    President!

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  • I. Executive Office of the President (225)
  • A. Employees of the Executive Office of the
    President (EOP) help by preparing reports,
    helping write bills, and checking the work of
    various agencies.
  • (Created by FDR-1939)
  • ( 2000 employees with a budget of
    100,000,000)

  • B. The White House Staff work directly with the
    president. About 10 to 12 are presidents
    closest advisors. The most powerful chief of
    staff.

Rahm Emanuel
Erskine Bowles
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  • C. The White House Staff screens the flow of
    information and people to the president.
  • As a result, this group has a lot of power!
  • D. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
    prepares the federal budget and monitors
    government spending.
  • The federal budget lays out the
    administrations plans and goals for the coming
    year.

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  • E. The National Security Council helps the
    president coordinate the military and foreign
    policy. It includes the vice president,
    secretaries of state and defense, NSC supervises
    the CIA.

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  • F. George W. Bush created the office of homeland
    security to deal with terrorist activities. It
    includes members of the cabinet, FBI, and the
    border patrol.

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  • G. Members of the Council of Economic Advisers
    (CEA) advise the president about complex economic
    matters, such as employment, taxes, inflation,
    and trade.

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  • II. Cabinet
  • A. The cabinet- a group of advisors that
    includes the heads of the 15 top-level executive
    depts.
  • The head of the Department of Justice is
    called the Attorney general. The other
    department heads are called secretaries.

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  • B. Cabinet members advise the president on issues
    related to their departments.
  • The president decides when the cabinet meets
    and how much to rely on their advice.

President Obamas Cabinet
Department of Homeland Security
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  • III. The Vice President and the First Lady (page
    228)
  • A. Most presidents have delegated little
    authority to their vice presidents, though this
    is changing somewhat.
  • Modern vice presidents have served on special
    advisory boards. They often visit foreign
    countries as representatives.

Vice President website
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  • B. The Constitution does not mention the
    presidents spouse. Many First Ladies, though,
    have served the country in useful ways.
  • Today First Ladies have an office and staff in
    the White House.
  • Michelle Obama

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  • IV. The Federal Bureaucracy (228-230)
  • Executive Branch is shaped like a
    pyramid. Directly below the president are the
    cabinet secretaries and their departments. At
    the next level are hundreds of agencies.

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  • Federal Bureaucracy- the agencies and employees
    of the executive branch. The workers are called
    bureaucrats, or civil servants.
  • B. Independent agencies- The executive branch
    includes hundreds of independent agencies. The 3
    main types are
  • Executive agencies
  • Regulatory commissions
  • Government corporations

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  • C. Executive Agencies deal with certain
    specialized areas.
  • Examples
  • 1) National Aeronautics Space Administration

(NASA)
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2)Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insures savings of depositors up to 100,000
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3) Small Business Administration (SBA)
Provides loans for small businesses
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  • D. Government corporations- are like private
    businesses, except the government owns and runs
    them.
  • Like business, they charge for their services,
    but are not supposed to make profit.

Amtrak US Postal Service
Tenn. Valley Authority

(TVA)
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  • E. Regulatory Commissions do not have to report
    to the president like other agencies. Only
    Congress can remove them through impeachment.
  • Regulatory commissions protect the public by
    making/enforcing rules for certain industries.
  • Examples

NRC
FCC
SEC
FDA
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  • F. Political Appointees- people whom the
    president has chosen because they have the
    ability or were supporters of the presidents
    campaign.

Spoils System Previously, government jobs were
given to workers as a reward for loyal service
The assassination of President Garfield led to
reform and the creation of the Civil Service
System
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  • G. Around 90 percent of national government
    workers are civil service workers. Unlike
    appointees, they usually have a permanent
    employment.
  • Federal workers have good benefits and most
    make it a career.

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  • H. The civil service system- hires government
    workers on the basis of openness and skill.
  • Civil service system is based on merit, only
    hire new workers who have passed series of
    tests.

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  • I. Merit System- Government officials hire people
    based on performance standards.

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Mini Quiz!!!
  • 1. What is a government corporation? Give an
    example of one!
  • 2. Over time, has the vice president gained or
    lost power?
  • 3. New cabinet department created by President
    George W. Bush after 9/11?
  • 4. What does the White House Staff do?
  • 5. What are regulatory commissions?
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