1. The President’s Cabinet
The Bureaucracy
Chapter 7.4

2. Agency Review Compiles the Budget EPA Insures Consumers’ bank accounts
False advertising claims
Fuel spills in open water
Offensive content on TV
Gathers secret information about foreign countries
EPA
OMB
FDIC
FCC
CIA
FTC

3. What is the bureaucracy?
The agencies, offices, departments & employees of the executive branch

4. 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

5. The White House

6. White House Office works in the “West Wing”

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

8. Who makes up the WH Office
Called “the President’s People.” Do not need Senate approval
Vice President
Chief of Staff & Top Advisors
Press Secretary
National Security Advisor
WH Counsel
Personal Assistants
Secret Service detail agents
Chefs, florists, custodial staff, etc.

9. The Executive Office Building

10. What agencies are part of the EOP?
Office of Management & Budget
National Security Council
Domestic Council
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Administration

11. 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

12. 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!

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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

18. Cabinet Memory
Objective: To match the cabinet department with its responsibilities.
Procedure:
Get in pairs. An odd number may require a trio.
Give the names of pair members to Teacher.
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.
The team with the most matches at the end of the game wins.

19. Assignment
Read through chapter 8, section 1 to complete the graphic organizers for p. 74.
Due Monday!