2. The President

3. What did you put on your job description?
President’s Purpose
What did you put on your job description?

4. The President Qualifications Terms 35 years old
Natural born US citizen
Live in US at least 14 years
What else did you include on your job description?
4 year term
22nd Amendment limits presidents to 2 terms (8 years total)

5. President’s Compensation
$400,000/ year salary
$50,000/ year expense allowance
“Perks”
White House
Air Force One
Camp David
Medical, dental, health care
What do you think about the president’s compensation?

6. President’s Roles Chief of State Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander in Chief
Chief Legislator
Chief of Party
Chief Citizen

7. Describe or define this Presidential role.
President’s Roles
Describe or define this Presidential role.
What are some examples of things the President would do in this role?

8. Executive Branch

9. The Simplified Version

10. The Real Version

11. Bureaucracy

12. Bureaucracy =
Large, complex structures that handles the everyday business of an organization
Ex. McDonald’s, Roman Catholic Church, universities, Rochester Community Schools
Why? Without the people who make bureaucracy happen, laws would just be words and nothing would get done.

13. The President and Bureaucracy
Executive Office of the President
Executive Departments
Independent Agencies
(pg 417)

14. Federal Bureaucracy

15. Executive Office of President
EOP= President’s “right arm”
~10 separate agencies staffed by the President’s closest advisors and assistants

16. Executive Office of President
White House Office
National Security Council
Located mostly in the West Wing
Includes President’s key personal and political staff:
Chief of Staff (most influential presidential aid)
Press Secretary
Counsel (legal advisor)
President’s physician
Advises President in all domestic, foreign, and military matters related to the nation’s security
Includes:
Vice President
Secretaries of Defense and State
CIA director
Joint Chiefs of Staff (high ranking military personnel)

17. Federal Bureaucracy

18. Executive Departments
Executive departments do much of the work of the Federal Government
Put Congress’s bills into action
15 executive departments organized around large areas of government
Department of…
State
Treasury
Defense
Justice
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Homeland Security
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation
Energy
Education
Veterans Affairs pg

19. Executive Departments
Each executive department is headed by a secretary (ex. Secretary of Defense)
Except the Dept. of Justice headed by the Attorney General
These secretaries:
Head their executive department
Form the President’s Cabinet

20. Executive Departments The President’s Cabinet
The President appoints the secretaries for the 15 executive departments
These appointments MUST be approved by the Senate
The secretaries form the President’s Cabinet
Made up of experts in their areas of government, the Cabinet advises the President

21. Federal Bureaucracy

22. Independent Agencies
150 + agencies that work outside of the executive departments
Ex.
Social Security Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
NASA
Civil Rights Commission
Peace Corps