1. The President’s Cabinet The Bureaucracy Chapter 7.4

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

3. 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

4. The Executive Office Building

5. Cabinet Notes Are 15 executive depts. Originally only 3. 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. Go over the function of each!

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Names to Know Sec. Of State: Hillary Clinton Sec. Of Treasury: Timothy Geithner Sec. Of Defense: Leon Panetta Atty. Gen.: Eric Holder Sec. Of DHS: Janet Napolitano

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Cabinet Memory Objective: To match the cabinet department with its responsibilities. Procedure: 1.Get in pairs. An odd number may require a trio. 2.Give the names of pair members to TA. 3.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. 4.The team with the most matches at the end of the game wins.

12. Executive Office of the President, PAGE 67 Explain the role of each from 7.4: –White House Office (p. 225) –OMB (p. 225) –NSC (p. 225) –CEA (p. 225) –The Vice President (p. 228) –The First Lady (p. 228)