Thursday 11/12
RAP
• Which president was the only president
to serve in both WWI and WWII?
• President Dwight David Eisenhower
(1890-1969)
Today:
Dave
Monday 11/16
RAP
• Which president’s birth name was Leslie Lynch
King Jr.?
– MAJOR HINT He was the first person to be both vice
president and president without being elected by the people?
He was appointed vice president when Spiro Agnew
resigned and he succeeded to the presidency when Nixon
resigned.
Today:
Ch. 15
Tuesday 11/17
RAP
• Which President do you feel accomplished
the most during his presidency?
– Why?
Today:
• Review Ch. 15 – Government
Bureaucracy
Friday 4/3
RAP
• What is the position of Chief of Staff?
• Is she/he in line of succession? Does the position need to be approved by the
senate?
He/She is “The Gatekeeper” to the President. You cannot get to the President without going
through this person. He/she arranges the president’s schedule, and selects and supervises the
White House Staff. He/she is a close adviser to the President on various issues. He/she is not in
the line of succession; and does not need to be approved by the Senate. The President chooses
who will be their Chief of Staff.
President Obama has had 5, so far:
5) Denis McDonough: one of the President's closest and most trusted advisors for nearly a
decade. Began in Jan. 2013
4) Jack Lew (2012-2013), was then nominated by the president to become Treasury
Secretary.
3) Bill Daley, (January 2011 to January 2012). He also served as U.S. Secretary of
Commerce from 1997 to 2000 under President Bill Clinton.
2) Pete Rouse briefly served as acting chief of staff between Emanuel’s exit and Daley’s
entrance.
1) Rahm Emanuel (2009-2010) left the White House to run for and get elected as mayor of
Chicago.
Monday 11/16
• RAP
– If you were POTUS what would be the first
issue you would address?
• Why?
• Today:
– Review Ch. 15
– Watch “DAVE”
The Federal Bureaucracy
Review
The Federal Bureaucracy
The President
Executive
Office of
the
President
Department of State, Defense,
Justice, Treasury 
Chief of Staff, NSC, OMB
Cabinet
Departments
Independent Agencies
& Commissions
(FDIC, Fannie Mae,
Freddie Mac) 
Government Corporations
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(CIA, EPA, NASA, Peace Corps,
The Federal Reserve)
Federal Bureaucracy
The federal bureaucracy is all of the
agencies, people, and procedures
through which the Federal Government
operates.
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The President is the chief administrator of the Federal
Government.
In order to enact and enforce policy, Congress and the
President have created an administration—the
government’s many administrators and agencies.
The West Wing of the White
House
The President’s closest advisors work in the West
Wing of the White House, near the oval office.
The Executive Office of the
President
• An umbrella agency that consists of the
President’s closest advisors and
assistants.
– Includes Chief of Staff, Press Secretary, and
expert advisors in many areas.
– Do not require Senate approval.
Whitehouse Chief of staff Denis McDonough
Additional Agencies
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• The OMB’s major task is the preparation of the federal
budget, which the President must submit to Congress.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Established in 1989, this agency’s existence dramatizes
the nation’s concern over drugs.
Council of Economic Advisers
• The Council of Economic Advisers consists of three of
the country’s leading economists, and acts as the
President’s major source of information and advice on
the nation’s economy.
The Cabinet
• The President appoints members that
must be approved by the Senate.
• Each cabinet member heads one of the
executive departments.
• Together they advise the President.
Secretary of the
Treasury
Jack Lew
Attorney
General
Loretta Lynch
Secretary of
Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson
Executive Departments: pg.
426-427
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State
Treasury
Defense
Justice
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
9. Housing & Urban
Development
10. Transportation
11. Energy
12. Education
13. Homeland Security
14. Veterans Affairs
15. Health & Human
Services
Review
1. All heads of the executive departments are
known as secretaries except for the
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(a) head of the Department of Justice—the attorney general.
(b) head of the Department of Defense—the supreme general.
(c) head of the Department of the Treasury—the treasurer.
(d) chief of the Department of the Interior—the forest ranger.
2. Members of the Cabinet act as heads of their
departments as well as
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(a) advisors to the President.
(b) congressional liaisons.
(c) heads of the branches of the armed forces.
(d) none of the above.
Independent Agencies
• These are located outside of other
departments—nearly 150, today.
– These are agencies that don’t fit well with
other agencies.
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Social Security Administration
NASA
EPA
Peace Corps
Federal Election Commission
– These do not have cabinet status
Government Corporations
• Many of the independent agencies are corporations.
– They were set up by Congress to carry out certain business
like activities.
– 1791-first Bank of the US.
– Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
– US Postal Service
– TVA
• These are set up like private corporations, but what they money they
generate is put back into the business.
• Difference is that Congress decides the purpose for which the public
agencies exist and the functions.
• The President selects most of the top officers, with Senate
confirmation.
• Some of these independent agencies are really not that
independent and are tied to an executive department.
Civil Service
• Civil Service is composed of civilian employees who
perform the administrative work of government.
• 2.7 million men and women.
• History
– Jackson and the Spoils System
– Pendleton Act laid the foundation for the present
federal civil service system.
• Quality of one’s work would be the basis for hiring.
• Equal opportunity for career advancement remain a
problem.
– Minorities and women are well represented in most agencies,
they tend to be concentrated in lower level positions.
How large should government
be?
The primary function of
government is to protect our rights
and provide national security.
Cutting an agency!
• In your groups:
– Please pick one agency to cut from the
federal bureaucracy!
• Look in Ch. 15.3, 15.4 and 15.5
• On one piece of paper-list the names of your group
members.
• Write down the agency name
• Why you want to cut it.
• Pros and cons of cutting it from the federal
government.
– At least 3 of each!!!
DAVE
• One side has the roles of the president
and the other side has questions for
Dave.