Offices in the Executive Branch
Includes the White House Office
Serves the President
Department Heads
Must be approved by the
Any advice given to the President will usually be on issues related to their departments
President will determine __________________________ and ____________________________________________
The Federal Bureaucracy
The Executive Branch is shaped like a triangle
Top down
Departments and agencies carry out government in 3 ways
1.
2.
3.
This all helps to shape government policy
“Red Tape” – inefficiency caused by _________________________________________
Each person has a designed function and must operate within a chain of command
Government Corporations
How are government corporations different from private corporations?
General manager & board of directors runs each corporation
They charge for services, but are __________________________________________________, all money goes back
into the business
Ex –
Law Enforcement Agencies
Federal
FBI –
Counterfeiting , Bank robbery, espionage & spying, kidnapping
SBI –
Highway patrol, murder if suspect and body stay in that state
County
Local Police
Civil Service System
Spoils System “To the Victor belong the Spoils”
What happened in the late 1800s because of the Spoils system?
Who demanded change?
Reformed system came about – called the Merit System
What Act instituted the Merit system?
What are the 2 types of job categories?
What is the Hatch Act of 1939?
___________________________________________(OPM) – administers tests and hires workers
Merit System Protection Board – handles _______________________ based on merit
Political Appointees
Top department jobs usually go to political appointees
When does employment end?
How many national government employees are civil service workers?
Hiring is usually based on –
How was hiring before 1883?
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President’s Cabinet Departments
_______ executive department heads – advisers
Makes the president’s jobs easier by __________________ the work
Head of the Dept of Justice is the ______________________________
All other heads have the title of _______________________
Most recent addition?
President Washington’s Cabinet?
The Executive Branch’s Bureaucracy – An Overview
Directions – Give a brief description for each category. Next, if the agency is abbreviated, identify what it
stands for. Last, explain the main duties of each agency that belongs to that category. You can use the
information on pages 225-229 or a computer to help you.
I.
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
a. OMB
b. NSC
c. White House Office
d. Office of Administration
e. CEA
II.
Independent Executive Agencies
a. NASA
b. EPA
c. CIA
III.
Regulatory Agencies
a. FCC
b. FEC
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c. FTC
IV.
Government Corporations
a. Amtrak
b. FDIC
c. US Postal Service
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