Consider: Which parts of the B’ucy are the “doers”, and which parts are
the “advisors”?
Homework: Assignment 15 for Tuesday
ORGANIZATION OF
THE BUREAUCRACY
Chapter 8
AP Government and Politics
The Federal
“B’ucy”
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Colloquially:
the
“government”.
Divided into 3
basic parts
Executive
(Cabinet)
departments
 Independent
Executive
Agencies
 The Executive
Office of the
President

National
Security
Council
The Executive
Branch
Executive
Office of ("The President")
the
President
Peace
Corps
FEC
SSA
White
House
Office
Council of
Economic
Advisors
- The "Right Arm" of
the President
- Several agencies
staffed by the
President's closest
advisors
Executive
Deapartments
"The Cabinet"
- 15 Departments
headed by a
Secretary
- Do most of the work
of the Executive
branch
- Broken down into
subunits
Justice
CIA
NASA
Independent Agencies
- Number in the 100's
- Deal with specific areas/
activities outside the scope
of the Cabinet depts.
- Report directly to the
President
Other Key
Executive
Agencies
Defense
EPA
State
HS
Formal Organization of the
Bureaucracy
8.2
 Cabinet departments (60%)
 (and associated “cabinet agencies” (CA), for lack
of a better term)
 Independent executive agencies (IAs)
 Independent of a cabinet department (for various
reasons)
 Independent regulatory commissions
(IRCs)
 Independent for specific reasons/purposes
 Government corporations (GCs)
 Most recent addition
 Different from all of these
Group 1 FAA, NASA, NRC, TVA
Group 2 FEMA, CIA, FEC, AMTRAK
Group 3 FDA, EPA, FCC, FDIC
FBI, Peace Corps, CPSC,
Group 4 USPS
Consider: Which parts of the B’ucy are the “doers”, and which parts are
the “advisors”?
Homework: Assignment 15 for tomorrow
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