Executive Bureaucracy
The Federal bureaucracy is all of the agencies, people and procedures through which the Federal government operates. The President is the chief administrator.
Executive Branch Agencies 1. Executive office of the President Council of Economic Advisors, National Security Council 2. Executive Departments Department of State, Department of Defense 3. Independent Agencies CIA, FBI, Postal Service, NASA
The White House “nerve center” of the executive branch Majority of staff located in the west wing Oval Office, Cabinet Room
The National Security Council (NSC) Advises the president on all foreign, domestic and military matters
The Executive Departments There are 15 Executive departments Each department is headed by a secretary The heads of each agency forms the Executive Cabinet.