1. Executive Bureaucracy

2. The Federal bureaucracy is all of the agencies, people and procedures through which the Federal government operates.
The President is the chief administrator.

3. 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

4. The White House “nerve center” of the executive branch
Majority of staff located in the west wing
Oval Office, Cabinet Room

5. The National Security Council (NSC)
Advises the president on all foreign, domestic and military matters

6. The Executive Departments
There are 15 Executive departments
Each department is headed by a secretary
The heads of each agency forms the Executive Cabinet.