1. 13.5
The Organization of the Executive Branch

2. Help
President wears a lot of “hats”
4 main groups to help

3. White House Staff 400 people Personal lawyer Press secretary
Speechwriters
Assistants
Chief of Staff = most loyal aide & “gatekeeper”

4. EOP Executive Office of the President 1939 Support staff
1800 employees

5. Agencies in the EOP Council of Economic Advisors CEA
National Security Council NSC
Presidents can add new agencies
(Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

6. Page 245

7. Executive Departments
1/3 of organizations in the Executive Branch
Carry out work of government
Public policy
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor

8. Including Departments that exists within other departments
FBI is part of the Justice Department

9. Grown Washington = 3 departments Today = 15 departments
Newest = Homeland Security 2003
All have Department heads

10. Independent Agencies Help implement federal policy
Answer to President but not “Part” of the executive Branch
NASA
CIA
FCC
FDA
USPS

11. Check 10.5
Name 3 executive departments
Name 2 independent agencies

12. 10.6 Local, State & Federal Bureaucracies Carries out public policy
Public thinks:
Too large
Too impersonal
Doesn't accomplish much

13. Civil Servants Bureaucracies run run by civil servants
Employees working in the agencies
Providing government services

14. Example Nursing Engineering Teachers Park rangers Firefighters
Police officers
Health inspectors

15. Source of Power
Bureaucracy needs to be effective
Must have power

16. sources Legislative & budgetary support Interest group support
Expertise
Longevity
Leadership
Citizen demand

17. Power is not unlimited Someone is in charge Elected or appointed
Congress has investigated the work of federal agencies
Passed laws to protect employees who expose wrongdoing (whistle-blower)

18. Meaning?
Rules in the workplace
OSHA = ensures workplace safety

19. ?? Has bureaucracy gotten too big? Government provides many services
More services = larger government

20. shrink Government is same size as in 1960 How did it shrink?
Privatization
Contracting private companies to complete work once done by civil servants
13 million now work indirectly for the government

21. Public Services We use daily but don’t think about them Page 248
We are much better off today than in the past

22. Check 10.6
List 6 public services