1. 7.4 Advisors & Agencies

2. Organization of Fed. Branch Organization of Fed. Branch –Executive Office of the Pres. EOP EOP –About 500 people –10-12 serve Pres. Advisors  Chief of staff is most powerful  Press secretary

3. –Office of Management & Budget OMB OMB –Prepares budget –Oversees spending –National Security Council NSC NSC –Helps direct foreign policy & military –Matters that affect national security –Includes:  VP  Sec of State  Sec of Defense  Joints Chiefs of Staff

4. The Cabinet The Cabinet –Advisors Heads of the 15 top-level exec. depts. Heads of the 15 top-level exec. depts. *see chart on pg.227 *see chart on pg.227 They advise pres. On issues related to their depts. They advise pres. On issues related to their depts.

5. Fed Bureaucracy Fed Bureaucracy –All the agencies & people who work for them About 3million civilian workers About 3million civilian workers –3 main tasks Decide how to apply laws Decide how to apply laws –Develop rules & procedures to put laws into practice Do the day to day tasks of running of the gov’t Do the day to day tasks of running of the gov’t –Deliver mail, collect taxes, send out social security checks, etc.

6. Regulate activities Regulate activities –Make sure things are done correctly  Television, radio, airlines, banks, etc. –Independent Agencies Not part of the cabinet Not part of the cabinet 3 types 3 types –Executive  Deals w/specialized areas, like NASA –Gov’t Corporations  US Postal Svc  Run like a private business, but not for a profit –Regulatory Board & Commissions  Protect the public  FCC (communications) FAA (Airlines)

7. –Gov’t workers Political appointees Political appointees –Top positions of depts.  Usually get replaced w/new pres. Civil service workers Civil service workers –90% of gov’t workers  Tend to be permanent jobs Civil Service System Civil Service System –Employs the gov’t workers –Uses exams to hire competent workers –Open to anyone who wants to apply –Used to be workers were hired under the “spoils system”  Rewards for political support –Pendleton Act (1883)  Reformed the hiring practices