Presidential Advisors and Agencies. The Name Game The term department is reserved for agencies of cabinet rank The term agency is used to refer to any.

Presidential Advisors and Agencies

The Name Game

• The term department is reserved for agencies of cabinet rank

• The term agency is used to refer to any governmental body or, more particularly, to a major unit headed by a single administrator of near-cabinet status. The term administration is used in a similar way

The Name Game

• The term commission is given to agencies charged with the regulation of business activities. Commissions are headed by varying numbers of top-ranking officers, or commissioners.

• The terms corporation and authority are used for agencies that have a board and a manager and that conduct business-like activities.

• These terms are not used consistently

Presidential Advisors and Agencies

• The Vice President• Basically just “waits” for things to do• Recent presidents have given their VPs

important jobs

• The Cabinet• Presidential advisors, not in Constitution• Made up of the top executives of the Federal

Departments, confirmed by the Senate

Figure 13.1

The Executive Office of the President

• Made up of several policymaking and advisory bodies

EOP

• EOP has about 2,000 employees & a budget of more than $100 million

• These are the people who work the closest to the president.

• They help him accomplish his many duties

EOP

• -The most important parts of the EOP are:

-White House Office

-Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

-National Security Council (NSC)

-Office of Administration

-Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)

White House Office

• close political advisors, lawyer, press secretary, etc screen the flow of information & people trying to reach the president.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

• prepares the federal budget and monitors spending of federal agencies

National Security Council (NSC)

• helps president coordinate the military & foreign policy

Office of Administration

• provides administration services to all of the executive offices.

Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)

• helps president carryout his role as economic leader.

The First Lady

• No official government position, but many get involved politically• Recent ones focus on a single issue

Artist: Mike Keefe, The Denver Post

Date: 11/19/08

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