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| organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
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| team of executive branch officials appointed by the president |
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| important group of policy advisors to the President |
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| The Executive Office of the President |
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people the President chooses to help make foreign and domestic policies
advise the prez on important matters relating to the many presidential roles |
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most trusted advisors and assistants
give advice and info about national security, economy, and other subjects
helps guide bureaucracy towards meeting the President's goal |
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Constitution gives no duties other than presiding over the Senate
president decides what the VP will do, mostly invisible |
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help the prez make decisions on foreign and domestic policies
Office of Management: decides cost of policy goals
National Security Council: helps make policy
Office of Homeland Security: 9/11, protect nation |
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| The Executive Departments |
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carry out nation's laws and run government programs
Executive Department Leadership: attorney general or secretary, form core of Cabinet |
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about 60
3 types: executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and government corporations |
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| under direct control of President |
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congress has formed 12
each makes and carries out rules for a certain business or economic activity
settle disputes between businesses they regulate |
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like private businesses that try to make a profit
provide public services that might be too risky/expensive for private businesses |
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congress members and President disagree
executive departments and independent agencies can become settings for political battlegrounds |
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president chooses less than 1% of workers in the executive branch
friends/supporters were mostly likely to get government jobs, loyalty was more important than knowing how to do a job
then congress set up CSS, government workers are hired on basis of merit |
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