1 / 11

8. The executive branch

8. The executive branch. I. Structure II. Coordination III. Staff. I. The structure of the executive branch -State Department (Sec. o f State) -Dpt of the Treasury - Dpt of the Interior -Dpt of Agriculture (incl. food stamps) -Dpt of Justice (Attorney General) -Dpt of Commerce

leigh
Download Presentation

8. The executive branch

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 8. The executivebranch I. Structure II. Coordination III. Staff

  2. I. The structure of the executivebranch -State Department (Sec. of State) -Dpt of the Treasury -Dpt of the Interior -Dpt of Agriculture (incl. food stamps) -Dpt of Justice(Attorney General) -Dpt of Commerce -Dpt of Labor -Dpt of Defense

  3. -H.U.D. (Housing and UrbanDevpt) -Dpt of Transportation -Dpt of Energy(DOE) -Dpt of Education -HHS (Health and Human Services) -VeteransAffairs -Dpt of Homeland Security

  4. “executive unity”(A. Jackson)

  5. Independent regulatoryagencies/commissions: -Interstate Commerce Agency -Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -Fed. Communications Commission (electronic comm.) -Env. Protection Agency (EPA) -Fed. Reserve -etc. First instance court

  6. II. The coordination of the executivebranch -“imperial presidency” -Executive Office of the Pdt (EOP) (Executive Reorganization Act) -1940: $2.8M; 2004: $387M

  7. -White House Office; headed by the White House Chief of Staff • -NSC (National Security Council); includes the NSA (National Security Advisor)

  8. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) • A House Democrat about the Bush administration:“This administration thinks that Article I of the Constitution was a fundamental mistake.” • Bush: “administrative strategy”

  9. Main agencies of the EOP: White House Office ; Office of Management and Budget ; Council of Economic Advisers ; National Security Council ; Office of Policy Development ; Office of the United States Trade Representative ; Council on Environmental Quality ; Office of Science and Technology Policy ; Office of Administration

  10. Under Nixon: “Berlin Wall” of top staffers Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Kissinger • 1970s measures aimed at more transparency: FACA, Government in the Sunshine, Ethics in Government, more oversight of CIA, etc.

  11. III. The staff of the executivebranch: the civil servants -1883 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act -spoils system

More Related