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Unit 7: Federal Bureaucracy

This unit explores how the President selects his Cabinet, the roles the Cabinet plays within the Bureaucracy, and the factors that limit their influence. It also introduces and defines each cabinet department.

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Unit 7: Federal Bureaucracy

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  1. Unit 7: Federal Bureaucracy Chapter 10, Section 1 and 8, Section 3 The Cabinet Departments and their role within Bureaucracy

  2. I CAN: • Explain how the President selects his Cabinet • Analyze the roles the cabinet plays within the Bureaucracy • Evaluate factors limiting the Cabinet’s role • List and define each cabinet department

  3. Essential Question • What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet? • How has the cabinet changed over the years?

  4. Cabinet Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSvi6JCCfk

  5. Cabinet • General term for the advisers around any head of state • 15 Executive Department heads, Vice-President, and other top officials • More than advisers; also administrators of bureaucracies

  6. Cabinet Departments • Serve as the major service organization for the federal government • Has broad powers and responsibilities • 15 different executive departmants with different agendas and duties

  7. Question • The cabinet has changed dramatically since Washington was first President. Why do you think this has happened?

  8. Answer:The nation has grown and so has its needs

  9. Selection of Cabinet • Must balance political, social, and management considerations. • Secretaries need experience and expertise. • Appointments need to be acceptable to Senate and general public. • Provide geographic and demographic balance. • Patronage and party loyalty is important.

  10. Obama’s Cabinet

  11. Role of Cabinet • As Individuals, responsible for administration of their executive department • As Group, serve as an advisory board • Depends on what each president wants from their cabinet

  12. Influence of Cabinet • Secretaries of State, defense, treasury, and Attorney General make up “inner circle” • Whitehouse will leak (deliberately disclose) some candidates to get reaction from Congress and public

  13. Presidential Succession

  14. Cabinet Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cda-u8acz8&feature=fvst

  15. Essential Question • What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet? • How has the cabinet changed over the years?

  16. Department of State • Founded: 1789 • Overall foreign policy of the United States • Embassies- office of ambassadors in foreign countries • Current Secretary: John Kerry

  17. Sec of State Videos • http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/02/01/exp-looking-back-at-clintons-time-at-state.cnn • Look at Hilary Clinton as Sec of State

  18. Department of Defense • Founded: 1789 (Department of War) • Changed name in 1949 • Protects the nation’s security • Joint Chiefs of Staff (Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force) • Current Secretary: Chuck Hagel

  19. Department of Treasury • Founded: 1789 • Managing the money of the US • Ex: IRS, Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Public Debt • Current Secretary: Jack Lew

  20. Department of Justice • Founded: 1870 • Attorney General (1789) • Oversee the nation’s legal affairs • Ex: FBI, DEA, US Marshals • Current Secretary: Attorney General Eric Holder

  21. Department of Interior • Founded: 1849 • Protect public lands and naturalresources throughout the nation • Ex: Bureau of Mines • Current Secretary: Ken Salazar

  22. Question • What Service, created by Teddy Roosevelt, would be found in the Department of Interior? (hint, think of Old Faithful)

  23. Department of Agriculture • Founded: 1862 • Help farmers improve their income and expand their markets • Ex: Food Safety and Inspection Service • Current Secretary: Tom Vilsack

  24. Department of Commerce • Founded: 1903 • Promote and protect the industrial and commercial segments of the American economy • Ex: Bureau of Census, Patent and Trademark Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NOAA • Current Secretary: Rebecca Blank (Acting)

  25. Department of Labor • Founded: 1913 • Protects American workers; safe working conditions, safeguards a minimum wage, and protects pension rights • Ex: Office of American Workplace • Current Secretary: Seth Harris (Acting)

  26. Housing and Urban Development • Founded: 1965 • Preserve the nation’s communities and ensure equal housing opportunities • Ex: Government National Mortgage Association • Current Secretary: Shaun Donovan

  27. Transportation Department • Founded: 1966 • Regulate all aspects of transportation needs, policy development, and planning • Federal Aviation, Railroad, Highway, and Transit • Secretary: Ray Lahood

  28. Energy Department • Founded: 1977 • Plans energy policy and researches and develops energy technology • Secretary: Stephen Chu

  29. Question • What are some new research methods that the Energy Department is trying to work on to help the world with their environment problem?

  30. Answer:Clean Energy, such as Wind, Solar, Clean Coal, Electric Cars

  31. Founded: 1979 Health and social services needs of people Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, FDA Secretary: Kathleen Sebelius Health and Human Services Department

  32. Education Department • Founded: 1979 • Coordinate federal assistance programs for public and private schools • Education is an essential feature of democracy • Secretary: Arne Duncan

  33. Veterans Affairs Department • Founded: 1989 • Administers several hospitals, educational, and other programs designed to benefit veterans and families • Secretary: Eric Shinseki

  34. Homeland Security Department • Founded: 2002 • Created after September 11th to help protect our nation, analyzes information from FBI and CIA • Secretary: Janet Napolitano

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