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The Executive Branch Organizational Chart. Trusted Friends & advisors Give advice about national security, the economy & other topics Include Chief of Staff, press secretaries, office researchers, lawyers, & speechwriters Appointed by the President. Jack Lew, Chief of Staff.
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Trusted Friends & advisors • Give advice about national security, the economy & other topics • Include Chief of Staff, press secretaries, office researchers, lawyers, & speechwriters • Appointed by the President Jack Lew, Chief of Staff The White House Staff
Presides over Senate • Heads special commissions • Makes trips to other countries • Works with Congress Joe Biden, Vice-President The Vice-President
Help the President with domestic & foreign policy • OMB-Office of Management & Budget • NSC-National Security Council (includes top military officers Special Advisory Groups
15 different departments • Assist in carrying out laws & running government programs President’s Cabinet
NOT under direct control of the President • DO NOT ENFORCE laws • Make policy (rules) • NASA-National Aeronautics & Space Administration • EPA-Environmental Protection Agency Executive Agencies
Makes & carries out (enforces) governmental rules • Each member serves a prescribed term • Free from political influences • FCC-Federal Communications Commission • CPSC-Consumer Product Safety Commission Regulatory Commissions
Government businesses run for profit • Amtrak, US Postal Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Loan Banks, Freddie Mac Government Corporations