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Bureaucracy Mini Project Group 1
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Structure of the Federal Bureaucracy
Barack Obama with White House Office Staff
The White House Office and Executuve Order of the President
Executive Office of the President Seal
The White House Office
- President's closest staff
- Nearly 400 Members
- Officials are selected by President
- Appointment does not require Senate Confirmation
- In charge of the daily operations of all of the White House Office staff.
- Government officials can reach the President through the Chief of Staff
- Does not act on their own policy preferences, but is influencial in the policy process
Chief of Staff
Ron Klain
- Deals with the White House Press Corps
- Speaks on behalf of the President
- Has power in articulating the positions of the White House
The Press Secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre
- President's top legal advisor
- Lets the President know if a proposed policy action is withing the law and the Consitution
The White House Counsel
Stuart Delery
Executive Office of the President
- Appointed by the President
- Must recieve Senate Confirmation
- Serve as advisors
- Present the president with information regarding policies so that the president can make decisions
- High level of access to and influence over the President
The Cabinet
- Consists of secretaries that oversee 15 government agencies (Departments)
- Individual Cabinet Secreateries are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate
- Some secretaries become trusted advisors on their department's policy area to the President
- However, secretaries without a close relationship with the President can also have power over policy making because of the control they have over the operations of their agency
- Oftentimes, Cabinet Secretaries will be in conflict with other Secretaries to get the President's time and support
Selecting Cabinet Members
- Diverse demographic factors
- Similar ideological beliefs as President
- However, Presidents may want to represent balance by chosing individuals from the opposing political party
- "Clean" histories
- Background in government roles
Departments
Responsible for implementing a category of government policy
Current Cabinet of the United States
The Independent Agencies
- Largest number of agencies in the federal bureaucracy
- Very similar to a Cabinet Department but lack the prestige
- Top officials are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
- Responsible for implementing a specific category of government policy
- Independent Executive Agencies cary our the laws in a way that is non-political
- They are independent of the President's control
Examples
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Independent Regulatory Agencies
- Can also be refered to as Commissions
- Most independent from the influence of the President
- Directed by a group of 5-9 commissioners
- Appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate
- Must be bi-partisan, meaning that if a commissioner of one party retires from the position, the person appointed must be the same party as the previous one
- They are appointed for a fixed amount of time that oftentimes outlast the President who appointed them
- Cannot be fired by the President because they serve as "quasi-legislative" and "quasi-judicial"
- Commission is able to set their own policy
- Serve as their own judicial system
Examples
- Headed by a director that is appointed by the President and must be confimed by the Senate
- Function as a private business
- Charge a fee for citizens to use their services
- Far away from the influence of the President in comparison to the other levels of the Federal Bureaucracy
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