CHAPTER 10, SECTION 1 AND 8, SECTION 3THE CABINET DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR ROLE

WITHIN BUREAUCRACY

Unit 7: Federal Bureaucracy

I CAN:

1. Explain how the President selects his Cabinet

2. Analyze the roles the cabinet plays within the Bureaucracy

3. Evaluate factors limiting the Cabinet’s role

4. List and define each cabinet department

Essential Question

What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet?

How has the cabinet changed over the years?

Cabinet Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSvi6JCCfk

CabinetGeneral 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

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

Question

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

Answer:The nation has grown and so has

its needs

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.

Obama’s CabinetObama’s Cabinet

Role of CabinetAs Individuals,

responsible for administration of their executive department

As Group, serve as an advisory board

Depends on what each president wants from their cabinet

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

Presidential Succession

Cabinet Video

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

Essential Question

What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet?

How has the cabinet changed over the years?

Department of Department of StateState

Founded: 1789Overall foreign

policy of the United States

Embassies- office of ambassadors in foreign countries

Current Secretary: John Kerry

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

Department of Department of DefenseDefense

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

Department of Department of TreasuryTreasury

Founded: 1789Managing the money of the US

Ex: IRS, Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Public Debt

Current Secretary: Jack Lew

Department of Department of JusticeJustice

Founded: 1870Attorney General

(1789)Oversee the nation’s

legal affairsEx: FBI, DEA, US

MarshalsCurrent Secretary:

Attorney General Eric Holder

Department of Department of InteriorInterior

Founded: 1849Protect public

lands and natural resources throughout the nation

Ex: Bureau of Mines

Current Secretary: Ken Salazar

QuestionQuestion

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

Department of Department of AgricultureAgriculture

Founded: 1862Help farmers

improve their income and expand their markets

Ex: Food Safety and Inspection Service

Current Secretary: Tom Vilsack

Department of Department of CommerceCommerce

Founded: 1903Promote 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)

Department Department of Laborof Labor

Founded: 1913Protects American

workers; safe working conditions, safeguards a minimum wage, and protects pension rights

Ex: Office of American Workplace

Current Secretary: Seth Harris (Acting)

Housing and Housing and Urban Urban

DevelopmentDevelopmentFounded: 1965Preserve the nation ’s communities and ensure equal housing opportunities

Ex: Government National Mortgage Association

Current Secretary: Shaun Donovan

Transportation Transportation DepartmentDepartment

Founded: 1966Regulate all aspects

of transportation needs, policy development, and planning

Federal Aviation, Railroad, Highway, and Transit

Secretary: Ray Lahood

Energy Energy DepartmentDepartment

Founded: 1977Plans energy policy and researches and develops energy technology

Secretary: Stephen Chu

Question

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

Answer:Answer:Clean Energy, such as Wind, Solar, Clean Energy, such as Wind, Solar,

Clean Coal, Electric CarsClean Coal, Electric Cars

Health and Health and Human Services Human Services

DepartmentDepartment

Founded: 1979Health and social

services needs of people

Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, FDA

Secretary: Kathleen Sebelius

Education Education DepartmentDepartment

Founded: 1979Coordinate federal

assistance programs for public and private schools

Education is an essential feature of democracy

Secretary: Arne Duncan

Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs DepartmentDepartment

Founded: 1989Administers

several hospitals, educational, and other programs designed to benefit veterans and families

Secretary: Eric Shinseki

Homeland Homeland Security Security

DepartmentDepartmentFounded: 2002Created after

September 11th to help protect our nation, analyzes information from FBI and CIA

Secretary: Janet Napolitano