The Executive Branch

Organizational Chart

The White House Staff

*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 Vice-President

*Presides over Senate

*Heads special commissions

*Makes trips to other countries

*Works with Congress

Joe Biden, Vice-President

Special Advisory Groups

*Help the President with domestic & foreign policy

*OMB-Office of Management & Budget

*NSC-National Security Council (includes top military officers

President’s Cabinet

*15 different departments

*Assist in carrying out laws & running government programs

Executive Agencies

*NOT under direct control of the President

*DO NOT ENFORCE laws

*Make policy (rules)

*NASA-National Aeronautics & Space Administration

*EPA-Environmental Protection Agency

Regulatory Commissions

*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

Government Corporations

*Government businesses run for profit

*Amtrak, US Postal Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Loan Banks, Freddie Mac