Transcript 3-What factors must a president consider when

The President’s Cabinet
1-There are _____cabinet-level
departments in the executive branch.
1-There are 15 cabinet-level departments in
the executive branch.
2-What do cabinet secretaries do?
2-What do cabinet secretaries do?
•Advise the president
•Serve as administrators of large bureaucracies
3-What factors must a president consider when
appointing a cabinet member? List 5
3-What factors must a president consider when appointing a
cabinet member? List 5
1-background compatible with the department he/she
will head
2-is acceptable to interest groups that have a stake in a
department’s policies
3-high-level administrative skills and experience
4-race, gender and ethnic background
4-List 4 characteristics of most cabinet members
4-List 4 characteristics of most cabinet members
1-College graduates
2-advanced degrees
3-leaders in the fields of what their department
represents
4-deep sense of public service
5-How are cabinet members nominated?
5-How are cabinet members nominated?
President draws up a list of candidates after
consulting with campaign advisers, congressional
leaders and representatives of interest groups.
6-How are appointments confirmed?
6-How are appointments confirmed?
The Senate confirms
7-List 3 factors that interfere with a cabinet member’s
usefulness to a president.
7-List 3 factors that interfere with a cabinet member’s
usefulness to a president.
1-Conflicting loyalties: not always loyal to the
president; but to long-term officials in their own
department; members of Congress and special interest
groups.
2-Competetion between cabinet members
3-Difficult to maintain secrecy and trust when 15
cabinet secretaries are involved: leaks to the press
Friday, 2/26/16, Day 3x
Essential Skill:
Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions
1-The President’s Cabinet
2-Executive Branch Test
• [Wednesday, 3/2]
3-Presidential Research Presentations
The President’s Cabinet
Department of State (1789)
• Implements foreign policy
• Protects rights of US citizens travelling
abroad
• Secretary- John Kerry
Department of Treasury (1789)
• IRS; Customs; Mint;
• Manages the monetary resources of the US
• Manufactures coins [US Mint]
• Produces paper money [Bureau of engraving and Printing]
• IRS: creates nation’s tax code and collects taxes
• Secretary- Jack Lew
Department of Interior (1849)
• Manages and protects public lands and natural
resources
• Oversees relations with Native Americans Bureau
of Indian Affairs
• Bureau of Mines oversees mining of natural
resources
• National Park Service manages national
monuments, historic sites and national parks
• Forest and Wildlife Service
• Secretary- Sally Jewell
Department of Agriculture (1889)
• Develops conservation programs
• Provides financial credit to farmers
• Safeguards the nation’s food supply
• Secretary- Thomas Vilsack
Department of Justice (1870)
• Responsibility for all aspects of law enforcement
• FBI
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Helps enforce civil rights legislation
• Brings forth cases on behalf of the Nation
• Attorney General- Loretta Lynch
Department of Commerce (1903)
• Supervises trade, promotes United States tourism,
and businesses
• Census Bureau
• Patent and Trademark Office issues patents for
new inventions and registers trademarks.
• Secretary- Penny Pritzker
Department of Labor (1913)
• Concerned with working conditions and wages of
United States’ workers
• safe working conditions
• safeguards a minimum wage
• protects pension rights
• OSHA, Unemployment
• Secretary- Thomas Perez
Department of Defense (1949)
• Manages the Armed Forces
• Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
• Secretary- Ashton Carter
Department of Health and Human Services (1953)
• Manages the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
• Implement a national health policy
• Funds medical research
• The Food and Drug Administration inspects food and
drug processing plants and approves all new drugs
before they can be sold.
• Secretary- Sylvia Burwell
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (1965)
Ensures Americans equal housing opportunities.
Helps make mortgage money available for people to buy homes.
• Secretary- Julian Castro
Department of Transportation (1966)
• Federal Aviation Administration regulates air travel
• Federal Railroad Administration oversees the national railroads
• Federal Highway Administration regulates highways
• Secretary- Anthony Foxx
Department of Energy (1977)
• Directs and implements the nation’s energy plan
and consumption
• Researches and develops energy technology.
• Alternative fuels-Ethanol, Biodiesel, etc.
• Petroleum, Coal, and Natural Gas
• Nuclear Program
• Secretary- Ernest Moniz
Department of Education (1979)
• Provides advice and funding to school districts through state
grants
• "Free Public Education”
• Special Education, NCLB
• Coordinates federal assistance to public and private schools
• Programs with students with limited English Proficiency
• Programs for physically challenged students.
• Secretary- John King
Department of Veterans Affairs (1989)
• Directs services for American’s veterans
• Administers hospitals and educational programs for veterans
and their families.
• Veterans Administration (VA)
• Secretary- Robert McDonald
Department of Homeland Security (2002)
• Direct security initiatives for federal agencies and governments
at local, state, and federal levels
• Controls the Coast Guard, the Border Patrol, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, the Customs service and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
• Analyzes information collected by the FBI and CIA
Secretary- Jeh Johnson