Presidential Advisors and Executive Agencies
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| The Executive Office of the President (EOP) is also referred to as what? | show 🗑
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| show | The White House Office
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| Name three important positions in the White House Office. | show 🗑
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| show | Prepares the federal budget
Monitors & oversees the spending of government agencies.
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| What is the clearest statement of the administration's plans and goals for the coming year? | show 🗑
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| show | Helps the president direct the military and foreign policy
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| What positions make up the National Security Council? | show 🗑
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| show | The top commanders from each of the armed services.
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| show | The National Security Council
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| What is the purpose of the Office of Administration? | show 🗑
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| What does the Council of Economic Advisers do? | show 🗑
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| show | Advising the president on economic matters such as employment, inflation and foreign trade.
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| show | 1. The Executive Office
2. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
3. National Security Council (NCS)
4. Office of Administration
5. Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)
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| show | A group of presidential advisers, which includes the heads of the 15 top-level executive departments
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| The title of "Secretary" is given to the head of every Executive Department head, except for one. What is the exception? | show 🗑
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| show | The president may ask the vice president and other top officials to join his cabinet.
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| In 2002, the Homeland Security Act created the Department of Homeland Security. What is the purpose of the Department of Homeland Security? | show 🗑
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| show | The Constitution does not mention the cabinet at all!
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| How often does the cabinet meet? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | The Constitution does not mention the spouse of the president at all!
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| What are the people who work in the federal bureaucracy called? | show 🗑
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| Congress writes and enacts new laws, what do the federal agencies then do? | show 🗑
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| Name three examples of things that federal agencies do in administering the day-to-day operations of the federal government. | show 🗑
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| show | Because they are not part of the cabinet.
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| show | 1. Executive agencies
2. Government corporations
3. Regulatory commissions
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| show | An independent agency responsible for a specialized area within the government.
Ex. NASA
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| What is a government corporation? | show 🗑
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| Who chooses the board of directors and the general manager of a government corporation? | show 🗑
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| show | Government corporations are not supposed to make a profit.
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| Name one example of a government corporations | show 🗑
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| What is the purpose of a Regulatory Board or Regulatory Commission? | show 🗑
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| show | The president
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| show | No. Only Congress can do that
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| show | 1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
2. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
3. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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| What is a political appointee? | show 🗑
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| show | No. Political appointees generally leave their jobs when the president leaves office.
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| What is the civil service system? | show 🗑
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| "To the victor belongs the spoils." What was the "spoils system?" | show 🗑
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| show | President Garfield was assassinated in 1881 by a man who was refused a job under the spoils system.
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| The assassination of President Garfield influenced Congress to pass what act? | show 🗑
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| What did the Pendleton Act (Civil Service Reform Act) do? | show 🗑
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| Who is in charge of the civil service system today? | show 🗑
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