Chapter 10, Section 1 and 8, Section 3

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Unit 7 Federal Bureaucracy

• Chapter 10, Section 1 and 8, Section 3
• The Cabinet Departments and their role within
  Bureaucracy

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I CAN

• Explain how the President selects his Cabinet
• Analyze the roles the cabinet plays within the
  Bureaucracy
• Evaluate factors limiting the Cabinets role
• List and define each cabinet department

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Essential Question

• What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet?
• How has the cabinet changed over the years?

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Cabinet Videos

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vxxSvi6JCCfk

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Cabinet

• General 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

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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

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Question

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

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AnswerThe nation has grown and so has its needs
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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.

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Obamas Cabinet
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Role of Cabinet

• As Individuals, responsible for administration of
  their executive department
• As Group, serve as an advisory board
• Depends on what each president wants from their
  cabinet

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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

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Presidential Succession
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Cabinet Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7Cda-u8acz8feature
  fvst

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Essential Question

• What is the purpose of the Presidential Cabinet?
• How has the cabinet changed over the years?

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Department of State

• Founded 1789
• Overall foreign policy of the United States
• Embassies- office of ambassadors in foreign
  countries
• Current Secretary John Kerry

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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

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Department of Defense

• Founded 1789 (Department of War)
• Changed name in 1949
• Protects the nations security
• Joint Chiefs of Staff (Army, Navy, Marines, and
  Air Force)
• Current Secretary Chuck Hagel

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Department of Treasury

• Founded 1789
• Managing the money of the US
• Ex IRS, Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Public Debt
• Current Secretary Jack Lew

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Department of Justice

• Founded 1870
• Attorney General (1789)
• Oversee the nations legal affairs
• Ex FBI, DEA, US Marshals
• Current Secretary Attorney General Eric Holder

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Department of Interior

• Founded 1849
• Protect public lands and natural resources
  throughout the nation
• Ex Bureau of Mines
• Current Secretary Ken Salazar

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Question

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

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Department of Agriculture

• Founded 1862
• Help farmers improve their income and expand
  their markets
• Ex Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Current Secretary Tom Vilsack

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Department of Commerce

• Founded 1903
• Promote 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)

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Department of Labor

• Founded 1913
• Protects American workers safe working
  conditions, safeguards a minimum wage, and
  protects pension rights
• Ex Office of American Workplace
• Current Secretary Seth Harris (Acting)

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Housing and Urban Development

• Founded 1965
• Preserve the nations communities and ensure
  equal housing opportunities
• Ex Government National Mortgage Association
• Current Secretary Shaun Donovan

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Transportation Department

• Founded 1966
• Regulate all aspects of transportation needs,
  policy development, and planning
• Federal Aviation, Railroad, Highway, and Transit
• Secretary Ray Lahood

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Energy Department

• Founded 1977
• Plans energy policy and researches and develops
  energy technology
• Secretary Stephen Chu

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Question

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

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AnswerClean Energy, such as Wind, Solar, Clean
Coal, Electric Cars
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Health and Human Services Department

• Founded 1979
• Health and social services needs of people
• Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, FDA
• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

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Education Department

• Founded 1979
• Coordinate federal assistance programs for public
  and private schools
• Education is an essential feature of democracy
• Secretary Arne Duncan

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Veterans Affairs Department

• Founded 1989
• Administers several hospitals, educational, and
  other programs designed to benefit veterans and
  families
• Secretary Eric Shinseki

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Homeland Security Department

• Founded 2002
• Created after September 11th to help protect our
  nation, analyzes information from FBI and CIA
• Secretary Janet Napolitano