3.3 The Bureaucracy

Bureaucracies are based on a pyramid structure with a chain of command running from top to bottom.

• Hierarchical authority

• Job specialization

• Formalized rules

Each person who works for the organization, has certain defined duties and responsibilities.

• Job specialization

• Hierarchical authority

• Formalized rules

The bureaucracy does its work according to a set of established regulations and procedures.

• Hierarchical authority

• Job specialization

• Formalized rules

The federal ------ is all of the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates.

In order to enact and enforce policy, ------- and the ----- have created an administration –  the government’s many administrators and agencies.

• Congress

• President

• Vice President

• The Supreme Court

The name ------ is reserved for agencies of the Cabinet rank.

The Executive Office of the President (the ------) is an umbrella agency of separate agencies, staffed by the President’s advisors and assistants

Staff positions in the White House Office include -----, assistants to the President, -----, the ---- to the President, and the ----.  

• chief of staff

• press secretary

• President’s physician

• councel

The --------- acts to advise the President on all domestic, foreign, and military matters that relate to the nation’s security.

• The OMB’s major task is the preparation of the federal budget, which the President must submit to Congress.