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CABINETS (15)& AGENCIES
-Advisors to President
APPOINTS WITH 2/3 SENATE
APPROVAL
JOHN KERRY
SECRETARY OF STATE (1789)
•Advocates for US
interests around the world
•Embassies, consulates,
diplomatic missions
ERIC HOLDER JR
(resigned, but won’t leave until replacement is found)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
(JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - 1870)
•Agencies :
•FBI
•DEA
•ATF
•BOP (Prisons)
•USMS (Marshalls)
•Anti-Trust Division
•http://www.usdoj.gov
CHUCK HAGEL
DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT (1947)
BUDGET:
$613.9 BILLION
Joint
Chiefs of
Staff
$177 MILLION A DAY; 7.4 MILLION AN HOUR
JACOB LEW
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (1789)
*Oversees the production of
coins and currency
*The disbursement of
payments to the public
Revenue collection (IRS) and
the funds to run the federal
government.
Deals with Federal finance
PENNY PRITZKER
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1903)
Oversees all trade –
international as well as
between states
Also heads up federal
programs to encourage
growth in commerce
SALLY JEWEL
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (1849)
•National Park Service
•Fish and Wildlife
•Bureau of Land Management
•Bureau of Indian Affairs
•Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management
•USGS
•Bureau of Reclamation
THOMAS PEREZ
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (1913)
Federal labor laws including:
•guarantee workers’ rights to safe
and healthful working conditions
• a minimum hourly wage and
overtime pay
• freedom from employment
discrimination
• unemployment insurance
• and other income support.
• EEOC
SYLVIA MATTHEWS BURWELL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES ( 1980)
•FDA
•CDC
•NIH
•Affordable Health Care Act
•Medicare & Medicaid
•Mental Health
•Civil Rights
** Obama to nominate Sylvia
Matthews Burrell from OMB
ERNEST MONIZ
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (1977)
•Nuclear energy
•Science
•Energy efficiency & renewable resources
•Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ANTHONY FOXX
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(1966)
•FAA
•FRA
•FTA
•NHTSA
•Deals with the
transportation
infrastructure of the
country
JULIAN CASTRO
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN
DEVELOPMENT (1965)
Public and Indian Housing
Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity
Federal Housing Administration
(FHA)
Community Planning and
Development
THOMAS VILSACK
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE (1889)
ROBERT MCDONALD
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN’S AFFAIRS
(1989)
•Health Care
•Disability/ Pensions
•Education
•Life Insurance
•Home Loans
•Burial Services
ARNE DUNCAN
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION (1979)
• Establishes policies related to
federal education funding,
administers distribution of funds
and monitors their use.
• Collects data and
oversees research on America's
schools.
• Identifies major issues in education
and focuses national attention on
them.
• Enforces federal laws prohibiting
discrimination in programs that
receive federal funds.
AGENCIES:
•SECRET SERVICE
BUDGET:
$ 60 BILLION
•COAST GUARD
•FEMA
•BORDER PATROL
•CYBER SECURITY
•ICE
•TSA
JEH JOHNSON
HOMELAND SECURITY (2002)
CABINET LEVEL AGENCIES
EPA
Gina McCarthy
Chief of Staff
Denis
McDonough
Office of Management
& Budget
Shaun L.S. Donovan
Small Business
Administration
Maria Contreras
Sweet
US Mission to
UN
Samantha Power
US Trade
Representative
Michael Froman
Council of
Economic
Advisors
Jason Furman