Title: 
Headings: The Cabinet and Independent Agencies
The
 
Cabinet
 
and
 
Independent
 
Agencies

   
Know
 
Who
 
Does
 
What

Federal
 
Agencies

ABOUT
 
THE
 
AUTHOR
 
OF
 
THIS
 
LESSON

The
 
President’s
 
Cabinet

May
 
I
 
Introduce
 
Independent
 
Agencies?

Recap

What
 
About
 
the
 
Money?

Monetary
 
Policy

The
 
Federal
 
Reserve

FACE
 
OF
 
THE
 
FEDERAL
 
RESERVE

Get
 
Acquainted
 
with
 
Independent
 
Agencies
 
and
 
Their
 
Leaders

FEDERAL
 
ELECTION
 
COMMISSION
 

THE
 
FEDERAL
 
RESERVE

ENVIRONMENTAL
 
PROTECTION
 
AGENCY
 

FEDERAL
 
TRADE
 
COMMISSION
 

SECURITIES
 
AND
 
EXCHANGE
 
COMMISSION

Know
 
Who
 
Does
 
What


Content: Corporation
	
for
	
National
	
and
	
  
Community
 
Service


	
Environmental
	
Protection
	
Agency
	
(EPA)


	
Federal
	
Communications
	
Commission
		 	
  
(FCC)


	
Federal
	
Election
	
Commission


	
Federal
	
Reserve
	
Board
	


	
General
	
Accountability
	
Office
	
(GAO)


	
The
	
Library
	
of
	
Congress


	
Nuclear
	
Regulatory
	
Commission
	
(NRC)


	
Office
	
of
	
Management
	
and
	
Budget
	
(OMB)


	
Smithsonian
	
Institution


	
Social
	
Security
	
Administration

	
United
	
States
	
Postal
	
Service
   
The
 
heads
 
of
 
these
 
agencies
 
are
 
appointed
 
by
 
the
 
President,
 
but
 
must
 
be
 
confirmed
 
by
 
the
 
Senate. Because
 
of
 
the
 
important
 
and
 
specialized
 
work
 
that
 
these
 
agencies
 
do,
 
they
 
are
 
insulated
 
from
 
much
 
of
 
the
 
political
 
pressure
 
that
 
often
 
influences
 
members
 
of
 
Congress,
 
the
 
President,
 
and
 
cabinet-level
 
agencies. Keep
 
in
 
mind
 
four
 
points: ➊
 
Cabinet
 
agencies
 
and
 
purely
 
executive
 
agencies
 
(like
 
the
 
EPA,
 
which
 
is
 
an
 
odd
 
bird
 
and
 
sort
 
of
 
a
 
hybrid)
 
have
 
one
 
head. In
 
contrast,
 
independent
 
agencies
 
have
 
a
 
body
 
(Board
 
or
 
Commission)
 
that
 
consists
 
of
 
five
 
to
 
seven
 
members. These
 
bodies
 
are
 
collegial. ➋
 
These
 
members
 
have
 
staggered
 
terms,
 
meaning
 
that
 
the
 
President
 
cannot
 
appoint
 
an
 
entirely
 
new
 
governing
 
body
 
when
 
he
 
assumes
 
office. Through
 
this
 
process,
 
it
 
is
 
virtually
 
impossible
 
for
 
any
 
President
 
to
 
place
 
his
 
choice
 
people
 
on
 
an
 
independent
 
agency
 
and
 
thus
 
assert
 
more
 
control. ➌
 
The
 
statutes
 
that
 
created
 
these
 
independent
 
agencies
 
require
 
bipartisanship
 
to
 
lessen
 
the
 
chance
 
of
 
the
 
agency
 
becoming
 
too
 
political