Title: Divisions of the Executive Branch legal definition of Divisions of the Executive Branch
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Content: and an extensive collection of federal agencies and corporations responsible for specific areas of the government, such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Postal Service. Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President (EOP) is not a single office or department, but a collection of agencies that are all directly responsible for helping the president to interact with Congress and to manage the larger executive branch. Specific elements have changed over the years; currently, the EOP consists of nine separate divisions: the White House Office, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Council of Economic Advisers, the National Security Council (NSC), the Office of Policy Development, the office of the u.s. trade representative (USTR), the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of Administration. In contrast to modern presidents, early presidents had few people to help them, because the Constitution contained no specific provision or allowance for presidential staff. As a result, presidents became overworked and exhausted. Thomas Jefferson, for example, wrote that the presidency "brings nothing but unceasing drudgery and daily loss of friends." In many cases, presidents used their own money to hire their sons, nephews, or in-laws to work as clerks or secretaries.