There are two cabinets : the overt cabinet which consists of the heads of the 15 departments of the executive branch; and the covert cabinet made up of the President's most trusted advisers.
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Only one in any government. There is the federal branch ,and each state, county, or municipality has one as well.
There are 15 major departments in the executive branch.
today there are only 14 executive departments in the world. There actually are 15
15 primary administrative units
15 executive departments
There are 14 departments of the us cabinet
15 Executive Departments.
Go to www.usgovernment.gov to find out just about anything about US Government. It does list all the "Departments", if by Department you mean Cabinet level departments. However it will take lots and lots of digging to get all agencies of the US, because there are agencies within departments and bureaus within agencies.
The heads of 15 executive departments make up the Cabinet. The cabinet helps the president make decisions , gives advice and provides information to the President . The cabinet secretaries also manage their departments and help or hurt the president by the kind of job they do with their departments. The departments of state, justice, treasury and defense are particularly important to the administration. The others are often appointed as much for political reasons as for their expertise in the area of their department. At the president's discretion, the vice-president may be asked to attend cabinet meeting and carry out assignments for the president.
The Executive Branch of US Government is comprised of the President, the Cabinet, and departments under the Cabinet members.The US government was designed to have three branches, providing a system of checks and balances that was supposed to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful. The President is in the Executive branch. Congress (the House and the Senate) comprises the Legislative branch. And the Supreme Court is the Judicial branch.
There are 14 departments of the us cabinet
The cabinet members each run one of the major departments of the US government. The employees of these departments are under the direction of the cabinet member who heads their department.
There are 15 cabinet posts that have departments in the US government. There are also 8 cabinet level posts that do not have a department including the vice president.
15 Executive Departments.
They are the "Cabinet." In the US, the Cabinet consists of the Secretaries in charge of the executive departments, along with the Attorney General for the Department of Justice.
Executive
The executive branch of the US government is headed by the President. Below him are the 15 cabinet members who each run their department. There are hundreds of workers , all over the US, in these departments. Many are civil service employees.
the Secretary of State
There are 15 departments within the US Executive Branch, headed by 14 Secretaries and the Attorney General. Each of the secretaries is responsible for the operation of his particular department within the government. (For these functions, see the related question)
The term "Kitchen Cabinet" is what the critics of President Andrew Jackson used to describe his informal advisers. They felt Jackson relied more on these advisers than he did his official cabinet.
The US government has a cabinet-level Department of Transportation. However, most states also have their own Departments of Transportation.
Go to www.usgovernment.gov to find out just about anything about US Government. It does list all the "Departments", if by Department you mean Cabinet level departments. However it will take lots and lots of digging to get all agencies of the US, because there are agencies within departments and bureaus within agencies.