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The number of departments the president has in his cabinet is?
President Obama has 15 departments in his White House Cabinet. Read more, below.
What are the secretaries of the three cabinet departments?
There are more than three cabinet positions, however the original three were the Secretaries of State, War (now defense), and Treasury. Currently this is the status of the Cabinet from the White House website... "The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments - the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General." Clinton is the Sec of State Geithner is the Sec of Treasury Gates is the Sec of Defense
What are the three oldest executive departments?
Defense (once called War), Treasury, and State were the original 3 departments of the US Cabinet, along with the Attorney General. Washington's cabinet only had 4 people, but as the government's expanded, we have more departments.
Who are other people in the executive branch?
There are more than 1.4 million other people in the executive branch. The heads of departments are the cabinet secretaries, plus some other cabinet level officials.
What does the increase in the number of cabinet departments say about the role of government in your lives?
It indicates that government is involved in more aspects of our lives and certainly shows that government is more expensive to operate.
What job does each member of the cabinet have?
1. As individuals each administrative head of one of the executive departments 2.They advise the President when called upon and keep him informed about events and concerns related to their departments. (In years past, the cabinet would meet as a group and help the President make decisions about problems that arose in the country. Nowadays, the President has a large White House staff that he relies on more than his cabinet in most cases. )
The seating order at cabinet meetings most accurately reflects?
The seating order at cabinet meetings most accurately reflects the importance, in the Presidents eyes, of those cabinet departments. It is far more likely the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense would be seated closer to the President than the Secretary of Education.
What is the role of the cabinet level departments in the federal bureaucracy?
The Cabinet is mainly there to check the work of the PM. The main roles are to - * Propose legislation * Supervise the administration of policy * coordinate policies of different departments * Try to reach agreement in disputes between departments. The Cabinet have to all publicly support any decision they come to within their meetings. If they fail to do this then they will be forced to resign. The Cabinet can influence decision making by publicly rejecting proposals for example in 2003 Robin Cook rejected the proposal to go to war with Iraq. As a result he had to resign but it did bring the issue even more so into the public eye so he did in fact help the case.
What is the US government kitchen cabinet?
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.
Do most government employees work for one of these 15 cabinet departments?
To answer simply: yes To answer with a little more detail: the 15 cabinet departments are part of the executive branch of government--the president's branch, since they were created to help out the president. Statistic wise: In 2005 the government employed about 2.7 million people, and nearly all of them were Executive Branch employees. Only about 64,000 of that 2.7 million worked for the legislative and judicial branches. So yes, most govt. employees work for the executive branch (aka the cabinet departments).my source of wisdom: http://www.thisnation.com/textbook/bureaucracy-reality.htmlHope that helped...
Who has more power MLA or Cabnet minister?
Cabinet ministers typically hold more power than Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Cabinet ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister or Premier and are responsible for specific government departments or portfolios. They are involved in making key policy decisions and implementing government initiatives, whereas MLAs primarily represent their constituents in the legislative process.
How did it come about that the President's cabinet is made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments?
It's not some amazing thing that the senior officials of the executive departments " just happen to be" the President's advisors on matters relating to their departments; it's more that the President appoints people whose opinions he trusts to be department heads.The term "Cabinet" was used starting in the 1600s for a small private room where advisors could meet, and came to apply to a group of advisors themselves. It's not defined in the US Constitution, it's just a continued usage of what had come to be a common and widely understood term.
