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OVERVIEWS

Our American Government: The Executive Branch
House Document 106-216, U.S. GPO, 2000. Presented in question/answer format; numbers 92-128 are on the executive branch.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_documents&docid;=f:hd216.pdf

Creation of Executive Departments: Highlights from the Legislative History of Modern Precedents
Congressional Research Service report, July 2002, discusses the legislative procedures for creating executive departments, and provides a short history on the creation of each cabinet department.
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/13381.pdf

Executive Branch Reorganizations and Management Initiatives
Congressional Research Service report, July 2002, discusses how and by whose authority changes are accomplished in the administrative structure and operations of the executive branch.
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/12401.pdf

U.S. Government Manual: 2004-05 Edition
The official handbook of the Federal Government provides comprehensive information on the offices in the White House, the cabinet departments, independent agencies and boards, government corporations, and quasi-official agencies. Appendix B provides brief information on federal executive agencies terminated, transferred, or changed in name since 1933.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

Executive Branch
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids. U.S. Government Printing Office. A brief overview of the role and organization of the executive branch of the government.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/executive.html

THE PRESIDENT

Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
Congressional Research Service, June 1, 1999. This report reviews and illustrates 12 basic ways that the United States can make foreign policy.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/pres/fpolicy.htm

Living Former Presidents of the United States
Contact information for the four living former presidents.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/pres/oldpres.htm

Powers of the Presidency
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. Chapter 3 of the "Outline of the U.S. Government".
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/outusgov/ch3.htm

Presidential Libraries: A Brief History
National Archives and Records Administration. Home pages of the libraries of former Presidents from Herbert Hoover to date.
http://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/about/history.html

The President
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/president.html

Legislative Powers of the President
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/president2.html

Requirements and Terms to become President
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/president3.html

The President's Budget
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/budget.html

Presidential and Vice Presidential Succession: Overview and Current Legislation
Congressional Research Service, Updated March 25, 2003.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/pres/succession.pdf

Order of Succession
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/succession.html

Presidents of the United States
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/president_list.html

White House: Offices and Agencies

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/

Executive Office of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html

Office of Administration
http://www.whitehouse.gov/oa/

Council of Economic Advisers
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/

Council on Environmental Quality
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/

Domestic Policy Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/dpc/

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/

Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pfiab/index.html

White House Military Office
http://www.whitehouse.gov/whmo/

Office of National AIDS Policy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/onap/aids.html

National Economic Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/

National Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html

Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/

Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/about/index.html

Office of Science and Technology Policy
http://www.ostp.gov/html/_whatwedo.html

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov/Who_We_Are/Mission_of_the_USTR.html

President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011016-12.html

The Cabinet

The President's Cabinet
Background on the purpose of the Cabinet, the selection of its members, and a brief overview of each department.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/cabinet.html

U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.doc.gov

U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp

U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/index.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/

U.S. Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov

U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov

U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov

U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov

U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov

Federal Agencies and Commissions

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
http://www.achp.gov

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov

Commodities Futures Trading Commission
http://www.cftc.gov/

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov

Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov

National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
http://www.nclis.gov

National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.arts.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov

Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov

President's Council on Physical Fitness
http://www.fitness.gov/aboutpcpfs/aboutpcpfs.html

Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov

Small Business Administration
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov

Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov

Selective Service System
http://www.sss.gov

U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/

U.S. International Trade Commission
http://www.usitc.gov

U.S. Office of Government Ethics
http://www.usoge.gov

U.S. Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov

Voice of America
http://www.voa.gov

Biographies of Key Government Officials

Online Links to Executive Branch Resources

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