White House Office

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The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP was established by the United States Congress in 1939 after the Brownlow Committee recommended that such a support staff for the President be created.

Since its inception under Franklin Roosevelt, the size of the EOP has increased; the current figures for the EOP are about 1,800 full-time equivalent employees. These employees work in the East Wing and the West Wing of the White House and in the Executive Office Building, an extension of the White House.
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Office of the President of the United States personnel

The Executive Office of the President includes personnel who directly support or advise the President of the United States and are not members of the Cabinet. Examples include the White House Press Secretary, the Office of Presidential Communications (including senior media relations personnel and Presidential speechwriters), and White House-based Presidential policy and legal advisors, including those focused on domestic, social, foreign and national security policies of the federal government of the United States.

Organization

Senior staff within the Executive Office of the President have the title "Assistant to the President". Second-level staff have the title "Deputy Assistant to the President", and third-level staff have the title "Special Assistant to the President". Very few are required to be confirmed by the Senate, although there are a handful of exceptions to this rule (e.g., the Office of Management and Budget Director, and the United States Trade Representative). The core White House Staff appointments do not require Senate approval. The staff of the Executive Office to the President is headed by the White House Chief of Staff.

Entities in The Executive Office of the President

Entities in The White House Office

Important Executive Entities

  • Office of the Vice President
  • Vice President of the United States
  • Office of the White House Chief of Staff
  • White House Chief of Staff
  • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Operations
  • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Strategic Planning
  • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy
  • Office of Presidential Communications
  • Counselor to the President
  • White House Communications Director
  • White House Press Secretary

Current White House Staff

Office of the Chief of Staff

National Security Council

  • Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs: Stephen J. Hadley
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser: Ambassador James Jeffrey
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan Policy and Implementation: Douglas Lute
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Global Outreach: Mark Pfeifle
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy: Elliott Abrams
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism: Juan Zarate
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Economic Affairs: Daniel Price
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Affairs: Judith Ansley

Office of Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs

  • Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs: Barry Jackson
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison: Julie Cram
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs: Maggie Grant
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs: Jonathan D. Felts
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives: Joel A. Scanlon

National Economic Council

  • Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council: Allan Hubbard
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director, National Economic Council: Keith Hennessey

Domestic Policy Council

  • Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy: Karl Zinsmeister
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy: Jess Sharp

Homeland Security Council

  • Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism: Frances Townsend
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security: Joel Bagnal

Office of the White House Counsel

Office of Legislative Affairs

  • Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Candida Wolff
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Deb Fiddelke
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Dan Meyer
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Sean O'Hallaren

White House Office of Administration

  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Management, Administration and Oval Office Operations: Linda Gambatesa
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Appointments and Scheduling: Melissa Bennett

White House Office of Presidential Personnel

  • Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Joie A. Gregor

Office of Presidential Advance

  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance: Todd Beyer
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Advance and Operations: Spencer Geissinger

White House Staff Secretary

  • Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary: Raul Yanes
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary: William A. Burck

White House Office of Communications

  • Counselor to the President: Ed Gillespie
  • Assistant to the President for Communications (White House Communications Director): Kevin Sullivan
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Production: Adam Belmar
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Policy & Planning Catherine Martin
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications: Suzy DeFrancis
  • Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary: Dana Perino
  • Deputy White House Press Secretary: Scott Stanzel
  • Deputy White House Press Secretary: Tony Fratto
  • Deputy White House Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs: Gordon Johndroe
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs: Jean Mamo
  • Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Media Affairs: Blair Jones
  • Assistant to the President for Speechwriting: William McGurn
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Deputy Director, Presidential Speechwriting: John McConnell
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting: Marc Thiessen

Other Presidential Staff

Office of the Vice President

  • Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff/Counsel to the Vice President: David Addington
  • Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs: Catherine Martin

Office of the First Lady

  • Chief of Staff to the First Lady: Anita McBride

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Agencies under the Executive Office of the President
White House Chief of Staff
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White House Press Secretary • White House Counsel • White House Office of Presidential Communications • White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting • White House Office • White House Office of the Executive Clerk • Office of Management and Budget • National Security Council • Homeland Security Council • Office of the United States Trade Representative • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Council of Economic Advisers • Council on Environmental Quality • Domestic Policy Council • National Economic Council • Office of Administration • Office of Advance • Office of Scheduling • White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives • United States Office of National AIDS Policy • Office of Science and Technology Policy • President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board • President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board • USA Freedom Corps • White House Military Office

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United States Congress

Type Bicameral
Houses Senate
House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R)
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Robert C.
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The President's Committee on Administrative Management, commonly known as the Brownlow Committee or Brownlow Commission, was a committee that in 1937 recommended sweeping changes to the executive branch of the United States government .
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S.
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East Wing is a part of the White House Complex. It is a two-story structure on the east side of the White House Executive Residence, the home of the president of the United States.
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West Wing is the part of the White House Complex in which the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, and the Situation Room are located. Besides serving as the day-to-day office of the President of the United States, it includes offices for senior members of the Executive Office of the
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North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. Before construction of the north portico in 1824, the north façade looked similar to Leinster House shown in the picture below.
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Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), now officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (and formerly as the State, War, and Navy Building) is a federal office building next to the White House, on 17th Street, N.W.
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White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President. The U.S. President's Chief of Staff is a very powerful position, sometimes dubbed "The Second-Most Powerful Man in Washington".
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Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a group of economists set up to advise the President of the United States. It is a part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and provides much of the economic policy of the White House.
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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the White House that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental and energy policies and
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The White House Office of Administration's mission is to provide administrative services to all entities of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), including direct support services to the President of the United States.
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a Cabinet level and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) and is an important conduit by which the White House oversees the activities of federal agencies.
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The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act.
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Congress established the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
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The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) is an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description, it "...
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government that falls within the Executive Office of the President.
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The White House Office of the Executive Clerk was created in 1865. The office is in charge of collecting all documents signed by the President that form his official public actions.
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The White House National Security Council (NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the President's
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The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering domestic policy matters, excluding economic matters which are the domain of the National Economic Council.
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The Homeland Security Council (HSC) is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and was created by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 (HSPD-1) on October 29, 2001.
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The National Economic Council (NEC) is a United States government agency in the Executive Office of the President. Created by President Bill Clinton in 1993 by Executive Order, its functions are to coordinate policy-making for domestic and international economic issues,
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The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) is a department under the Office of the President of the United States that was established by President George W.
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The Office of the First Lady of the United States is responsible to the First Lady of the United States in order for her to carry out her duties as Hostess of the White House, and is also in charge of all social and ceremonial events of the White House.
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The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to reduce the number of new infections in the United States. In addition, the Office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of
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The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is an advisory body to assist the President of the United States and other senior executive branch officials in ensuring that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties are appropriately considered in the implementation of
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USA Freedom Corps is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the President serving as its chair. Its creation was announced by George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address of January 29, 2002, and it was officially established on January 30,
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The White House Fellows program was established by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964 . President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government
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