Overview of the Obama Administration Positions of Power

However,  the democratic system in place in America is more complicated and the intricacies are rarely reported.  The USA more  than  any  other  single  country is made up of former citizens of every country and has fnancial, social and hereditary roots in all countries.

Therefore, there need to be divisions within  the  cabinet which  look  after more specifc interests.

The  world  will  be  watching closely the people who will be leading  the  Obama Administration  and the  priority  of  the  work  scheduled after  the  Presidential  Inauguration on January 20th inWashington, D.C.

The  Transition  Project,  created  and overseen by Barrack Obama personally, is responsible for overseeing the appointments of a new White House staff  and  members  of  the  Cabinet.

The  system  is often more  important than the people and the mistakes that are made more than 90 percent of the time have to do with a poor system in any organization.

Below  is  the  system  in  place  in the Obama administration.  The people are important, but the system and accountability,  clarity  of  mission, duties  and  position  of  power  of  the subcabinet  are  essential  for  good governess.

The Cabinet is made up of the Vice President,  the White House Chief of Staff, and the Secretaries of each of the 15 executive departments:
▪ Department of Agriculture
▪ Department of Commerce
▪ Department of Defense
▪ Department of Education
▪ Department of Energy
▪ Department of Health  and Human Services
▪ Department of Homeland Security
▪ Department of Housing and  Urban Development
▪ Department of the Interior
▪ Department of Justice
▪ Department of Labor
▪ Department of State
▪ Department of Transportation
▪ Department of the Treasury
▪ Department of Veterans Affairs

The Cabinet also includes:
▪ Office of Management and  Budget
▪ Environmental Protection Agency
▪ United States Trade Representative
▪ Offce of National Drug ControlPolicy

In addition to selecting new Cabinet members, an entirely new staff will  be  chosen  to  lead  the  offces within  the Executive Offce of  the President. These offces include:
▪ Council of Economic Advisers
▪ Council of Environmental Quality
▪ National Security Council
▪ Office of Administration
▪ Office of Management and Budget
▪ Office of National Drug Control Policy
▪ Office of Science and Technology Policy
▪ President’s Foreign Intelligence  Advisory Board
▪ United States Trade Representative

There are also many offces within the White House Office that will be flled  with  new  personnel.  These include:
▪ Domestic Policy Council
▪ Homeland Security Council
▪ National Economic Council
▪ Office of FaithBased and  Community Initiatives
▪ Office of the First Lady
▪ Office of National AIDS Policy
▪ Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boards
▪ USA Freedom Corps
▪ White House Fellows Office
▪ White House Military