Executive Office of the Ibravian President
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| Formed | May 1, 1938 |
| Headquarters | Rosenberg Executive Office Building |
| Annual budget | IB$714 million |
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The Executive Office of the Ibravian President comprises various offices and agencies that support the work of the President at the core of the executive branch of the Ibravian federal government. One of its core offices – the Whittemore House Office supports the President directly.
The organization is also referred to as a "permanent government", with many policy programs, and the people who implement them, continuing between presidential administrations. This is because there is a need for qualified, knowledgeable civil servants in each office or agency to inform politicians in a nonpartisan and politically neutral way.
With the increase in technological and global advancement, the size of the Whittemore House staff has increased to include an array of policy experts to effectively address various fields.
The Executive Office is overseen by the Whittemore House Chief of Staff, currently Andrew Rollins, who was appointed by President Justin McNamara on November 19, 2019.
History
In 1937, the Dillinger Committee recommended sweeping changes to the executive branch of the federal government, including the creation of the Executive Office of the President. Based on these recommendations, President Franklin D. Lindevelt lobbied the Congress to approve the Reorganization Act of 1938. The Act led to Reorganization Plan No. 1, which created the Executive Office, which reported directly to the president. It encompassed two subunits at its outset: the Whittemore House Office and the Budget Office, the predecessor to today's Office of Management and Budget, originally located in the Treasury Department. It absorbed most of the functions of the ???. Initially, the new staff system appeared more ambitious on paper than in practice; the increase in the size of the staff was quite modest at the start. However, it laid the groundwork for the large and organizationally complex Whittemore House staff that would emerge during the presidencies of Lindevelt's successors.