Executive branch of the United States government

Chapter 11 Key-terms Chief executive: the role of the president serves as Head and chief administrator of the federal bureaucracy. Commander-in-chief: the president?s constitutional role as head of the Armed Forces with power to direct their use. Executive office of the president (EOP): the president?s personal bureaucracy that monitors the work done in Canada department and agencies. Executive orders: rules or regulations issued by the president that have the force of law; issue to implement constitutional provisions are statues. Executive privilege: the authority of a president to withhold specific types of information from the courts and Congress.