Friday February 3, 2012









Executive

Executive Branch

As it relates to the checks and balances of our American government, the Executive Branch is responsible for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The head of the Executive Branch is the President of the United States. Underneath the President are the several Departments that have been created by Executive Order. The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice are just a few examples of these subgroups within the Executive Branch. The representative leaders of these departments are collectively known as the President’s “Cabinet” of advisors.

Since the Executive Branch of our government is in charge of administrating the affairs of the nation, it is important to keep them in our prayers. The Executive Branch directs the general political flow of the federal government.

Featured Member of the Executive Office for Prayer

PrayFocusExecutiveHoward K. Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Howard Gruenspecht received his B.A. from McGill University and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Over the past 30 years, he has worked extensively on electricity policy issues, including restructuring and reliability, regulations affecting motor fuels and vehicles, energy-related environmental issues, and economy-wide energy modeling. He was a Resident Scholar at Resources for the Future for seven years. He also served as Director of Economic, Electricity and Natural Gas Analysis in the Department of Energy’s Office of Policy, having previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Environmental Policy.

Gruenspecht was Senior Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration, with primary responsibilities in the areas of environment, energy, regulation and international trade.

His other professional experience includes service as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Economic Adviser to the Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and Assistant Director of Economics and Business on the White House Domestic Policy Staff during the Carter presidency.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy.

IN THE NEWS: The U.S. Energy Information Administration is likely to raise by a substantial amount its existing estimate that U.S. oil production will grow by 550,000 barrels per day by 2020, to just over six million barrels daily. The forecast will include new production data from developing oil fields, including the Bakken shale area in North Dakota, which could hold as much as 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil. There has been a decrease in the estimate for the Marcellus shale source for natural gas despite production booming in the Marcellus Shale which underlies areas in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and other surrounding states.




Presidential Seal

The President
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Executive Branch Prayer Needs

PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION

Midwestern lawmakers and union groups are urging President Obama to restrict imports of auto parts from China that they said benefitted from illegal subsidies and threatened hundreds of thousands of American jobs.

President Obama’s small business growth plan includes a proposal to eliminate country-specific caps for certain visa categories, particularly those with high technology skills, since businesses are asking for more educated employees.

Pray about steps that President Obama and his advisers may take to stimulate job growth in the U.S.