The "Executive Branch" of the U.S. government includes the Office of the President (including National Security Council and OMB and 9 other offices), Vice President, the Cabinet (the Attorney General and the other 14 Department Secretaries), all of their respective federal agencies (over one hundred of them) and all of their staff and other employees. There are also 42 independent agencies, such as the CIA, OPM, SEC, SBA, FTC, US Postal Service, GSA, EPA, NASA, Federal Reserve System, FDIC, NTSB, NLRB, NRC, Peace Corps, Social Security Admin, etc.