"The White House" is used as a metonym for the Presidency, not the entire US government, or even for the executive branch: it would be incorrect to describe som

"The White House" is used as a metonym for the Presidency, not the entire US government, or even for the executive branch: it would be incorrect to describe something from the various departments as originating from the White House. USG has something called the Executive Offices of the Presidency, that's included in "the White House". This is one of those councils, they're all hosted at whitehouse.gov