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Job Specialization Hierarchical Authority Formal Rules Compare this to a School or Business Model

Implement the Policies of the President and Congress Congress or the President creates a Law or Act Congress or the President then creates a Bureaucratic Agency to carry out that Act This in turn gives the Agency power to interpret and ‘make’ the policy.

Cabinet Created by the President Includes 15 Departments, each lead by a Secretary Secretary has both an advisory role to the president & a leader role to the bureaucracy Each Department varies in Size, Budget & Responsibilities

Independent Agency Created by the President, does not answer to Congress Created for a specific focus area Examples: CIA, NASA

Regulatory Created by Congress with an Economic focus Created to ‘regulate’ an area of the economy Examples are EPA and SEC Headed by a Commission appointed by the congress or the president They have both Legislative and Judicial powers

Corporation Functions similar to a private business Clients are charged for services Government supplements their budget to defray the client cost Examples: U. S. Post Office, FDIC

Commission Created to Advise the President Most are temporary Examples: