U25 Pol Sci 101B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: J. Edgar Hoover, Roberts Court, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship
8 Oct 2017
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Unelected officials who do business of government (rules and regulations) Eliminating 75% or more of existing regulation. Adopting 2 for 1 policy for new regulations. Career executives who do business of government (over 250 fed departments and agencies) Have legal authority to interpret power given to them by board of directors (congress) Set priorities (what to focus on) in their agency, allocate where things go. 9/11 - agencies amassed amounts of information, but coordination between/amongst them. Complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization. At nation"s founding, these institutions did not exist. Fulfills important roles - implementing laws, make/enforce rules, settle disputes. Allows people to specialize in area of expertise. Dod, agriculture, treasury, homeland security, energy, transportation, etc. Federal elections commission - own agency that regulates elections. Ex. commerce and labor (goal to foster, promote certain industries ) Wilson split 1913 to commerce and labor. Maintaining union -department of justice (civil law), fbi (part of doj), homeland.
