Describe the distinguishing characteristics of the structure and personnel of the Senior Executive Service. From your perspective, is such a corps useful? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1978, the Senior Executive Service absorbed most of the previously GS-16 to GS-18 career and noncareer positions, together with some executive-level positions filled by the president without Senate confirmation. It now consists of about 7,700 employees, mostly career officials, including 575 presidential appointees.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
During the Obama administration, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Global Strategic Affairs assumed responsibility for all of the following policy issues except
a. countering weapons of mass destruction. b. nuclear forces and missile defense. c. establishing the Rapid Deployment Force. d. cyber security. e. space issues.
The __________ method of measuring reliability involves two measures of the same concept, with both measures applied at the same time. The results of the two measures are then compared.
a. Test-retest b. Alternate-form c. Discriminant d. Split-halves
The president’s cabinet is composed of the ______.
a. president’s party leadership b. chairs of the congressional standing committees c. appointees heading each of the major departments in the executive branch d. Joint Chiefs of Staff and state-level policy advisers