How are independent regulatory commissions similar to independent executive agencies?
a. Both are headed by a single administrator.
b. Both are part of the president's Cabinet.
c. Both operate outside of executive department control.
d. Both are allowed to charge for their services.
e. Both perform activities that private investors cannot.
c
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a. reality reporting b. news c. investigative reporting d. interpretive journalism
Most voters support affirmative action programs and frequently pass initiatives and referenda that legally grant preferential treatment to minorities
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which is the following is NOT a power resource that social workers and policy advocates have in organizational settings:
a. Subversion. b. Compliance. c. Discretion. d. Whistle-blowing.
How did the Framers address the question of government administration at the Constitutional Convention?
a. not very clearly although they gave the President appointment power but left it to Congress to establish executive departments and determine how they would be staffed b. ignored the issue entirely since they believed that the federal government would carry out a few, well-defined tasks relating to diplomacy and national security c. in tremendous detail as they specified the creation of specific agencies and defined the powers of those agencies in Article VIII d. not very clearly, but they did believe that the President should have absolute control over officials serving in the executive branch