What does it mean to arrange the field offices of the federal executive branch by function? From your perspective, does either contribute to challenges associated with coordination of executive branch functions?
What will be an ideal response?
The United States has chosen the functional system to arrange its field offices. A functional system of field administration means that the functionally specialized departments and bureaus can choose the geographical and authority patterns they deem appropriate for their particular responsibilities. This system contrasts sharply with the areal or prefectoral field–administration system that many other nations have adopted.
You might also like to view...
The administration of George W. Bush faced criticism because his public relations staff ______.
a. set up monthly press conferences for him b. ensured that he rarely faced questions from skeptical audiences or reporters c. deflected difficult questions and interviews to his vice president d. allowed him to appear on comedy news shows e. did not shield him from citizen journalists
Recently, five countries in Asia formed an alliance to free the people of Tunneshia from the rule of its dictator. The alliance that was formed solely for this purpose ended when the countries were successful. In this scenario, the five countries had formed a(n) _____.
A. coalition B. oligopoly C. plutocracy D. colonial empire E. advocacy group
The Sherman Act of 1890 made it a crime to
A) regulate private industry. B) engage in muckraking activities. C) restrain or monopolize trade. D) discriminate on the basis of disability. E) engage in welfare fraud.
After a revolution, the state must re-create ______.
A. the state’s currency B. the state’s social cleavages C. the state’s infrastructure D. the state’s monopoly on the use of force