Why have offices designed to coordinate agencies (such as the Office of National Drug Control Policy) often met with limited success?
a. Congress does not provide for them in the federal budget.
b. Their tasks have been left vague by the legislation that created them.
c. They are new creations and their heads find it difficult to exert any influence with members of Congress.
d. They have no direct authority over agency budgets.
e. They lack the expertise to understand the complexities of specialized issues.
ANS: D
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