Evolution Of Federal Agencies

In the early years of the United States the government was able to function and operate all of its affairs rather easily. This would change as more and more technology was invented and the industry rapidly grew throughout the nation. In the early 1800's services provided by the government were limited to the areas of defense, foreign affairs,mail service, commerce between the colonies and money. These few service with the exception of national defense required only a few thousand government employees. However, in the late 1800's the nation began to rapidly grow economically the number of government employees had to grow as well to maintain the services that were being provided in the early years. Farmers were asking for government

Chapter eight of “Essentials of American Government Roots and Reform” describes the federal bureaucracy and its function within the federal government. The book defines the federal bureaucracy as “the thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer federal laws and programs.” I argue that while the federal bureaucracy is necessary for some functions, in other ways it has grown too large and burdensome, and the individual agencies’ function and power should be narrowed and reduced.

When the framers of the Constitution developed our government, they gave Congress the authority to create the departments necessary to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities of governing - the federal bureaucracy. The vast majority of the departments, agencies, and commissions that make up the federal bureaucracy today were created by Congress through legislative acts. Congress is unable to act in a bubble though, due to the nature of the system’s built-in checks and balances, Congress must first get the president’s “buy off” which is represented by his signature. Although Congress has the authority to create these agencies (with the president’s agreement

The role of the institution has grown tremendously over the centuries ever since the founders of the United States desired a Federal Government with limited powers whose aim was primarily concerned with promoting the civil liberty of the Americans. According to Savage (2008), during the reign of George Washington, the federal bureaucracy had only three cabinet departments; however, the federal government has since grown not only to more than eight cabinet departments, but also with other numerous bureaus, agencies, government authorities, administrations, and corporations. Between the periods of independence and the civil war, the federal government performed limited duties with regards to the daily lives of the American

Continuing chapter five the first section covered is on the control the president holds over bureaucracy. This control is actually something that is mandated by the Constitution and covers three main source of power the president can exercise this control. These three powers are as follows: the appointment and removal of powers, the power to issue executive orders, and the role the president plays in the budgetary process. A final power that the president holds in this area is the ability to impound expenditures and funds appropriated by Congress. The next section that this half of the chapter covers is the judicial oversight that federal courts have over the administrative state. This section focuses first, on interpreting statutory authority;

The federal government role in America from the late 1800s during Reconstruction, up to the early 1900s during the Great Depression, often expanded and contracted in response to the demands of the American public. During this time frame, the nation underwent major changes and faced many challenges in order to get where we are today. As a country, our priorities shifted from being concerned about encounters right in front of us, to encouraging and pursuing a better future for everyone. After years of hard work and dedication, with the help of the federal government, our nation was finally focused on a greater life for all people. Therefore, without both the high and low points of the federal government throughout this period, we would not reside in the homeland we have today. To conclude, the role of federal government has changed over time in many ways, including but not limited to: protecting rights, promoting economic development, encouraging expansion, and providing financial support.

What are the most important limitations on presidential control of the federal bureaucracy? What are the benefits and problems with granting federal bureaucrats discretion in the implementation

Objective of this paper is to discuss where the following agencies lie in the administrative structure of the federal government:

There are many reasons why over the past few years many citizens have grown dissatisfied with the federal bureaucracy. Many believe that the system has become bogged down the numerous layers of red tape, its personnel systems are out of date, the presidential appointments process is too complex and slow, and pay and promotions are based on favoritism. These thoughts only became more prevalent in 2014 as the Obama administration had yet to do as it promised and overhaul the bureaucracy. Once that became apparent citizens satisfaction officially dropped far below its high point set right after 9/11 (Magleby, Light, Nemacheck, 2015).

When comparing on how state and federal agencies developed in comparison to local police forces, we must look at the factors that lead to their development. Before we could compare the state or federal agencies we must first look at local police forces because as stated in the textbook, both state and federal agencies, with the exception of the U.S. Marshals, were implemented in the nineteenth century (Schmalleger & Worrall, 2009). When America was first founded its policing was left to its churches to in force punishments. Then as more colonists moved to America they introduced criminal codes, law enforcement agencies, and methods of punishment (Schmalleger & Worrall, 2009). Then in the turn of the nineteenth century with the exception of

I have always found it interesting how harshly people scrutinize public agencies. A majority of the public believe, to some extent, that the government is not doing enough for them or that government agencies are inefficient and a waste of their tax dollars. The public claims that they are not seeing enough improvements based on how much money they are putting into these systems and essentially feel cheated out of their own hard-earned money. I would like to understand what public agencies must do in order to improve their image and get the American people to confide in them and trust that their tax dollars are going to good use.

The current United States' government consists of three branches that makes laws, enforcing laws, and fight for the laws. Within those three branches, there are also organizations that fulfill other duties, for example, the legislative branch has the Library of Congress which archives all important documents for citizens to access and inform. The Architect of the Capitol is established in order to maintain, develope, and preserve the U.S. capitol. Similarily, the federal bureaucracy also executes similar tasksin order to maintain, develope, preserve, and improve the lifestyle and security of U.S citizens. Within the federal bureaucracy, there are 15 main cabinets and many independent agencies that manages platforms to the lowest level of living.

The Executive Branch is most commonly associated with the role of the President. There are many different types of departments under the president that he directly monitors. Among those departments, certain responsibilities are handed out to maintain and regulate what is done with our nuclear weapons. The Executive Branch Departments that monitor and make strategic decisions involving nuclear weapons in the United States are the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Homeland Security. Each of these departments have individual key roles that regulate the nuclear weapons our country currently has as well as foreign countries.

Federal governments work well and up growth, a reason why many countries start embracing it. United State is one of the best examples of a country that has adopted federalism. Federalism is when a group of governments shares powers over the same units. There is the central government that is left with some exclusive federal power and the unit parties that enjoy states rights. Unit states appear under a central government that unites all other small groups.

Most will say that the federal bureaucracy seems oversize and even may lack efficiency, many have tried to change it, but have failed. Just like most things in the government everything has to have checks and balances to avoid one entity from having all