Oregon Blue Book
Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Oregon
ISBN :
Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Oregon
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Author : Us Congress
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2021-01-19
Category :
ISBN :
The Plum Book is published by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Oversight and Reform alternately after each Presidential election. The Plum Book is used to identify Presidential appointed and other positions within the Federal Government. The publication lists over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials. The Plum Book was first published in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election.
Author : Mark A. Abramson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442273623
Getting It Done was written for those who have answered the call to public service. Now, in this 2017 edition, the editors of IBM’s Center for The Business of Government series have assembled a comprehensive guide to navigating the current environment of government, and what government leaders ought to know to survive and thrive with respect to the ways it’s evolved over the years. Concise analyses of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in any political decision accompany informative and instructional chapters, each highlighting a key step any public servant must take to ensure they do all they can for the people and causes they represent. From the patient and careful study of an issue, to the assembly of a trusted advisory team and the development and execution of a focused vision and agenda, leaders of all kinds will find some part of this book to incorporate into their own leadership strategies, for which this book’s expert and pragmatic insights prove a refreshing boon.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN :
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 2019-03-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0359541828
Policymakers and program managers are continually seeking ways to improve accountability in achieving an entity's mission. A key factor in improving accountability in achieving an entity's mission is to implement an effective internal control system. An effective internal control system helps an entity adapt to shifting environments, evolving demands, changing risks, and new priorities. As programs change and entities strive to improve operational processes and implement new technology, management continually evaluates its internal control system so that it is effective and updated when necessary. Section 3512 (c) and (d) of Title 31 of the United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)) requires the Comptroller General to issue standards for internal control in the federal government.
Author : Hugh Heclo
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815705190
How do political appointees try to gain control of the Washington bureaucracy? How do high-ranking career bureaucrats try to ensure administrative continuity? The answers are sought in this analysis of the relations between appointees and bureaucrats that uses the participants' own words to describe the imperatives they face and the strategies they adopt. Shifting attention away form the well-publicized actions of the President, High Heclo reveals the little-known everyday problems of executive leadership faced by hundreds of appointees throughout the executive branch. But he also makes clear why bureaucrats must deal cautiously with political appointees and with a civil service system that offers few protections for broad-based careers of professional public service. The author contends that even as political leadership has become increasingly bureaucratized, the bureaucracy has become more politicized. Political executives—usually ill-prepared to deal effectively with the bureaucracy—often fail to recognize that the real power of the bureaucracy is not its capacity for disobedience or sabotage but its power to withhold services. Statecraft for political executives consists of getting the changes they want without losing the bureaucratic services they need. Heclo argues further that political executives, government careerists, and the public as well are poorly served by present arrangements for top-level government personnel. In his view, the deficiencies in executive politics will grow worse in the future. Thus he proposes changes that would institute more competent management of presidential appointments, reorganize the administration of the civil service personnel system, and create a new Federal Service of public managers.
Author : Cornell G. Hooton
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780765600486
Examines relationships between bureaucracy and political executives from a behavioral perspective on organizations. An extended case study of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration and shorter cases on the Federal Highway Administration and the Food and Nutrition Service offer evidence that the legal authority of political executives is a key factor in their ability to change the policy direction bureaucrats, challenging principal-agent models of bureaucracy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Julia Hargrove
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1429111763
What are the powers and duties of the President? How did the Executive Branch begin? What does the Cabinet do? Answers to those questions and more are revealed through interesting and informative activities that help students understand how their government works.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2007
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Jeffrey Crouch
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 28,92 MB
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 070063004X
“I have an Article II,” Donald Trump has announced, citing the US Constitution, “where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” Though this statement would have come as a shock to the framers of the Constitution, it fairly sums up the essence of “the unitary executive theory.” This theory, which emerged during the Reagan administration and gathered strength with every subsequent presidency, counters the system of checks and balances that constrains a president’s executive impulses. It also, the authors of this book contend, counters the letter and spirit of the Constitution. In their account of the rise of unitary executive theory over the last several decades, the authors refute the notion that this overweening view of executive power has been a common feature of the presidency from the beginning of the Republic. Rather, they show, it was invented under the Reagan Administration, got a boost during the George W. Bush administration, and has found its logical extension in the Trump administration. This critique of the unitary executive theory reveals it as a misguided model for understanding presidential powers. While its adherents argue that greater presidential power makes government more efficient, the results have shown otherwise. Dismantling the myth that presidents enjoy unchecked plenary powers, the authors advocate for principles of separation of powers—of checks and balances—that honor the Constitution and support the republican government its framers envisioned. A much-needed primer on presidential power, from the nation’s founding through Donald Trump’s impeachment, The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government makes a robust and persuasive case for a return to our constitutional limits.