monitor contracts and grants‚ maintain program budgets and ledgers‚ and complete federal‚ state‚ and agency reports. Specialists aid in the development of program contracts‚ program performance standards and program budgets. She/he advises local governments on eligibility criteria‚ collects required financial and programmatic documents; reviews and records grantees’ expenditure of grant funds to insure that funds are spent according to regulations‚ and reviews final grant documentation to ensure all
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14 Questions 1. How do political appointees get their position? 2. What are iron triangles? 3. How can the president and Congress control the bureaucracy? 4. What do bureaucrats do? 5. Why was the merit system established? 6. In terms of government‚ what is devolution? The Constitutional Roles of the President Chief Diplomat: The president is responsible for setting the direction of United States foreign policy. The president can make treaties with the advice and consent of the United
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framed the Constitution wanted to form a government would not allow one person to have too much control over another. That’s why they wrote the separation of powers and set up three branches of government. The individual branches having there own responsibilities but working together all at the same time through checks and balances. I gather from our readings and videos that the United States Judicial Branch certainly is the most power branch of government. I believe this has been the case since
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created a strong national government that was powerful enough to take care of business‚ but also let states run themselves without interference from the government. In old fashioned monarchies‚ they held all powers of government‚ the power to make the law‚ the power to enforce the law‚ and the power to judge the law with no checks or balances. So when they designed the Constitution of the United States‚ the Framers insisted for the separation of powers to keep the government in check .The Framers believed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE: THE CONSTITUTION : MAIN PRINCIPLES Self-government is the most important principle in the Constitution of the United States. The Founding Fathers saw that they needed to have a system which would make sure that everyone had a voice in the local‚ state and national governments. They wanted to have a system that could be changed when necessary. They wrote this system into the Constitution of the United States in 1787. It has lasted more than 200 years‚ through many changes
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The separation of powers between the three branches of the federal is not a total separation. Each branch has control over the others to keep one from becoming more power than the remaining branches. This is known as a system of checks and balances. There is a second check in the division of power between the national and state governments known as federalism. When the Constitution was written‚ there was an attempt to create a national government with limited powers that allowed the states to retain
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The character of politics makes consistency pretty close to impossible‚ partly because politicians are human and human nature is inconsistent‚ and partly because the voters don’t really want consistency. As voters‚ we have the luxury of holding politicians to standards we would almost certainly be unable to meet if we were in their positions. And when they fail‚ we revile them for their hypocrisy‚ which is as pointless as reviling a dog for having a moist nose. Now‚ all of this may make Auntie
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please. And put the powerpoint in a usb. Thank you again‚ Jeanne!! CHINA AND ITS GOVERNMENT SYSTEM China is a sovereign‚ single-party state governed by the Communist Party‚ whose power is enshrined in their constitution. China has become the world’s fastest-growing major economy since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978. As of this year‚ it is the world’s second largest economy. Its government is a communist and socialist system‚ but can also be an authoritarian with restrictions
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Canadian Government Reflection As a Canadian citizen‚ I believe that living in one of the most diverse countries in the world can make it hard for everyone to be effectively represented. However‚ even though people from all over the world have different political views‚ Canada does a great job in working to represent each and every person. There are a lot of people living in Canada‚ and their views can range towards either side of the political spectrum. While
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From attending both city council meetings I found it very interesting and didn’t know these types of meetings were held. I attended the meeting on September 18‚ 2012 based on an update on police responses to recent crimes and gang activities. Since this meeting was a continuation I found that there have been 39 homicides in 2012. Some issues that were discussed were police department’s goals and priorities‚ as well as‚ the actions that have been attempted in reducing crime activity. Some of the police
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