The four major types of bureaucratic structures in the executive branch of the federal government are the executive departments‚ independent executive agencies‚ independent regulatory agencies and government corporations. There are “fifteen executive departments‚ which are directly accountable to the president‚ are the major service organizations of the federal government.” (Sidlow‚ 2015‚ p. 288). Executive Departments include the Department of Defense whose main function is national security and
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Gender parity and equal representation in both houses of Congress is still a vexing issue that dates back to the founding of the Republic. Even with the ratification of the 20th amendment in 1920; women are still disproportionately represented in Congress. The vast majority of seats in state legislatures‚ governorships‚ mayoral offices‚ and of course Congress are held by men. Fox and Lawless stated that women fare just as well as men in fundraising and vote totals. But despite this supposed lack
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and the question was asked‚ What are the alternatives if bureaucracy it not working in an organization? Bureaucracies Defined: According to Max Weber‚ bureaucracy is the most efficient and most rational known means of exercising authority over human beings (Weber‚ p223). Further it is reliable‚ precise and stable‚ these are all terms that are desired for large complex organizations that need to control vast amounts of employees. Bureaucracy is based on legitimate authority‚ those that are being
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Federal Constitution : Fundamental Liberties The term of "constitution" could mean body of legal and non-legal rules concerning the government of a state. It’s also a written document having special legal status‚ which establishes the state and sets out the structure and powers of the state. There are several type of constitution that is State of Federal Constitution‚ Written or Unwritten Constitution and Flexible or Rigid Constitution. In Malaysia‚ both Federal Constitution and State Constitution
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known as the ’Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act’ (in the Senate) and ’Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act’ (in the House) and more commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley‚ Sarbox or SOX‚ is a United States federal law that set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. It is named after sponsors U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OH). As a result of SOX‚ top
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “Comparative Study of IDBI Federal’s Incomesurance with the other products available in the market.” IDBI FEDERAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD. Submitted By: Ravi Gupta 11BSP2089 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2012 IBS GURGAON A PROJECT REPORT ON “Comparative Study of IDBI Federal’s Incomesurance with the other products available in the market.” Submitted By: Ravi Gupta 11BSP2089 A report submitted in partial fulfilment of The requirements of
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Research Paper The federal government has slowly been gaining power since this country was started. The country’s power used to be more focused on the individual states‚ this ensured that citizens could reach their governments more easily. With the majority of power under the states control it created a more flexible government‚ this allowed the states to govern accordingly and to fix any unique problems they could be having. I think that today’s federal government has too much power. Rick Perry
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Declaration of Independence‚ establishing the "united colonies" as Free and Independent States‚ the Continental Congress set to work on the task of drawing up a document that would provide a legal framework for that Union‚ and which would be enforceable as the law of the new land. The Articles were written during the early part of the American Revolution by a committee of the Second Continental Congress of the now independent thirteen sovereign states. The head of the committee‚ John Dickinson‚ who had
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Constitution: 1. Supremacy of National Law: The Constitution and federal law are the supreme law of the land; they pre-empt state constitutions and state law. Article 6‚ section 2 explains that when a dispute occurs between the state and national government the national government pre-empts conflicting state and local laws‚ making them unenforceable. The hierarchy of the law is as follows: - U.S. Constitution. - Federal law (under constitution) and treaties made by the national government
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Section II - Part A (Document-Based Questions) To what extent did the Federalist administrations of George Washington and John Adams promote national unity and advance the authority of the federal government? George Washington and John Adams were the first two presidents of the United States. As they had just fought a civil war against their oppressive mother country‚ it was only fitting that they were federalists. Federalists believed in national unity and a strong central government. They knew
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