RESEARCH PAPER

Research paper

Draft a 3-6 Report/Analysis, including bibliography (2 source minimum; see attached ‘Guidelines’), discussing one of the following US federal government agencies, including its function/purpose, history, current budget & possible solutions for reform/restructuring. In particular, assess whether, in your view, its continued funding is critical to the country in light of the federal debt, redundancies, free market alternatives &, especially whether its actual existence is consistent with the purpose of government as envisioned & articulated in the US Constitution.

US Federal Agencies

Social Security Administration (http://www.ssa.gov/); Health & Human Services Administration (http://www.hhs.gov/); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (https://www.cms.gov/); Federal Housing Agency (http://www.fhfa.gov/); Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/); Department of Labor (http://www.dol.gov/); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (https://www.nlrb.gov/); Department of Energy (http://www.energy.gov/); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (http://www.ferc.gov/); Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/); Department of Commerce (https://www.commerce.gov/);

Federal Reserve Board (http://www.federalreserve.gov/); Securities & Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/); Consumer Financial Protection Agency (http://www.consumerfinance.gov/); Federal Communication C (https://www.fcc.gov/)

Suggested sources

David Stockman (Economist, http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/); Mises Institute (https://mises.org/); Cato Institute (http://www.cato.org/); Hoover Institute (Stanford; http://www.hoover.org/); National Association of Business Economists (http://www.nabe.com/); National Bureau of Economic Research (http://www.nber.org/); Peterson Institute for Economics (http://www.iie.com/); Tax Foundation (http://taxfoundation.org/); National Center for Policy Analysis (http://www.ncpa.org/); Competitive Economic Institute (https://cei.org/);

John Taylor (Economist, Stanford); Gregory Mankiw (Economist, Harvard); Thomas Sowell (Economist, Northwestern); Authur Laffer (Economist, http://www.laffercenter.com/)

ps: the citation , Harvard Style Referencing Guide)