Week 3 - Congressional Testimony Regarding the Impacts of Executive Orders on Public Agencies

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Applying and Implementing Executive Orders

Executive orders are direct presidential instructions that are usually aimed at addressing a

particular problem or set of problems within the executive branch of the U.S. government

and are submitted to the federal registry. Executive orders are presidential mandates

directed at particular agencies to implement certain functions and they are normally

limited in time and scope.

U.S. Presidents usually institute executive orders after either failure to obtain

congressional consensus such as when President Barack Obama introduced the 2012

immigration policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) when Congress failed

to pass the DREAM Act. Other types of executive actions are sometimes put in place for

agency-specific activities such as when President Trump issues a presidential

memorandum, the Lobbyist Ban that prevented individuals who become lobbyist from

lobbying agencies they previously worked at for a 5-year period.

There are times when Congress, special interest groups, and other organizations disagree

with the president’s executive orders and challenges are made through the courts at the

federal level. Depending on the severity of the challenges and language in the policy, the

matter might be settled in lower level courts and sometimes the issues are taken up by

the U.S. Supreme Court. While the courts may not directly create policies, decisions made

by the courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, are considered policies because the

rulings either support or overturn the current policies. When these policies are

overturned, that changes the landscape of that particular issue within society.

References:

Be sure to review this week's resources carefully. You are expected to apply the

information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.

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Books and Resources for this Week

Dudley, S. E., & Mannix, B. F. (2018).

Improving Regulatory Benefit-Cost

Analysis. Journal of Law & Politics,

34(1), 1–20. Link

Short, J. L. (2018). The trouble with

counting: Cutting through the rhetoric

of red tape cutting. Minnesota Law

Review, 103(1), 93–149. Link

Trend #1: Where Are U.S. Economic

Policies Taking The World? (2018).

Trends Magazine, (188), 1–9. Link

U.S. Department of Justice Link

Warber, A. L., Ouyang, Y., & Waterman,

R. W. (2018). Landmark executive

orders: Presidential leadership through

unilateral action. Presidential... Link

Week 3 - Congressional Testimony Regarding the

Impacts of Executive Orders on Public Agencies Assignment

Due March 27 at 11:59 PM

Senior executives in the federal government are often called upon to provide

congressional testimonies to different committees in the U.S. House of Representative

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and the U.S. Senate depending on the nature of the congressional inquiry. Senior officials

within the executive branch of government must stay ready to brief Congress and the

American people on all matters within their respective agencies. Briefings are prepared by

agency personnel and senior executives are given talking points on major issues and

success stories within the agency.

As the senior advisor to the U.S. Attorney General, write a paper that prepares the

Attorney General to brief Congress on matters pertaining to the heroin and opioid crises.

Be sure your paper addresses the following:

1. Define the impacts of the heroin and opioid crises on the U.S. population.

2. Explain actions taken by the U.S. Department of Justice to curtail these challenges.

3. Identify steps the general public can take to help mitigate some of these

challenges.

4. Critique Justice Department policies and strategies for dealing with these

challenges and offer recommendations for improvement.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages.

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts

presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this

topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure

to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.

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