Author Question: What are independent regulatory commissions? Provide an example.Why are they created so as to be ... (Read 54 times)

gbarreiro · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What are independent regulatory commissions? Provide an example.Why are they created so as to be isolated from presidential control?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In 2004, Congress created a director of national intelligence. Why did Congress do this?

a. to help the director of the Central Intelligence Agency combat the growing threat posed by weapons of mass destruction
b. to better coordinate the large number of people working in diverse intelligence agencies
c. to decentralize authority within the intelligence community to prevent competition between agencies
d. because the previous organizational structure of the intelligence community encouraged the various agencies to do too much of their work collaboratively, which led to groupthink

blazinlyss · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Define independent regulatory commissions as units in the executive branch that regulate the economy to protect the public interest.
2, Give an example of an independent regulatory commission, such as the Federal Reserve Board.
3, Note the ways that these agencies are removed from presidential control, including the fact that commissioners, once appointed, serve long terms and cannot be dismissed by the president.
4, Explain one or more reasons for commissions' independence, including the desire to insulate commissions from political influence.

Answer to Question 2

b