U.S. government and agency funds invest in bonds and notes of federal government agencies, which are guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and Congress. Some also invest in foreign markets, emerging markets, and mortgage-related securities. These funds are slightly riskier than U.S. Treasury funds,...
particularly real estate. GSEs differ from government agencies. The main difference is that GSEs are privately held organizations, while government agencies are run directly by the federal government.
Administrative laws are used both in the establishment of government agencies as well as in the duties they perform and the rules under which they operate. The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is the statute that governs all federal and state agencies, specifying the role of the agency and as...
The extent of the federal government’s power under the early system of dual federalism was clarified by the U.S. Supreme Court in several seminal cases. In the 1819 case ofMcCulloch v. Maryland, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’sNecessary and Proper Clausegave Con...
Kat has a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Management and teaches Business courses. Cite this lesson In government, regulation and administrative agencies of the executive branch prepare regulations and other actions needed to implement legislative laws and executive orders and edict...
In theU.S. government’sfederal bureaucracy, appointed bureaucrats create rules and regulations needed to efficiently and consistently implement and enforce the laws and policies made by elected officials. All of the approximately 2,000 federal government agencies, divisions, departments, and commissions...
the us federal government has already digitized more than 235 million pages of government records and plans to reach 500 million pages by fiscal 2024. 12 while digitizing paper documents can help government agencies increase efficiency, improve communications, and enhance public servi...
While the intentional actions of transnational agencies or corporations such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or Nike, Inc., are probably more significant in the short term, over the longer term the unintentional, relatively autonomous transnational practices predominate. The 19th-century ...
The contemporary mixed-use complex was designed by Clarke Caton Hintz to be as sustainable as possible, which, given the building’s historic status, called for collaboration with the National Park Service to receive a Federal Historic Tax Credit. The architects incorporated solar panels and ...
especially in the case ofbilateral treaties. Inmultilateral (general) treaties, however, a country’s signature is normally subject to formal ratification by the government unless it has explicitly waived this right. Apart from such an express provision, the instrument does not become formally binding...