Texas	Unit 4
Government	Assignment

Bureaucracy Research

This exercise is designed to help you understand what the government bureaucracy is made up of and how different agencies act within Texas politics. Executive departments play a key role in affecting how legislative laws are enforced.

1. Investigating Executive Departments

Choose one of the executive departments below to investigate. Each listed department is also an Internet link to the department’s home page.

Department Options:

Central List of Texas Agencies

Comptroller of Public Accounts

General Land Office

Railroad Commission

Department of Agriculture

Attorney General

Texas Education Agency

Secretary of State

State Board of Education

Department of Human Services

Adjutant General

Natural Resource Conservation Commission

Public Utility Commission

2. After selecting the executive branch department answer the questions below:

Which department did you choose?
What is the historical background of the department?
How is the department structurally organized?
What are the governmental responsibilities of the department?
What are the current issues on which the department is focusing?

This assignment must be 300 words or more. There is a loss of 2.5 points per 30 words below 300.

You may use this form to submit your assignment

1. Which department did you select?
2. What is the historical background of the department?
3. How is the department structurally organized?
4. What are the governmental responsibilities of the department?
5. What are the current issues on which the department is focusing?

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