Title: A Brief History of Administrative Government | Center for Effective Government
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A Brief History of Administrative Government
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Content: The Bureau of Chemistry, which later became the Food and Drug Administration, was given expanded powers to implement the new law. B. Bureaucratic Expansion
Governmental concern with social issues took an even greater leap during the Depression years. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal brought a vast expansion in federal government programs and agencies as the nation struggled toward economic recovery. Another expansionary period took place in the 1960's and early 1970's as a result of the consumer, health and safety, and environmental movements. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created in 1971 and the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1973. The Environmental Protection Agency was created by an executive reorganization plan in 1970 that pulled together 15 components from five departments and agencies. With the creation of these regulatory agencies came an acceleration of regulatory activity. However, by the late 1970's this trend slowed. " Excessive" regulation began being blamed for everything from raising interest rates to forcing small business into bankruptcy and making U.S. businesses uncompetitive in world markets. The regulatory process itself came under sharp attack.