Title: What are Administrative Agencies? - The Business Professor, LLC
Headings: What are Administrative Agencies?
What are Administrative Agencies?
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Content: Though, someone who is frustrated by the extensive procedural requirements and bureaucracy surrounding administrative agencies may be tempted to argue that they are largely unnecessary. [/ht_toggle] Practice Question: Thomas is listening to a heated political discussion at the office water cooler. One colleague is expressing her frustration at the current state of the regulations surrounding an area of business practice. She is blaming the President for not taking steps to ease the regulatory burden. The other colleague is defending the President and arguing that the bureaucracy is a result of Congress' shortcomings. What information would you need to determine which colleague is more accurate (or at least informed) in her statement? [ ht_toggle title="Proposed Answer" id="" class="" style="" ]
First, you would need to determine what are the sources of the regulations. That is, you would want to determine whether the agency making the regulations is an executive agency or an independent agency. It is likely that the frustration concern an independent agency, as executive agencies are less involved in the quasi-legislative function.