A01=William I. Bacchus
Author_William I. Bacchus
Budget Resolution
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CIO
Civil Service Reform Act
Civil Service System
Conference Issues
Congressional Budget Act
congressional policymaking
CSRA
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Executive Branch Positions
executive branch relations
Federal Personnel System
Foreign Affairs Agencies
Foreign Service
Foreign Service Act
Foreign Service Act of 1980
FSO
government oversight mechanisms
governmental problems
High Option
legislative negotiation
legislative process case study
national policymaking
NATO Foreign Minister
OMB Clearance
OMB Director
OMB Staffer
OPM
Panama Canal Treaty
policy making
public policy process
Room S-116
Salt II
Senior Executive Service
Senior Foreign Service
statutory reform analysis
U.S. foreign policy
Van Gorkom
Product details
- ISBN 9780367017125
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Beyond the popular notion that Congress is always engaged in high-level national policymaking and classic drama lies an important reality: the bulk of congressional activity is the protracted, grinding work of developing and enacting complex, detailed legislation vital to our nation's operation but often ignored by the public. This book illuminates the inner workings of legislative and executive interaction by focusing on one example of "low profile" legislation--the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Bacchus traces the making of this extremely complex law through its nine months of development in the Department of State and a further sixteen months in Congress from introduction to enactment. The act promises to be a key element of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus and of major importance in providing a sound basis for future operations of the Foreign Service; yet, the biggest danger its proponents faced was not opposition, but rather inattention and lack of interest. Beyond providing an accurate picture of the workings of Congress, Bacchus points to the risks to the public interest that are encountered when important legislation is enacted almost in private, influenced only by those who have direct stakes in the outcome.
