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The degree to which the President has the power to use executive orders to set policy for independent executive agencies is disputed. [4] Many orders specifically exempt independent agencies, but some do not. [5] Executive Order 12866 has been a particular matter of controversy; it requires cost-benefit analysis for certain regulatory actions ...
[1] [2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to ...
Controlled Substances; Long title: An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act and other laws to provide increased research into, and prevention of, drug abuse and drug dependence; to provide for treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers and drug dependent persons; and to strengthen existing law enforcement authority in the field of drug abuse.
In January 2003, the office [clarification needed] was merged into the Department of Homeland Security and the White House Homeland Security Council, both of which were created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The Homeland Security Council, similar in nature to the National Security Council, retains a policy coordination and advisory role ...
Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act (H.R. 4289; 113th Congress) - a bill that would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among DHS ...
This comes as the Department of Homeland Security is under intense scrutiny by Congress for its social media monitoring activities, including how it tracks and collects what it determines is ...
Ten of the thirteen operating agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are designated as part of the Public Health Service: [2] [3] National Institutes of Health; Food and Drug Administration; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health Resources and Services Administration; Agency for Toxic Substances and ...
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