Executive Branch Agencies Research Articles

Recent OTA Projects and Progress

In 4 yr of operations, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has produced more than 50 reports to serve the needs of Congress and the public. The OTA assesses the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of technological change. The OTA reports have dealt with a variety of topics and issues. These include studies of the energy budgets and plans of two administrations, the research plans of the U.S. EPA, prospects for solar energy, the dangers of nuclear proliferation and the need for safeguards and proposed new transportation systems. The OTA has met the legislative, budgetary, oversight and policy needs of more than 20 congressional committees. The OTA reports are also cited in floor debate, sometimes by both sides, on major issues before Congress. Executive branch agencies have sometimes changed their policies to reflect OTA findings without having been forced to do so by Congress.

Federal Rule Making: Processes and Access

To understand and influence Federal decision-making, one must master and impact two arenas—Congress, and increasingly, the Executive branch agencies. Jacob and Boone have provided an introduction to the former arena; this article will introduce the latter.

Executive Branch and Independent Agencies

Executive Branch and Independent Agencies

Tools of the Trade in Policy Decision—PPBS, a Case in Point

F OUR years have passed since Lyndon B. Johnson announced the initiation of PPBS (Planning-Programming-Budgeting System) to guide and improve the decision-making process of the Federal executive branch agencies. In this paper, we examine the nature of PPBS, and the nature of the decision-making process that has evolved in one area-water resources. We shall examine in turn the kind of decision structure that PPBS seems designed to serve and the kind of decision structure that now exists in Federal water resource activities. We note a basic inconsistency between PPBS and the existing decentralized and pluralist decision process. Finally, we offer some observations as to how PPBS may be modified to both serve and improve that decision process.

The Bureau of the Budget and Executive Branch Agencies: Notes on their Interaction

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Bureau of the Budget and Executive Branch Agencies: Notes on their InteractionJames W. Davis, and Randall B. RipleyJames W. Davis Search for more articles by this author , and Randall B. Ripley Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 29, Number 4Nov., 1967 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2128761 Views: 3Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1967 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:John Wanat Bureaucratic Politics in the Budget Formulation Arena, Administration & Society 7, no.22 (Jul 2016): 191–212.https://doi.org/10.1177/009539977500700204