WEEK 4a. DISCUSSION FORUM: CHAPTER 15 FROM “AG” TEXTBOOK- IMPORTANT: WRITE ALL RESPONSES TO DISCUSSIONS IN A “QUESTION AND ANSWER” FORMAT. INCLUDE THE NUMBER IN WHICH YOU ARE RESPONDING TO.

In your “AG” textbook make sure that you first read Chapter Fifteen on The Bureaucracy before you attempt to answer the questions below.

1. In your opinion is the Federal Bureaucracy too large and expansive?  Does it overreach too far into the affairs of business operations?  Or is the federal bureaucracy unfairly criticized and unappreciated for what it successfully carries out to make our society function from one day to the next?  Write a response that is at least 200 words.
2. If you had a chance, which executive department or federal commission could you see yourself working for?  What makes this department (that you would choose to work for) important for society and relevant to your professional interests?  Answer in at least 200 words.
3. Now also respond to at least two of your peers.  Each responseshould be at least 100 words.  

 For your answers above use at least one “scholarly” peer-reviewed source and your free

“AG” textbook to validate your information.  Use APA “in-text” citations where necessary

(including for the “AG” textbook) and include your references at the end of your response.

*Don’t forget that your initial response to the discussion prompt(s) is always due by Thursday evening by 11:59 p.m. and then your two peer responses are always due by Sunday evening at 11:59 p.m. (and not a second later).

 think that the federal bureaucracy has been too large and too expansive. It is already the largest employer in the United States and the more the government assumes new powers and roles, the larger it will further become. One proof of the expansiveness of the federal bureaucracy is red tape. Processes have become complex and an application for a document, for instance, require