The President Is Creating a New Agency Tasked with Restoring

question 60

Multiple Choice

The president is creating a new agency tasked with restoring funding for music education in primary schools. Because this initiative has received a lot of publicity and will reflect on her administration in the upcoming election, the president wants to make sure those running the agency do not have too much independence. She therefore creates the initiative within the Department of Education and requires the initiative leaders to report to the Secretary of Education. This is an example of ________.

• A) police-patrol oversight
• B) fire-alarm oversight
• C) an agency created as part of a cabinet department
• D) an agency created as a government corporation
• E) an independent agency

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