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agency. On July 26, 1908 the FBI was created by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The agency was named Bureau of Investigation until it was re-named to “FBI” Federal Bureau of Investigation .The FBI is one the most important and powerful departments in the US federal system. The FBI had the authority and the responsibility and is faithful to the Constitution as the most powerful US department to investigate crimes that a state government cannot have…

Local governments can do a better job of protecting human health and the environment than can the federal government. In classic conservative political theory, the “most significant form of government is what is closest to the people” (Veith 2012). In other words, local governments, in which the citizens select their neighbors to govern the community, are the most important forms of government. As the levels of government become more distant from the people who elected them, political…

State versus Federal Government In the United States, there are two types of laws: state laws and federal laws. While many different states have different opinions on how their local governments should be run, they all follow federal laws. For example, in New York, you must be 21 years old if you want to buy cigarettes in Suffolk County. But in Onondaga, you only have to be 19. But that’s a state law only. The federal law on the other hand states that you must be at least 18 years old to…

How California’s Government Differs from the Federal Government Each state has its own government that govern the people living in that particular state. The State’s government makes ballot initiatives etc. to help the maintain a democracy in the state. The Federal government, on the other hand, makes laws, treaties etc. to help the nation as a whole. However, the State’s government differs a little when compared to the Federal government. The Federal government takes into account the whole…

between the State and Federal governments is complex and they are broken up into many different parts. Also the State and Federal Governments have different amounts of influence over the economy and the citizens. Another thing is that the government system and relationship between the two is very complex and controversial. This paper will discuss the relationship between the State and Federal governments and the complexity of the systems of government. The roles of the Federal and State…

information; restrictions should not be added to certain content and websites just because some users abuse the privilege of infinite knowledge. Although there are many issues regarding copyright and illegal media, I believe that there should not be tougher federal restrictions for content on the internet for many reasons.…

The Federal Reserve also named the Fed is the Bank’s banks. This institution was created in 1914 to supervise the banking system and regulate the quantity of money in the economy. The Fed is an independent entity but is subject to Congress supervising. The Fed is headed by the Board of Governors that is an agency in Washington. The board is led by a chairman and a vice chairman, each appointed by the President and approved by the Senate and serve for four-year terms. The Board of Governors…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has the responsibility of determining the direction of the monetary policy through open market operations. FOMC is a branch of the Federal Reserve (The Fed) Board which consists of a board of governors composing of seven members and five Reserve Bank presidents. The President of each bank serves a one year term while the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York serves continuously. To ensure fair representation across all locations President…

The federal budget is the economic reserve the government uses to allocate funds to various programs and projects that help our country run smoothly. However, as it is now, the money pie is not divided up as well as it could be. In each of the three budget clusters, the US government should make adjustments in the way it distributes money. There are several programs that do not receive enough funds due to the Big Five eating them all up. In the Big Five itself, the two biggest segments are…

A democracy under a federal system is the form of government all United States citizens are living under today. Sense this governmental system came to form, the strengths and weaknesses of our democracy under a federal system have become clear. Two advantages to this form of government are that the smaller forms of government on state and country levels created by federalism are more equipped to make decisions on behalf of the needs of local communities then a singular central government; the…