Instructions: Read “What Bureaucrats Do” (pages 376-379 in the Ginsberg et al. textbook). Next, go to www.regulations.gov Links to an external site.. Look through the proposed rules and find one that is of interest to you. There are several ways to search the proposed rules:
You can scroll down to look at which rules are trending.
You can check the right sidebar to see newly proposed rules and rules with comment periods ending soon.
You may type any topic into the provided search engine to search all relevant rules.
After you have selected a proposed rule, answer the following questions.
Discussion Questions: Define bureaucracy. Define implementation. Explain the bureaucracy’s process for making rules. Next, provide specific information about the proposed rule you selected. What is its title? Which agency proposed the rule? Summarize the proposed rule. Do you support the proposed rule? Why/why not? Include the URL for your selected proposed rule.
Hint: Reading the comments for your proposed rule can help you better understand the issue and potential controversies. Simply click the “Browse Comments” tab to see the submitted comments.