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Government
Questions and information about the structure and history of legislative systems and ruling empires of countries other than the United States
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Answer A. Listening to the news is not a form of political participation.
Are women allowed to participate in government?
Depends on which country you ask about. In the US, yes- and in most countries, yes. In case you did not notice, a woman is currently running for President of the US. I'd say that meets the definition of participating.
Whose responsibility is it to comply with Government agency Standards of Conduct?
approving officer, supervisor, and agency/organization program coordinator
What level of government uses money collected from taxes to pay for fire and police protection?
Usually local government.
What does the tragedy of the commons refer to?
The ideas that one person who takes more than his or her share in a system of voluntary restraint will ruin the entire system
What is a main function of the Committee on House Administration?
It is in charge of the U.S. Capitol Police and the oversight of federal elections.
What was established to battle the spoil system by requiring government job seekers to take exams?
Chester Alan Arthur pushed the act which set up civil service exams to replace presidential appointments. This action was largely a response to the assassination of President Garfield by a disappointed office-seeker.
Who was the only person who could serve in the roman government?
There have never any governments in which only one person can serve. One person cannot possibly run a whole government by him/herself. During the 244-year period of the Roman monarchy the government was headed by a king who had government officials who served as his subordinates. During the 482-year period of the Roman republic the consuls were the two annually elected heads of the republic and there were four other types of elected officers of state, who also served in the government (the censors, the praetors, the aediles and the quaestors). During the 503-year period of rule by emperors the emperors were absolute rulers and appointed the officials who served in their governemnts
Why did federal government sell land in the northwest territory?
to raise money and extend society west ward
What is a want that government cannot satisfy?
A desire that the government cannot satisfy is happiness. Even the best government can't do that for us... we have to learn it for ourselves.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
What is the term for a government ruled by a small group of noblelandowning families?
Modern depictions of aristocracy tend to regard it not as a legitimate aristocracy (rule by the best), but rather as a plutocracy (rule by the rich).
What is the name of the leader of facism?
Facisim is an idea of how governments should be run. Hitler was a fascist, but there is no one leader of facisim.
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What heavily influenced the roman way of life and government?
The Roman way of life and government was influenced by mos majorum (the ways of the ancestors); that is, tradition. The way of life of the Roman elites was also influenced by the Greeks.
Is the general services administration in charge of government?
No. The U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sets many types of personnel policies and standards to which federal executive agencies must adhere.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is a centralized purchasing agent that serves most other federal government agencies and departments. For example, GSA's Public Buildings Service is the landlord for the federal government.
GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, among other things, maintains a stable of contractors that provide services in a vast array of areas, such as environmental, public relations and communications, translation and interpretation, energy efficiency, furniture management, certain types of engineering, and many others.
Other federal agencies and departments are not required to use GSA contractors; but many do. The GSA Schedule Contract Program is popular among federal buyers because it offers a streamlined way that a federal program manager can obtain contractor services, compared to traditional procurement methods.
Who is the government attempting to help by discouraging predatory pricing?
Ultimately, the government is trying to protect the consumer. Predatory pricing is used to drive a competitor out of a market, or keep a potential competitor from entering a market. If successful, the entity employing predatory pricing tactics can maintain a monopoly (or near monopoly) in a market and use the lack of competition to set prices anywhere it wants. The consumer, having no choice in a marketplace, is forced to pay whatever the entity chooses to charge.
What is the job of judicial branch-?
The job of the judicial branch is the interpreted (example) and define the laws
What is the constitutional issue of the supreme court case Wisconsin verses yoder?
The constitutional issue of the supreme court case Wisconsin verses yoder indicated that, children should not attend school full time, in order for them to get religion time.
When should you question a source's credibility?
When you cannot find any other sources that supports its arguments.
What results from the federal system of government in the US?
State governments have some powers that the federal government does not have.
