The Role of Government in Policy Making

The Role of Government in Policy Making

Cheryl A. Boyd

HSM240

October 7, 2012

David Luadu

The Role of Government in Policy Making

The Congress of the United States of America established three branches of the government so that no one branch would have absolute power over the other two branches. The three branches work together, but have different responsibilities. The executive, legislative, and judicial branches each deal with a different area of the government. The legislative branch included Congress and the Senate and enacts laws. The Executive branch has the responsibility of making sure the laws are put into effect by different agencies, and the President is the head of this branch of government. The Judicial branch or the courts has the job to adjudicate or to make decisions as who is right or wrong according to the law. There are different types of laws such as Criminal law, Civil law, and Administrative law. Since we know the different branches of the government we can figure out what role government plays in policy making.

If an agency or organization is interested in getting a new policy, program, or law passed there are certain tasks the agency needs to do to make sure the policy gets the governments attention. The first task is to make sure everyone is clear as to what the problem is that the agency is trying to address. Second this needs to be written in a paper that details all arguments pro and con that tells everything that is known or unknown about the issue. The third task would be to come up with solutions for the issue and next the agency would need to get a member of the legislature to back the agency and support the policy. The agency would need to make appearances at committee meetings in order to get legislators to back the bill or act. If the policy or act is passed the agency would then try to get funding to correct the issue and run programs addressing the issue.

The Judicial branch of the government can...