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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting debate.  I imagine these are the things that (under this administration, maybe not under a different one) inspire the woke and stir the fury of those who oppose the Deep State. More mildly, these are thing things some people approve as the necessary judgment and competent an executive department NEEDS (!!) to execute our laws (passed by Congress, usually signed by the President, encoded into regulations, and so on).

Is a civil servant NOT supposed to execute policy? What a question. Is a civil servant just supposed to "follow orders"? Also, what a question.

[b]Leads me to ponder--what, if any, federal agency is the least affected by politics?[/b] I thought maybe the USGS but nope, climate change. Maybe fracking too come to think. Nuclear waste disposal. But now I am curious.

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Independent agencies. The politicos are at the very top of the agencies, but they can't replace staff and fire without cause. They can't force people out. They have nearly zero latitude to affect hiring and organizational hierarchy. This is because most independent agencies do not have a singular head but are instead governed by a board, which have leaders from overlapping Administrations. For example, the Federal Reserve Board governors serve 14-year terms.

Executive branch agencies can place politicos more deeply into the bureaucratic hierarchy and really affect morale at the staff-level. They can force out people on a whim, since the agency is run by only a single person.[/quote]

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