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U.S. Domestic Policy Making
Coordinated by the Domestic Policy Council (DPC), the domestic policy-making process in the White House offers policy advice to the President. This Council in addition works to make certain that the proposal of domestic policy are synchronized as well as constant throughout federal agencies. Furthermore, the execution of these domestic policies is also supervised, where the President's priorities to other branches of government is signified by the DPC (Domestic Policy Council).
Moreover, under the U.S. President, the Domestic Policy Council oversees chief domestic policy areas such as health, education, welfare, justice, federalism, environment, transportation, labor, and other veterans' affairs. In addition, the offices that are affiliated with the Domestic Policy Council are the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), along with the formal membership including the cabinet Secretaries and Administrators of federal agencies that impact the matters addressed in the U.S. Domestic...
This may be a privilege in a democratic society, where for this privilege some may say many in the Federal Government exercise it in much free way. Below are few of the domestic policy making issues including bankruptcy, environmental law, nuclear energy, Internet domain names and fisheries.
Bankruptcy:
Congress established a commission 1994 in order to recommend ways to restore the nation's bankruptcy laws. However, in August 1997, the New York Times reported that the commission might have dishonored the Government in the Sunshine Act by holding a secret teleconference meeting.
Such changes were strongly opposed by banks, credit card companies, and other businesses strongly and were argued that such regulations were not strong enough on debtors. Thus, these financial institutions sued the commission in Federal district court and succeed due to the panel's violation of Federal open-meeting rules, which, consequently, raised the bar for consumers in bankruptcy court (Diana B. 1997).
Environmental Law:
Appointed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, an environmental advisory group in 1992 drafted suggestions for environmental sentencing guidelines, which was further criticized and ultimately taken to court for deliberating behind closed doors. However, ironically, corporate representatives accused the panel of imposing a "gag rule" on communications with outsiders (Karen. 1992).
Nuclear Energy:
In a more recent case of August 1999 involved Tri-Valley Cares, a Livermore, Calif, watchdog group, and the Department of Energy (DoE), where Tri-Valley Cares accused the DoE…
Works Cited
Domestic Policy Council (DPC), The White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Diana B. Henriques, "Bankruptcy Commission Faces An Inquiry," New York Times, August
9, 1997, p. A36.
Karen Donovan, "Environmental Panel Comes Under Fire for Secret Meetings," The National Law Journal, November 2, 1992, p. 19.
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