The primary role of the Foreign Service is to carry out military policy as directed by the commander in chief

Which term is used to describe how interest groups go about influencing government officials?

a. networking b. negotiating c. associating d. lobbying e. campaigning

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.The highest probability of effective implementation will occur with both sufficient information about the policy area and adequate information about the causes of the problem(s). 2.Standard operating procedures can constitute barriers to good implementation. 3.Standard operating procedures tend to produce inappropriate responses to crises. 4.Information in bureaucracies tends to be concentrated at the bottom of the hierarchy. 5.The creation of more, and redundant, channels tends to improve communication in organizations. 6.The most important problems with the “bottom-up” approach to policy implementation are normative.