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| "top cop" law enforcement official (governor cannot order prosecution) |
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| keeps treasury taxes and appropriations, has to balance budget every 2 year cycle (states cannot go into debt) |
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| keeps all official government documents, has to put official state seal on all official documents |
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| "fills-in" for the governor when he: dies, resigns, can make an event |
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| WI state superintendant of public instruction |
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| administrator/enforce education law (ex: our elonged year) |
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local government
(ex: MKE county)
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chief executive = mayor
legislature = common council (15 aldermanic districts)
other examples: village of shorewood, student council |
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| it is everywhere, cant function without interacting with it, there are many forms/jurisdictions- overlap a lot |
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| federal government/state department |
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| has 150,000 employees (most are permanent) |
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| permanent government employees (ex: mr. jacobson) |
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| "mini law-enforcement agencies", assist government in "keeping and eye" on things that need to be watched on a day to day basis- sometimes independent of executive authority |
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| makes sure federal regulations for nuclear facilities are being followed |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission |
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regulates the buying/selling/trading of stocks (stock market regulation)- makes sure all laws are being followed
ex: cant keep information secret that you know will either benefit or aviod harm you to know over others |
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| federal election commission |
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| regualtes elections- all political officials must report sources of income to (campaign contributions), regulates money flow/voter fraud |
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| federal comminucations commission |
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| independent government agencies |
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like regulatory commissions but not government agencies
ex: NASA |
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| NSA (National Security Agency) |
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| NSC (National Security Commission) |
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foreign policy advisior to the president
ex: VP, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State |
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