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PPA 403 Entire Course (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com   PPA 403 Week 1 DQ 1
Values in Administrative Law PPA 403 Week 1 DQ 2
The Federal Register PPA 403 Week 1 Quiz PPA 403
Week 2 DQ 1 Constitutional Limits on Agencies PPA
403 Week 2 DQ 2 Public Access to Information PPA
403 Week 2 Quiz PPA 403 Week 3 DQ 1 Bias in
Administrative Law.
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PPA 403 Week 1 DQ 1 Values in Administrative Law
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om   Values in Administrative Law. In the study
of administrative law it is useful to
differentiate the major values that drive
administrative policies. These include (a)
promoting personal safety, (b) assuring social
and economic justice, and (c) reallocating
wealth. Think of an agency or program in
government that illustrates each of these values
and offer it in this discussion. Where, for
example, does OSHAs regulation of toxic
substances in the workplace fit in this scheme?
Which of these values figure into the government
programs.
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PPA 403 Week 1 DQ 2 The Federal Register
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m   The Federal Register. As you read in Chapter
1 of your text, the federal bureaucracy issues
thousands of administrative rules and policy
statements each year. Visit The Office of the
Federal Register online to view a recent Federal
Register (the document in which agency actions
are published) and go through the online
tutorial. For this discussion, select an item
posted in the Federal Register you have reviewed,
then offer a summary and explain how it
represents qualities of improving public safety,
correcting a free market failure.
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PPA 403 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com 1. Question In our
democratic system we expect that government
justify its uses of power in terms of legal rules
and procedures. 2. Question The Administrative
Procedure Act (APA) effectively judicialized all
administrative action without exception. 3.Questio
n There are six (6) regional U.S. Courts of
Appeals or circuit courts which hear most of the
appeals.
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PPA 403 Week 2 DQ 1 Constitutional Limits on
Agencies (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com   Constitutional
Limits on Agencies. There are several
constitutional limitations on government agency
power in order to protect and preserve individual
rights. Let us consider two of these the freedom
to contract and private property rights. Citing
the text, respond to the following question How
is thefreedom of contract limitation on
regulatory power under the due process clause
both similar and different from the takings
clause limitation on regulatory power? Respond
to at least two of your classmates postings. 
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PPA 403 Week 2 DQ 2 Public Access to Information
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m Public Access to Information. Public access to
information and sunshine laws should be
considered in all communication by all public
servants (whether you are a line staff member or
agency director). Technology adds another
dimension to what is covered under administrative
law in this area. E-mail correspondence can be
requested under the freedom of information laws.
Should e-mail communication among government
officials also have to comply with sunshine laws?
According to most sunshine laws, officials cannot
meet to discuss public business without notifying
the public of the meeting.
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PPA 403 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com 1. Question The
Courts ruling in the Chevron case established an
active role for the Courts in interpreting
statute with the goal of superseding agency
interpretation. 2. Question The Freedom of
Information Act is the most significant law for
expanding access to information about the
government.
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PPA 403 Week 3 DQ 1 Bias in Administrative Law
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m Bias in Administrative Law. The issue of bias
is an important consideration in administrative
agencies and judicial hearings. Discuss whether
it is ethical for a judge to have personal ties
with someone about whom they will be making a
legal decision. Consider the following questions
in your response Does professionalism offer
adequate checks and balances against bias in
decision making? Should judges recuse themselves
from decisions involving people with whom they
have a personal relationship? Since situations
often depend on the specific circumstances.
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PPA 403 Week 3 DQ 2 Rulemaking in Practice (Ash)
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lemaking in Practice. Investigate and report on
the rulemaking process for a government agency in
your state. To get started, select a state agency
(for example, one could look at the website for
the Arizona Department of Health Services. You
can access agency websites through a simple
Google search or through your state government
webpage). Then, search rulemaking or rules to
find out about their process. As we know from the
Federal Register activity .
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PPA 403 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com 1. Question Both
the federal government and state governments must
afford citizens due process of law. 2. Question
Administrative law issues are handled at
various levels of formality from informal to
formal depending on the issue, the applicable
statutes, authority, and intensity of
disagreement.
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PPA 403 Week 3 The Continuum of Legal Formality
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m   The Continuum of Legal Formality. There are a
range of administrative procedures available to
public administrators to handle administrative
law issues. Administrators may accomplish tasks
through informal procedures or they may conduct
formal hearings. Statute may determine which
procedures must be followed, or it may be up to
the administrators discretion. In a two to
three-page paper, discuss the main points along
the continuum of legal formality (for an
illustration see Appendix A, page 431 in the
text) as well as the advantages.
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PPA 403 Week 4 DQ 1 Administrative Enforcement
Tools (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ppa403mas
ter.com Administrative Enforcement Tools. Find
an example of an administrative sanction (such as
a fine or revocation of license) that has been
imposed on a business or individual for
noncompliance by a government agency from a
government report, news article, or other
reputable source. Offer a summary of the
situation and explain how the sanction fits in
with the categories offered in the APA, how it
fits in (or is counter to) the material in the
text, and the outcome, if available. Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings. 
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PPA 403 Week 4 DQ 2 Judicial Review (Ash)   FOR
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Review. Citing the text, discuss the rationale
for judicial review and the judiciarys role in
checking and balancing the power of the other
branches of government. What are the advantages
and disadvantages of judicial review? Offer
examples. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings. 
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PPA 403 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com 1. Question
Criminal penalties as an administrative
sanction result only from proceedings in the
regular courts, not directly from an
administrative order. 2. Question Enforcement
is the last step for an agency to achieve its
policy goals.
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PPA 403 Week 5 DQ 1 Affirmative Action Policies
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m   Affirmative Action Policies. Affirmative
action employment policies are often
misunderstood. Many programs seek no more than to
equalize racial or sexual balance in employment
where occupational tests have little or no
predictive power on job performance. Look-up one
or two offices or policies of affirmative action
and/or equal opportunity to see what agencies are
doing in this area and report on your findings.
In your response, also consider the following
questions Is there any legal or moral objection
to such programs?
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PPA 403 Week 5 DQ 2 Privatization and
Administrative Law (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ppa403master.com   Privatization and
Administrative Law. In your readings issues are
raised on the more recent debate of privatization
(and outsourcing) of government activities to
private companies. Describe what you see as some
of the future implications of privatization for
administrative law and public administration.
Consider the following questions Do you think it
is feasible or reasonable to expect privatization
of government activities to maintain the
democratic ideals we expect? Do you think we
should exchange some of our democratic
expectations.
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PPA 403 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)   FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.ppa403master.com   Final
Paper Select a U.S. Supreme Court case from the
list below and read the full case involved as
well as other supporting documents (see also the
notes below on how to access case information
through the AU online library). Focus of the
Final Paper Please examine one of the cases from
this list for your paper Goldberg v. Kelly
(1970) Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense
Council, Inc. (1984).
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