OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. The principal duties of the Attorney General are to: Represent the United States in legal matters. Supervise and direct the administration and operation of the offices, boards, divisions, and bureaus that comprise the Department. Furnish advice and opinions, formal and informal,...
The position of Attorney General was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. In June 1870 Congress enacted a law entitled “An Act to Establish the Department of Justice.”
The major functions of the DAG are to: Exercise all the power and authority of the Attorney General unless any such power or authority is required by law to be exercised by the Attorney General personally or has been specifically delegated exclusively to another Department official.
The governor appoints members to the Public Safety Commission. c. The governor can use informal powers and the prestige of the office to compel law enforcement action. d. The governor has control over local law enforcement. a. Only the governor can declare martial law. b. The governor appoints members to the Public Safety Commission. c.
Almost one-half of the attorney general’s employees are involved in what government task?
Almost one-half of the attorney general’s employees are involved in what government task?
In June 1870 Congress enacted a law entitled “An Act to Establish the Department of Justice.” This Act established the Attorney General as head of the Department of Justice and gave the Attorney General direction and control of U.S. Attorneys and all other counsel employed on behalf of the United States. The Act also vested in the Attorney General supervisory power over the accounts of U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals.
Office of the Associate Attorney General. The Office of the Associate Attorney General (OASG) was created by Attorney General Order No. 699-77 on March 10, 1977. As the third-ranking official at the Department of Justice, the ASG is a principal member of the Attorney General’s senior management team. The major functions of the ASG are to:
Office of the Deputy Attorney General. On May 24, 1950, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath created the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (ODAG). The Deputy Attorney, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the Department's second-ranking official and functions as a Chief Operating Officer;
Furnish advice and opinions, formal and informal, on legal matters to the President and the Cabinet and to the heads of the executive departments and agencies of the government, as provided by law.
The mission of the ODAG is to advise and assist the Attorney General in formulating and implementing Department policies and programs and in providing overall supervision and direction to all organizational units of the Department. The major functions of the DAG are to:
Secretary of State. state official, appointed by the governor, whose primary responsibility is administering elections. Bureaucracy. the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel.
Appointive powers allow the governor to influence agencies in the Texas government. (Speaker of the House, the Texas Supreme Court, and other parts of government do have limited powers of appointment to certain boards and agencies.) There are many different types of veto the governor of Texas can use.
(Match the following types of veto to their uses.) 1. the governor's power to strike specific parts of appropriations bills. 2. a veto of a bill when the legislature is not in session. 3. the governor's power to turn down legislation.
Abbott won 77% of the vote in rural and small town areas compared to Davis's 23%. a. Wendy Davis beat Greg Abbott in her home town of Fort Worth.
He had decisive support in non-border rural counties. Although not winning in all, he polled well in most urban counties. He received surprising support from Latino voters, including those living along the border. The map shows that Greg Abbott won a majority of votes in all but 19 counties.
1. An employee may not represent someone else before any court or an agency of the federal government or accept compensation for someone else's representation on a matter in which the U.S. is a party or has an interest - 18 U.S.C. §§ 203 & 205 - except for: a.
For one year, a former employee is prohibited from representing, aiding or advising on the basis of confidential information on a trade or treaty negotiation in which he participated personally and substantially within one year of leaving government - 18 U.S.C. §207 (b). E.
An employee who receives an extraordinary payment from a former employer prior to entering government service must disqualify himself for two years if the payment is not part of an established compensation or benefits program; exceeds $10,000; and is made because of his government position.
A relative with whom the employee has a close relationship; d. A present or prospective employer of a spouse, parent or child; and. e. An organization in which the employee serves or has served in the past year as an employee, attorney or active participant. 3.
2. Examples of such employee off-duty conduct include: sexual misconduct; racist or sexist remarks; falsification of documents; and failure to pay just debts.
Also, in some cases, for example a long-standing major client, an employee may be recused for a period of time beyond one year. III.
A former official may not accept compensation from a contractor within a year after he served as the procuring contracting officer, the source selection authority, a member of the evaluation board, or the chief of a financial or technical evaluation team for a procurement for a contract in excess of $10 million.