compare and contrast the U.S Department Health and Human Services and U.S Department of Homeland Security.

* Discuss how the agencies are conceptually different and similar *how they ensure agency responsiveness and competence. responsiveness in terms of the needs of the people and environment responsivessness in terms of flexibility - bureaus must be flexible in dealing with problems competence in terms of effectiveness - effectivessness when viewed not only performance but also innovation in the form of policy goals and methods used to achieve them. competence in terms of timeliness - bureau is expected to be timely in the disposition * what method of control do you see being the most effective with these agencies? pick one for each agency from the ff. method of controls are: adminitrative platonist scientific administrator the new public administration representative bureaucracy participative administration public choice * propose a solution to "reform" U.S Department of Homeland Security.Pick one reform from the list types of political reforms: redundancy - the impact of duplication strengthening political institutions creating a better merit system awakening the american people