Go to the websites listed below and then answer the questions that follow.

Office of Management and Budget
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/agenda/scorecard.html)
Website that tracks the success of management initiatives in the federal bureaucracy.

"Interim Heads Increasingly Run Federal Agencies," New York Times, October 15, 2007
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/washington/15interim.html)
Article relating to the Bush administration's reliance on interim agency heads, which circumvents the Senate's review and confirmation process.

Fiscal Year 2008—United States Budget
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/)
Extensive documents about the budget, including spreadsheets and analyses. Also features a downloadable database.

1			What is the "President's Management Agenda"? Do you see it as being worthwhile? What does the scorecard show about the success of this effort?
2			What do you think the effect of vacancies will have on the next president? Do you agree with Professor Light in the New York Times article?
3			Do you think that the U.S. government has been effective in streamlining processes by using the Internet? What technology do you think the federal government is not yet using that would help it achieve its goals more efficiently?