Deck 5: Overview of Agency Activities

Question 1

Generally agencies do not have to stand behind the advice they give.Explain why.

Answer 1

To allow such claims would lead to endless liti- gation and could result in agencies giving less advice on the fear of being sued, should their ad- vice prove to be mistaken.

Question 2

List five informal agency activities.

Answer 2

1.Giving advice
2.Processing claims and applications for benefits
3.Issuing driver's licenses
4.Safety inspection
5.Recalling unsafe products

Question 3

Define Alternative Dispute Resolution and give three examples.

Answer 3

The term to describe the various methods to quickly and efficiently resolve matters before an agency.Arbitration, mediation, and facilitation

Question 4

State the federal law that requires agencies to re- lease certain records.

Question 5

List and describe some of the activities that agen- cies do.

Question 6

What is the purpose of the Freedom of Informa- tion Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act?

Question 7

State the federal law that protects against release of records possessed by agencies.

Question 8

State examples of information that agencies dis- seminate to the public.