In the picket-fence analogy, money and authority run vertically along programs from upper to lower levels of government agencies, while the legislative and executive branches of government, the horizontal slats, can do little to support or affect the vertical slats, or programs.

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The picket-fence analogy describes how money and authority flow vertically through government programs, and how the legislative and executive branches of government have limited ability to affect those programs.

In the Picket-Fence Analogy, Money and Authority Run Vertically Along