Take Home Exam – True or False

                        1.  Agency discretion is used in informal actions.

                        2.  Discretion is used in processing claims

                        3.  Driving license agencies also license consumer groups.

                        4.  Agency claimants may not appeal to the courts.

                       5.  All agencies have the same standards.

                        6.  Discretion allows cases to be individualized.

                        7.  In Greater Boston, a change of agency policy is allowed if reasonable analysis is shown.

                        8.  Agencies are adaptable because of expert’s technical knowledge.

                        9.  Past practice often becomes a precedent in agencies.

                        10.  In Document 1, your representative at a Social Security hearing may submit evidence.

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Take Home Exam

TRUE             1.  Agency discretion is used in informal actions.

TRUE             2.  Discretion is used in processing claims

FALSE           3.  Driving license agencies also license consumer groups.

FALSE           4.  Agency claimants may not appeal to the courts.

FALSE           5.  All agencies have the same standards.

TRUE             6.  Discretion allows cases to be individualized.

TRUE             7.  In Greater Boston, a change of agency policy is allowed if reasonable analysis is shown.

TRUE             8.  Agencies are adaptable because of expert’s technical knowledge.

TRUE             9.  Past practice often becomes a precedent in agencies.

TRUE             10.  In Document 1, your representative at a Social Security hearing may submit evidence.

Three Venues of Research

       1.  In Book   In Document 1, explain the actions taken if the representative violates
§§404.1740(c)(1) and (b).  Examine §§404.1745 and 404.1750 (pages 103 and 104)
begin proceedings to suspend or disqualify, file charges seeking sanctions

2. At Library  (a)  Choose an agency in the Code of Federal Regulations. Explain which rules are stringent and which rules are lenient. Varies

                  OR

b) Research the history of the Federal Communications Commission.Look up in indexes of magazines and newspapers or on website (www.fcc.gov)

3. On Internet  Look up the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for the

Environmental  Protection Agency (www.epa.gov).  Explain §261.6
(40 C.F.R.). 

Requirements for Recyclable Materials

Internship

      Your lawyer is preparing a case disputing a Federal Communications Commission decision.  He instructs you to find the statute creating the FCC in the US Codes.  Then he wants you to find the rules in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

He tells you to do the following:

1. Write an outline of the FCC statute with detailed specifics
2. Write a general outline of the FCC in the CFR; he can decide which sections he may want researched at a later date

Title 47 of CFR and 470 US 821 (1985)
www.fcc.gov