As the United States federal bureaucracy has grown in size-some would argue that it has acquired significant power, increasing authority, and independence for its many agencies with little oversight or accountability-the U.S. federal bureaucracy has consequently been referred to as the "fourth branch of American federal government."
Your Forum assignment will focus on the significant power, increasing authority, and independence of the U.S. federal bureaucracy (i.e., employees of the federal government)-specifically, answering the question of why the U.S. federal bureaucracy might be considered the "fourth branch" of U.S. federal government.
Using three timely news articles (at least one must be within the last four weeks) that demonstrate this power and authority-analyze and evaluate the U.S. federal bureaucracy as a co-equal branch of the U.S. federal government.
Support your conclusion by using evidence from your research to explain why or why not.
Please be sure that you have completed and proofread your work before posting as it will be graded on what is contained in your original Forum essay.
You will not be able to add, delete or edit your work once you've submitted it, similar to the way exams and papers are not returned for corrections after they have been submitted.
This means you will be graded only on what is contained in your original Forum posting and not on what is contained in any later reply that you might make to your original Forum posting or to the posting of another student.
Assignment responses must be at least 300-500 words (you are strongly encouraged to write more, however, if you feel your Forum requires a longer response);