Political Science 6100
Introduction to Public Administration
Primary Documents

|The Foundations| |The Management Movement||Depression and New Deal||The Post-War Period||Organizations|

 

The Foundations

  1. Declaration of Indepedence (1776)
  2. Northwest Ordiance of 1787
  3. Constitution of the United States (1789)
  4. Acts Establishing Original Federal AdministrativieAgencies (1789)
    1. Department of Foreign Affairs (July 28, 1789) United States Statutes At Large Vol. 1, page 28.
    2. Department of State (September 15, 1789) United States Statutes At Large Vol. 1, page 68.
    3. Department of War (August 7, 1789) United States Statutes At Large Vol. 1, page 49.
    4. Treasury Department (September 2, 1789) United States Statutes At Large Vol. 1, page 65.
    5. Office of Attorney General (September 24, 1789) United States Statutes At Lage Vol. 1, page 72

The Management Movement

  1. 1. The Civil Service System
    a. Report Concerning Civil Service in Great Britain (by Dorman Eaton, 1879)
    b. Civil Service (Pendleton) Act (1883)
  2. Act to Regulate Commerce 1887
  3. Establishment of the General Staff of the Army.
    a. Excerpt from the Report of the Secretary of War, Elihu Root (1902). Merrill Library, 4th Floor, Government Documents Collection, W1.1:V.1, 1902
    b. Act Creating the General Staff, 1903.
  4. Report of the Taft Commission on Economy and Efficiency: The Need for a National Budget, 62nd Cong., 2nd Sess., House Document No. 854, 1912, Serial Vol. 6300. Merrill Library, 4th Floor, Government Documents Collection.
  5. Model City Charter of the National Municipal League. Merrill Library, 3rd Floor, JS 354.N3 1941.
  6. Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. (June 10, 1921), 67th Cong., 1st sess., Public Law No. 13, United States Statutes At large, Vol. 42, pt. 1., page 20. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  7. Classification Act (1923). (March 4, 1923), 67th Cong., 4th sess., Public Law No. 516, United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 42, pt. 1., page 1488. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.

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Depression and New Deal

  1. Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management (The Brownlow Committee, 1937) Merrill Library, 4th Floor, Government Documents Collection. Y3.P92/3:2AD6
  2. Reorganization Act of 1939. (April 3, 1939), 76th Cong., 1st sess., Public Law No. 19, United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 53, pt. 2, page 561. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  3. Reorganization Plan No. 1(1939), United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 53., pt. 2., page 1423. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52
  5. Hatch Act (August 2, 1939), 76th Cong., 1st sess., Public Law No. 252, United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 53., pt. 2. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.

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  • The Post-War Period

  • Veteran's Preference Act of 1944. (June 27, 1944), 78th Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 359. United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 58, pt. 1, page 387. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Government Corporation Control Act (1945), 79th Cong., 1st sess., Public Law No. 248. United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 59, pt. 1, page 597. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Employment Act of 1946 (February 20, 1946), 79th Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 304. United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 60., pt. 1., page 23. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Administrative Procedure Act (June 11, 1946), 79th Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 404. United States Statutes At Large, Vol. 60., pt. 1, page 237. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Organization for National Security (1947 and 1949)
  • Concluding Report of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (First Hoover Commission, 1949). Merrill Library, 4th Floor, Government Documents Collection. Y3.OR3:2OR3.
  • Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, 1953-58. (second Hoover Commission). Multi-volume set. Merrill Library, 4th Floor, Government Documents Collection. Y3.OR3/2.
  • Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. 88th Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No.452. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 78. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Employment Act of 1972. 92nd Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 261. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 86. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • War Powers Resolution, 1973. 93rd Cong., 1st sess., Public Law No. 148. United States Statutes at Large. Vol. 87. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Freedom of Information Act. 93rd Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 502. United States Statutes at Large. Vol. 88. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.
  • Civil Service Act of 1978. 95th Cong., 2nd sess., Public Law No. 454. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 92. Merrill Library Reference collection, KF 50.U52.

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Organizations

American Society of Safety Engineers (Summary of Homeland Security Act 2002).

Bill of Rights Defense Committee (The Homeland Security Act: The Decline of Privacy, the Rise of Government Secrecy).

American Civil Liberties Union.

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