The President and the Bureaus

A PRESIDENT of the United States is known I ~to history by the policies of his AdLI ministration. This is as it should be. But to those who work closely with him in an administrative way, who share the responsibilities for the operational effectiveness of the bureaucracy which helps shape and put these policies into effect, there are other standards as well by which he is judged. Roosevelt, for example, will be remembered not only for the enthusiasm for public service which he engendered in a whole generation of young men and women-an important public legacy whose effects are still being felt nearly 30 years later-but also for his strengthening of the office of the President. Truman reinforced this effort. His interest in the budgetary process helped also to make it a more useful instrument for the control of national policy. The Eisenhower years emphasized the systems approach, beginning with the staff system the President had used so effectively in the Army. President Kennedy, by his personal involvement in the development and administration of public policy, reemphasized the personal leadership factor. All were significant contributions to improved administration

Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics

• Executive Policy‐Making Authority and Using Zero‐Base Budgeting for Allocating Resources

  Open Access•Lawrence A Gordon, Allen Schick•Policy Studies Journal•1979

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