Assignment:
Please Identify and Define...
1. accountability in government, the reasons why it is necessary, and the challenges in maintaining it.
2. the specific formal means of accountability within the executive branch of government.
3. the specific formal means by which executive agencies are held accountable by external organizations.
4. the specific external/informal sources of accountability and their usefulness.
5. the internal/informal means and their potential to hold government agencies accountable.
6. freedom of information and open government laws.
7. the realms of public ethical standards and the challenges of applying them to official conduct.
8. the challenges in identifying and preventing conflicts of interest.