1. How are ALJs selected?
They are elected by Congress.
They are appointed by the president without confirmation by Congress.
They are appointed by the agency through a professional merit selection system.
They are appointed by the president and then confirmed by Congress.
2. Formal rulemaking differs from informal rulemaking in that with formal rulemaking:
publication of a final draft of the rule, along with a statement of the rule’s purpose, must be given at least fourteen days before its effective date.
an agency must give prior notice of a proposed rule, usually by publication in the Federal Register.
the procedures are governed by the same APA provisions that govern an adjudication.
an opportunity must be given for interested parties to participate in the rulemaking.
3. A major rule of an administrative agency:
must be published in the Federal Register prior to its becoming final, but need not be submitted to Congress.
is a rule that will have a significant effect on competition and that becomes final if it is submitted to and approved by the President.
does not become final until Congress has had an opportunity to disapprove it.
is any rule that the Office of Management and Budget finds has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of at least one million dollars.