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The departments and agencies in the federal bureaucracy exercise immense power by making and implementing policy. **Congress has delegated to the departments and agencies the quasi-legislative power of issuing rules and regulations that have the force of law.** Because the regulations issued by the federal bureaucracy have the potential to affect every social and economic interest in the nation, Congress requires that proposed regulations, their justification, and the process used to formulate them be published in the **//Federal Register//**. Generally, a proposed regulation does not take effect for thirty days after it is published in the **//Federal Register//**. During that period, concerned parties can express support or opposition to the proposed regulation.
 * __ The Bureaucracy and the //Federal Register// __**


 * 1) 1. Navigate to the [|Proposed] [|Rule] [|for] [|the] [|Elimination] [|of] [|the] [|Pizza] [|Standard] that appeared in the //Federal Register// on Friday, November 2, 2001.
 * ● What is the purpose of the proposed rule?


 * ● What federal department and/or agency is proposing the rule?


 * ● What motivated this department or agency to propose the rule?


 * 1) 2. Navigate to the [|letter] submitted by the [|**National**][|**Frozen**][|**Pizza**][|**Institute**] (NFPI) and the [|letter] submitted by [|**Schwan**][|**’**][|**s**][|**Sales**][|**Enterprises**][|**,**][|**Inc**][|**.**] with regard to the proposed rule change. Describe the **positions** of the **National Frozen Pizza Institute (NFPI)** and **Schwan’s** on the proposed rule change.


 * 1) 3. What is the [|**National**][|**Frozen**][|**Pizza**][|**Institute**] ? Describe the relationship that exists between the NFPI and companies like Schwan’s.


 * 1) 4. Read the “SUMMARY” section of the Federal Register entry from July 31, 2003, [|Definitions] [|and] [|Standards] [|of] [|Identity] [|or] [|Composition] [|:] [|Elimination] [|of] [|the] [|Pizza] [|with] [|Meat] [|or] [|Sausage] [|Standards] and answer the following questions:
 * ● Did the rule change pass?


 * ● Do you think that the NFPI was pleased with the outcome? Why or why not?


 * ● Explain what was at stake for the NFPI (and its membership) in this public policy matter.


 * 1) 5. Read the short article [|The] [|Latest] [|Symbol] [|of] [|Government] [|Waste] [|:] [|Pizza] . Explain the actions of the congressmen – even though their actions revealed their ignorance of the history that produced the situation they were decrying.