Activity
Day 1: Copy and hand out the following instructions
for the computer lab.
Students should go to the web page that displays the
Energy Department’s 2005 budget request: http://www.mbe.doe.gov/budget/05budget/index.htm
- click
on budget highlights
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on introduction
1.
What are the department’s primary
goals?
- click
on setting priorities
2.
What is the total budget request for the next fiscal
year?
- click
on the following pages to answer the questions that follow:
Energy
Strategic Goal
Environment Strategic Goal
Defense Strategic Goal
What
is the major goal of each?
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on budget by organization
3.
Which programs receive the greatest amount of funding?
4. Imagine that the President has announced a cut
back on discretionary spending which will
impact the Energy Department’s budget request for the next fiscal
year. In order to determine how you will adjust your
department’s budget request,
prioritize the following categories
in order of
importance:
Energy, Environment, National
Nuclear Security Administration,
Corporate
Management
5. State which is your top
priority and why.
6. State where you could cut
and why.
Activity 2
| We're
heading into a new era. We've got to think new. We've
got to be ready for the 21st Century... And a 21st
Century energy policy says this country must develop
and deploy the latest technology to provide a new
generation, a different kind of energy, new sources
of energy, cleaner and more efficient energy sources. President
George W. Bush
October 2003 |
1. Have students work in small groups to write a proposal
for the President’s energy policy that addresses
the main points stated above. Proposals should include
the following:
Mission
Statement:
Budget Proposal:
Big Idea (Exactly how will the Energy Department deal
with the energy demands of the nation? How does this
plan account
for the environmental health concerns associated with
energy development?):
Name the individuals who must approve this proposal:
2.
Each group will share their energy proposal with the
class. Closure
1. What major concerns must be considered when an executive department initiates
policy?
2. Who approves the budget proposal?
3. How does an executive agency initiate public policy?
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