1.Use the following federal agencies for this exercise: Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Coast Guard. You will be able to locate the answers in the Budget of the United States Government, available through OMB website, and through the various appropriate acts passed by Congress.

a)Determine whether each agency lies in the administrative structure of the federal government. Is it in an executive department, or is it an independent agency?

b)Determine which of the appropriation subcommittees has jurisdiction over each agency's budget request (i.e., what appropriation bill contains the agency's financing).

c)Determine where each agency's operations fall in the functional classification of the budget.

d)Pick one agency and, for a recent budget year, determine (1) the budget authority and outlays proposed for the agency and (2) the actual outlays and budget authority for the agency in that year.