Civil Servants and Power at Administrative Agencies [No. 86]

Who drives the agenda at an administrative agency? Professor Christopher Walker discusses how an agency is composed of both political appointees and career civil servants. Both types of individuals are crucial to the work of the agency but contribute to the mission in different ways. Can both of them be held accountable for agency actions?

Christopher J. Walker an Associate Professor of Law (with tenure) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Director of the Moritz Washington, D.C., Summer Program. Professor Walker’s research focuses primarily on administrative law, regulation, and law and policy at the agency level.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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