The president's role as chief executive depends on the quality and tenure of political appointees who assist with the constitutional charge to ldquo;take care that the laws be faithfully executed.rdquo; This study explores the determinants of the duration of political appointee service. Using an...

In this article we introduce a policy analytic technique that we call “policy monitoring.” Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous Waste Division, we demonstrate how the technique can be employed in actual practice. The case study demonstrates that EPA enforcements...