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Bureaucraft

Administrative craftwork

We provide descriptive research and analysis on topics of administrative law, public administration and policy execution.

What Is Bureaucraft?

Bureaucraft is a meta-policy research group. We don’t give prescriptions for what the ideal policies ought to be. We describe the administrative mechanics at the background of any policies. Our mission is to clarify and document the lesser known components of the executive’s toolkit in administering and faithfully executing the laws.

Our Research

Shoestring Diplomacy: Special Envoys of the President

In the midst of a high-risk foreign policy landscape and failures of interdepartmental coordination, prompt diplomatic negotiations are needed to stay ahead of emerging threats. Special envoys and special agents provide this rapid response tool. They have a forgotten constitutional footing going back to the Founding. We explain the details.

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National Security Impoundments

The impoundment of appropriated funds has a storied and contentious history, and since the congressional battles of the 1970s has become a mostly dormant matter. Nonetheless, it has long precedent in the presidential execution of foreign policy, with a newly acquired relevance owing to the institutional globalization of regulatory laws and international trade.

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The Tangled Web of Federal Sector Employment Law

In 1883, the federal government had 130,000 employees. Today, it has 2.2 million. We navigate through the complex morass of civil service regulations, federal sector collective bargaining laws, and Appointments Clause case law to try and shed some light on the behemoth that is the modern federal workforce.

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Executive Reorganization and Agency Selection Powers

Who reorganizes and restructures more than 220 components that make up the executive branch? As a formal matter it is Congress, but functionally this is seldom the case given the realities of modern executive administration with its extensive subdelegations, interagency working groups, overlapping jurisdictions, oversight and review procedures, and so on.

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