EXPERT SURVEY OF AGENCY POLICY PREFERENCES

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Thank you for agreeing to fill out this evaluation of agency policy preferences. It should take you no more than 5-8 minutes. All answers are confidential. I am happy to share the aggregate results of the survey with you if you are interested. Just check this box □.

Please see below a list of United States government agencies that were in existence between 1988-2005. I am interested to know which of these agencies have policy views due to law, practice, culture, or tradition that can be characterized asliberal or conservative. Please place a check mark (√) in one of the boxes next to each agency—“slant Liberal, Neither Consistently, slant Conservative, Don’t Know.”

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Agency Name / L / N / C / DK
1 / Action
2 / Administrative Conference of the United States
3 / African Development Foundation
4 / Appalachian Regional Commission
5 / Board for International Broadcasting
6 / Broadcasting Board of Governors/USIA
7 / Commission on Civil Rights
8 / Commodity Futures Trading Commission
9 / Consumer Product Safety Commission
10 / Corporation for National and Community Service
11 / Council of Economic Advisers
12 / Council on Environmental Quality
13 / Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
14 / Department of Agriculture
15 / Department of Commerce
16 / Department of Defense
17 / Department of Education
18 / Department of Energy
19 / Department of Health and Human Services
20 / Department of Homeland Security
21 / Department of Housing and Urban Development
22 / Department of Justice
Agency Name / L / N / C / DK
23 / Department of Labor
24 / Department of State
25 / Department of Transportation
26 / Department of Veterans Affairs
27 / Department of the Air Force
28 / Department of the Army
29 / Department of the Interior
30 / Department of the Navy
31 / Department of the Treasury
32 / Environmental Protection Agency
33 / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
34 / Executive Residence at the White House
35 / Export Import Bank of the United States
36 / Farm Credit Administration
37 / Federal Communications Commission
38 / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
39 / Federal Election Commission
40 / Federal Emergency Management Agency
41 / Federal Housing Finance Board
42 / Federal Labor Relations Authority
43 / Federal Maritime Commission
44 / Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
45 / Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
46 / Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
47 / Federal Trade Commission
48 / General Services Administration
49 / InterAmerican Foundation
50 / Interstate Commerce Commission
51 / Merit Systems Protection Board
52 / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
53 / National Archives and Records Administration
54 / National Capital Planning Commission
55 / National Credit Union Administration
56 / National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
57 / National Labor Relations Board
58 / National Mediation Board
59 / National Science Foundation
60 / National Security Council
Agency Name / L / N / C / DK
61 / National Transportation Safety Board
62 / Nuclear Regulatory Commission
63 / Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
64 / Office of Administration
65 / Office of Government Ethics
66 / Office of Management and Budget
67 / Office of National Drug Control Policy
68 / Office of Personnel Management
69 / Office of Science and Technology Policy
70 / Office of Special Counsel
71 / Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
72 / Overseas Private Investment Corporation
73 / Peace Corps
74 / Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
75 / Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
76 / Railroad Retirement Board
77 / Securities and Exchange Commission
78 / Small Business Administration
79 / Social Security Administration
80 / Trade and Development Agency
81 / U.S. Agency for International Development
82 / U.S. International Trade Commission

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