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The chief executive (the president or governor) bears the ultimate responsibility for executing the laws enacted by the legislative branch of government. This responsibility is carried out by the administrative agencies that are part of the executive branch of government.

In addition to following the requirements of the Constitution and the enabling statutes, administrative agencies must comply with a number of procedural statutes. Three of these are the especially important:

 Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which specifies requirements for rulemaking (the process by which federal agencies make regulations) and agency adjudication.

 Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which requires that certain kinds of groups whose advice is relied upon by the government be chartered as advisory committees, that they be constituted to provide balance, to avoid a conflict of interest, and to hold committee meetings in public with an opportunity for comment from those outside the committee.

 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which provides the public with a right to access agency information.