Chief executives must work with legislators when creating any new policies. Legislators are officials who make laws or change existing ones in order to fix problems. Chief executives and legislators usually argue about the wording of new policies. Often one group must promise to help the other group on a different policy. For more information about Legislators , see that CIS specialty.
Chief executives appoint department heads to carry out programs.
Examples of departments are health and welfare or natural resources. Department heads prepare budgets that state where government funding will be used. They also make sure that the programs are carried out as planned. Department heads prepare and present reports, talk to citizens' groups, and attend public meetings. They review bids and select contractors to perform work for their agency.