This new report by the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy — a project of the Rockefeller Institute of Government with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts to produce independent, non-partisan research on the role of faith-based social service providers in America — documents that the absence of new legislative authority has not stopped the Bush Administration from using its executive powers to widely implement the Faith-Based Initiative throughout the federal government. The Expanding Administrative Presidency: George W. Bush and the Faith-Based Initiative examines the steps taken to promote and implement the Faith-Based Initiative since it was first introduced by President Bush in January 2001. The report details changes in federal rules, bureaucracies, funding, and public outreach advanced by the Bush Administration to increase partnerships with faith-based groups to provide a vast array of human services. A description of the Department of Health and Human Service’s faith-based partnerships emphasizing programs that promote marriage as a means of reducing poverty is included. (Author Abstract Modified)