2000年政黨輪替，台灣政局進入一個政治新紀元，台灣政府體制呈現「分裂政府」的狀態，行政、立法兩院的衝突與對立，導致政策推動受到嚴重的影響；在2004年第六屆立法委員選舉後，民進黨在立法院因席次未過半而無法控制國會，因此行政機關所面對的是更為複雜的互動環境，其結果必須動用更多的人力、資源來處理與國會之間的關係，也就是說當立法權膨漲或行政、立法互動不夠順暢時，國會聯絡機制受到高度的重視與強化。 縱觀民主國家政治發展可發現，國會聯絡就是引導行政與立法機關合作的重要途徑，此種聯繫管道如能通暢，無疑是維繫行政、立法有效溝通與合作的重要憑藉，並且能有效降低行政與立法機關在互動過程中所造成的衝突，而國會聯絡人就是此機制中的關鍵性角色，而本研究主要探討我國文建會國會聯絡組織運作之策略與互動過程中的角色及所發揮的功能。 基於以上的認知，本論文的發現如下： 一、當行政權與立法權分屬不同政黨所掌控，呈現分立政府狀態時，國會聯絡機制之策略運用，在互動過程中發揮重大的功能。 二、首長對國會運作之影響，可能是正面，也可能是負面，其差異乃在於首長是否願意將所握有的資源，運作於國會關係上，及加強國會行動的能力。 三、文建會國會聯絡工作以「服務案件」份量最多，且困難度最高。 四、國會聯絡人為國會與行政單位第一線接觸的尖兵，負責訊息傳達、意見溝通及議題協調。 五、好的國會聯絡人有助於國會運作，聯絡人必須具備的特質包括專業與熱誠、溝通與協調能力、熟悉政治運作與技巧、良好的國會人脈、長官授權與肯定。 / The aftermath of the 2000 Presidential election left the ROC fragmented among several political parties. The increasing political conflict between the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan has aggravated the administration process of government policies. The legislative elections in year 2004 created an even difficult situation when the Pan-Blue Coalition has gained the absolute majority over the Pan-Green Coalition, resulting in much of govenment-sponsored bills being deadlocked. Executive divisions are faced with increasingly complicated political environment, which requires greater manpower and resources to reconcile with the legislative branch. This situation, occurring when legislative branch overpowers or when inter-branch relations hampered, then calls for a strengthening of congressional liaison functions. In contemporary democratic systems, the congressional liaison is an important strategic intermediary between executive and legislative branches. A successful practice of the liaison function is expected to improve the communications and collaborations and to mitigate potential conflicts between executive and legislative branches. Congressional liaisons become the keys to the success of the function. The purpose of this study is thus to investigate the role of congressional liaison at the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) in inter-branch politics. Major conclusions of this thesis are summarized as follows: 1.In a divided party government, strategic operations of congressional liaison provide great contributions to the interactions between executive and legislative branches. 2.Strengthened public relations with the congress improves the administrative efficiency and helps achieving policy goals of executive divisions. 3.Service-type tasks have become the major load of congressional liaison offices at the CCA and have shown to suffer the greatest complications. 4.The congressional liaison office, being on the front line of executive-legislative branch relations, is responsible for information delivery, opinion exchanges and reconciliation of issues with the legislative institution. 5.A competent congressional liaison will successfully assist the congressional operations and is expected to have the following characteristics: being professional and enthusiastic, having great communication and coordination skills, being familiar with political operations, having extensive connections in congress, and being authorized and endorsed by superiors.