the bureaucracy

Question 1

public bureaucracies do not answer to a board of directors, but to

Answer 1

congress

Question 2

an individual who works for a bureaucracy is called a

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bureaucrat

Question 3

all bureaucracies, public and private, share some common features:

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heirarchial structure,
advancement on the basis of performance or senority
those with authority tend to have more expertise and experience

Question 4

goals are defined by

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elected officials

Question 5

bureaucratic performance standards

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efficient and cost- effectiveness

Question 6

federal register act 1934 required that all government was, regulations and laws be published in the federal register and that all was in theri final version appear

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code of federal regulations

Question 7

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freedom of information act

Question 8

freedom of information act FOIA

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only person can apply to an agency for access to unclassified documents in its archives

Question 9

patriot act 2001

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providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act

Question 10

their heads are called secretaries except the head of the justice department

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attorney general

Question 11

differ from department

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they are usually smaller and their heads do not sit on the cabinet

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each independent regulatory board or commission regulates a specific area of

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economy

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cia

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central intelligence agency

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FCC

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federal communications commission

Question 15

sec

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securities and exchange commission

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the fed

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federal reserve system

Question 17

these and other regulatory agencies are designed this way because the work they do is supposed to be removed from politics as much as possible

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independent

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fda

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food and drug administration

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are businesses run by government to provide public services the public wants but that no private company will provide becauae they are not profitable.

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government corporations

Question 20

what bureaucrats do

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policy administration
Data collection and analysis

Question 21

regulatory action includes two steps

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making rules
adjudicating their enforcement

Question 22

overseeing the bureaucracy

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president, congress, courts

Question 23

burrowing

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planting ones political allies in agencies in the expectation that they will try to carry forward the administrations policies after it is gone