Bureaucracy

Question 1

Federal Bureaucracy

Answer 1

the departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation

Question 2

Merit system

Answer 2

system of hiring and promotion based on competitive testing results, education, and other qualifications rather than politics and personal connections

Question 3

Policymaking

Answer 3

1.Problem Identification- What needs to be done?
2.Agenda Setting- Placing the problem on the agenda to be dealt with.
3.Policy Making- Creating for approval.
4.Budgeting- getting money to implement.
5.Implementation- putting the policy into action.
6.Evaluation- Watch over it to either refine or terminate.

Question 4

Bureaucratic discretion

Answer 4

the power to decide how a law is implemented and to decide what Congress meant when it passed the law

Question 5

Regulation

Answer 5

the process through which the federal bureaucracy makes rules that have the force of law, to carry out the laws passed by Congress

Question 6

President

Answer 6

formally controls most of the bureaucracy, appoint agent chiefs, executive orders

Question 7

congress

Answer 7

controls budget, confirms nominations, holds hearings

Question 8

judicial

Answer 8

determines constitutionally