bureaucracy test

Question 1

bureaucracy

Answer 1

an organization that is highly organized (hierarchy based on expertise)
specialization of jobs

Question 2

critics of bureaucracy

Answer 2

red tape
question accountability
too large

Question 3

red tape

Answer 3

unnecessary rules and regulations that make it more difficult/expensive to get things done

Question 4

question accountability

Answer 4

often difficult to fire bad workers, federal employees aren’t directly accountable to voters/taxpayers

Question 5

public sector

Answer 5

works for government (state, federal, local)

Question 6

private sector

Answer 6

works for a private company (not government)

Question 7

how to become a bureaucrat

Answer 7

civil service exam

Question 8

civil service

Answer 8

system of hiring and promotion based on merit and nonpartisanship
Pendleton civil service act 1883

Question 9

patronage or spoils system

Answer 9

jackson
job given for political reasons like campaign contribution

Question 10

the merit system
Pendleton act of 1883

Answer 10

established the civil service commission to fill designated positions within the bureaucracy with people who had proved (entrance exam) their competence

Question 11

civil service reform
hatch act of 1939

Answer 11

no role in political management of campaigns
cannot engage in political activities

Question 12

how did the hatch act of 1939 change in 1993

Answer 12

changed the law to allow most federal employees to hold office within a political party, to participate in campaigns, and raise funds when they’re NOT on duty

Question 13

order of acts

Answer 13

spoils system 1828
civil service act 1882
hatch act 1939
civil service reform act 1978

Question 14

what gives bureaucrats the power

Answer 14

executive, legislative (budget), quasi executive, quasi legislative, quasi judicial

Question 15

4 things given to bureaucrats

Answer 15

essential (need to run the country)
expertise (specialized in their field)
discretion (decide how policy is carried out)
clientele (serve important groups)

Question 16

what do bureaucrats do

Answer 16

implement the law passed by congress
administer the law
policy making
regulation
data collection and analysis

Question 17

implementation

Answer 17

Congress delegates policy implementation to bureaucratic agencies

Question 18

discretionary authority

Answer 18

Congress sets broad policy guidelines and bureaucratic agencies are given adminstrative discretion

Question 19

administrative discretion

Answer 19

ability to bureaucrats to decide how to implement policies

Question 20

rule making authority

Answer 20

bureaucratic agencies are able to make administrative laws/regulations

Question 21

administrative law

Answer 21

regulations made by agencies that have the power of law

Question 22

administrative adjudication

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bureaucracies have the power to enforce administrative law and punish violators by issuing fines
act like a court

Question 23

why do bureaucrats have policy making discretion

Answer 23

execute federal law (experts)
efficient at enforcing law
willing to come to agreements than Congress (save time)
if fails, bureaucrats get blamed not congress

Question 24

regulation

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produce rules, standards, and guidelines

Question 25

IEA

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established by Congress with separate status outside the executive branch perform a service function, not regulatory ex) CIA, NASA, EPA

Question 26

IRC/IRA

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to regulate a specific economic activity or interest operate independently from congress and president ex) FCC, FEC, federal reserve

Question 27

government corporations

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government owned businesses created by congress may or may not be profitable, serve a public need ex) postal service, AMTRAK, TVA, FDIC

Question 28

tasks of all the groups

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write and enforce regulations issuing fines testifying before congress issue networks and iron triangles

Question 29

implementation includes

Answer 29

creating/assigning an agency the policy interpreting the law translating policy into rules,regulations, and forms coordinating resources to achieve the goal

Question 30

why implementation cannot work

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program design lack of clarity (vague, ambiguous) lack of resources administrative routine (SOP) adminstrator's disposition fragmentation of responsibility

Question 31

fragmentation of responsibility

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some policies are spread among several agencies some agencies have different rules for the same policy

Question 32

privatization of bureaucracy

Answer 32

reinventing government contractors

Question 33

reinventing government

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decentralize authority room for innovation performance incentives make government look more like private sector

Question 34

contractors

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non government employees who do government work private sector competition cost savings create appearance of reducing size of government when it actually increased

Question 35

discretionary authority

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legislation lacks details, the bureaucracy can fill in the gaps

Question 36

delegate authority

Answer 36

Congress and president cannot handle everything

Question 37

regulations definition

Answer 37

use of government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector federal agencies check, verify, and inspect products and services

Question 38

regulation elements

Answer 38

a grant of power and set of directions from congress a set of rules and guidelines by the regulatory agency itself one means of enforcing compliance with congressional goals and agency regulations

Question 39

deregulation

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definition: the lifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities companies complained rules are expensive, burdensome, and complicated

Question 40

regulatory problems

Answer 40

raises prices hurts US competitive position don't always work

Question 41

oversight of the federal bureaucracy: executive

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appoint and remove agency heads reorganize the bureaucracy issue executive orders reduce an agency's budget

Question 42

oversight of the federal bureaucracy: legislative

Answer 42

POWER OF OVERSIGHT create or abolish agencies cut or reduce funding investigate agency activites hold committee hearings pass legislation that alters an agency's function influence or even fail to confirm presidential appointment impeach executive officials

Question 43

oversight of the federal bureaucracy: federal court

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judicial review due process for individuals affect by a bureaucratic action

Question 44

iron triangles: bureaucratic agencies with interest groups

Answer 44

interest groups give information and support agency budget request agencies administer law and place regulation on issue

Question 45

iron triangles: bureaucratic agencies with committees

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agencies give information to committee and help constitutents complaints committees approval of higher budget requests

Question 46

iron triangles: committees with interest groups

Answer 46

interest groups campagin contribution and give information committee make legislation created that affect the issue