Ch15 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Regulations for higher ins federal employees are set down by what?
Pendleton act
What method is used today to fill most government jobs?
Merit system
What established the civil service commission?
Pendleton act
Whose assassination led to the creation of the civil services commission?
President Garfield
What act limited the political activities of government employees?
Hatch act
What is the name of the presidents front line staff usually composed of his close friends and supporters?
White House office
What is the presidents policy making group over security and intelligence matters?
National security council
The us postal service is an example of what type of agency?
Government corruption
What was the first regulatory agency?
Interstate commerce commission
What agency was created to generate, sell and distribute electric power?
Tennessee valley authority
What act allowed citizens access to formally closed door meetings by requiring federal agencies to hold well announced public hearings ?
Sunshine act
What was established by president regain to investigate waist full government spending?
Grace commission
Which of these is a civil servant dedicated to the details of administrative procedure?
Delegate
What is a bureaucrat?
an administrative system in which agencies staffed largely by nonelected officials perform specific tasks in accordance with standard procedures.
What was the precursor to the office of personal management?
Establishment of the civil crevices commission
What two factors led too the development of the present day bureaucracy?
New deal, world war 2
Who sets the pay and job conditions for federal workers?
Congress
Whose job is to Chanel information, represent constituents my aid in administration and communicate planing, and serve as the official spokes person for the president?
Press secretary
What was the last cabinet level position created?
Department of homeland security
What characteristics cause many ti refer to the federal bureaucracy as the “fourth branch if government”?
There are four major causes for this reference: separation of powers, size, skills, and desire for security.
