The Bureaucracy Flashcards
(25 cards)
public bureaucracies do not answer to a board of directors, but to
Congress
an individual who works for a bureaucracy is called a
bureaucrats
all bureaucracies, public and private, share some common features:
- Hierarchical structure
- Advancement on the basis of performance OR seniority
- those with authority tend to have more expertise and experience
Goals are defined by
elected officials
bureaucratic performance standards
- efficient
- cost effectiveness
federal register act 1934- requires that all government rules, regulations, and laws be published in the federal register and that all rules in their final version appear
Code of Federal Regulations
FOIA
- Freedom of Information Act
- any person can apply to an agency for access to “unclassified” documents in its archives
DOGE
Department of Government Efficiency
Patriot Act 2001
- providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act
- Clinton reduced the size
Their heads are called secretaries except the head of the justice department
attorney general
Federal Departments (must be in order)
- State Department
- War/ Defense Department
- Department of Treasury
- Department of Interior
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Justice
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Labor
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Energy
- Department of Education
- Department of Veterans affairs
- Department of Homeland Security
Differ from departments
they are usually smaller and their heads do not sit on the cabinet
Each independent regulatory board or commission regulates a specific area of
Economy
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
FCC
Federal Communications Commision
SEC
Securities Exchange Commision
The Fed
The Federal Reserve System
These and other regulatory agencies are designed ___________ because the work they do is supposed to be removed from politics as much as possible
“independent”
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
Are businesses run by government to provide services the public wants but that no private company will provide because they are not profitable
Government Corporations
Problem with policy making is
agency complaints about the ambiguities or lack of specificity in legislation are just excuses not to implement disliked policies
What Bureaucrats do
a. Policy Administration
b. Regulation
c. Data Collection and Analysis
Regulatory Action includes 2 steps:
a. making rules
b. adjudicating their enforcement
Overseeing the Bureaucracy
a. president
b. congress
c. courts
