2022-23 Vocab A-Z Unit 2C

Question 1

Appropriations

Answer 1

The process through which congressional committees allocate funds to executive branch agencies, bureaus, and departments.

Question 2

Bureaucracy

Answer 2

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Question 3

Bureaucratic adjudication

Answer 3

When the federal bureaucracy settles disputes between parties that arise over the implementation of federal laws or determines which individuals or groups are covered under a regulation or program.

Question 4

Civil service

Answer 4

the permanent professional branches of a government’s administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians.

Question 5

Deregulation

Answer 5

getting rid of regulations.

Question 6

Discretionary authority

Answer 6

the ability of a bureaucracy to choose courses of action and make policies not spelled out in advances by laws

Question 7

Executive orders

Answer 7

Policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval.

Question 8

Executive agencies

Answer 8

The term “executive agency” means an executive department or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Federal Government, including a wholly owned Government corporation.

Question 9

Independent regulatory agency

Answer 9

Organization that exists outside of the major cabinet departments and whose job is to monitor and regulate specific sectors of the economy.

Question 10

Iron triangle

Answer 10

coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups to achieve shared policy goals.

Question 11

Legislative veto

Answer 11

The rejection of a presidential or administrative action by a vote of one or both houses of Congress without the consent of the president.

Question 12

Merit system

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Patronage (spoils system)

Answer 13

getting things because you know them or because they’re a friend.

Question 14

Pendleton Act

Answer 14

a system of hiring and promotion based on merit.

Question 15

Policy implementation

Answer 15

a series of activities undertaken by government and others to achieve the goals and objectives articulated in policy statements

Question 16

Political appointments

Answer 16

top- level senior positions: Cabinet secretaries, agency heads, deputy secretaries, undersecretaries and assistant secretaries. Appointed by the president.

Question 17

Privatization

Answer 17

the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control.

Question 18

Red tape

Answer 18

complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done.

Question 19

Regulation

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What does the EPA deal with?

Answer 20

Pollution and things related

Question 20

What does the FTC deal with?

Answer 20

Puts people in jail for trading

Question 21

What does the FCC deal with?

Answer 21

censoring on TV and things like the radio

Question 22

What does the FAA do?

Answer 22

regulates every flight

Question 23

What are 2 agencies that report to the president?

Answer 23

CIA and FBI

Question 24

Does the NSA report to the president?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What does the NIH deal with?

Answer 25

Curing cancer

Question 26

How hard is it to fire someone from the bureau?

Answer 26

Very hard

Question 27

What’s a big problem in the bureaucracy?

Answer 27

federal workers are more focused on the benefits of the job instead of doing good job.

Question 28

Hidden workforces are…

Answer 28

private contractors

Question 29

Did Paul Light believe that every department was bad at their job?

Answer 29

No. An example of one that is good is social security.

Question 30

What is the speed of moving federal employees to the bureau?

Answer 30

Slow

Question 31

Some problems stated in James Q Wilsons excerpt are…

Answer 31

• Accountability and getting the best results
• Fiscal integrity
• Efficiency

Question 32

Are we profitable as a government?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What is the best way to decide if an agency is inefficient?

Answer 33

Weigh relative costs and benefits

Question 34

What did Wilson believe?

Answer 34

Efficient bureaucracy would rob us of our liberties.

Question 35

Block Grant

Answer 35

free money

Question 36

Categorized Grant

Answer 36

string attached to money. Example is school funds are always categorized.

Question 37

How is the Iron Triangle formed?

Answer 37

Congress is at the top and bureaucracy and interest groups are the other points

Question 38

Interest groups can also be called what?

Answer 38

lobbyists. They want people to fund things.

Question 39

Why is it called an iron triangle?

Answer 39

Because money flows throughout the points

Question 40

How is the relationship between political appointees and the bureaucracy?

Answer 40

Bad

Question 41

What are examples of bureaucratic sabotage?

Answer 41

quiet quitting, not starting work until they want to, keeping info hidden, hostile, asking interest groups to help.

Question 42

If you see something illegal or dangerous and report it you are protected by what?

Answer 42

The Whistleblower Act

Question 43

How do civil servants who are career employees feel?

Answer 43

ignored and feel they should be respected by politicians.

Question 44

How does Robert try to get money in his excerpt?

Answer 44

cutting time of unemployment

Question 45

Quasae means what?

Answer 45

sort of

Question 46

What does the 27th amendment say?

Answer 46

The president cannot get a pay raise until their next term

Question 47

What makes American bureaucracy distinctive?

Answer 47

We have a structure that we try to layer to help the president. However, it has a lot of red tape and redundancy because of it.

Question 48

What control does congress have over the bureaucracy?

Answer 48

budget and oversight

Question 49

What concerns does the president have when deciding whom to appoint?

Answer 49

Qualifications (background checks, etc)

Question 50

How does the manner in which officials are recruited and rewarded explain their behavior?

Answer 50

You get recruited by taking the merit test

Question 51

Bureaucracy has the power of discretion, meaning what?

Answer 51

To stop or try to stop something

Question 52

What were the first cabinet departments Washington started with?

Answer 52

treasury, state, war, justice

Question 53

What are parts of the iron triangle?

Answer 53

Congress, the Bureaucracy, and interest groups/lobbyists

Question 54

What got rid of political patronage and did things based off of merit?

Answer 54

The Pendleton Act

Question 55

Some regulatory agencies are…

Answer 55

The FA, EPA, and the food and drug administration

Question 56

What is a big problem faced in Paul Light’s excerpt?

Answer 56

Criticism of federal employees

Question 57

How was the ice rink finally made?

Answer 57

There were no standards or red tape

Question 58

How do cabinet departments differ from regulatory agencies?

Answer 58

Cabinets get money from congress, whereas agencies get money from other means (they don’t report to anyone)

Question 59

What is oversight?

Answer 59

Overviewing things to assure they are proper

Question 60

What does Heclo say about the relationship between the Bureaucracy and political appointees?

Answer 60

He says it is hostile because they are different goals.