APGOVCH.8.CECILIA.Martinez Flashcards
Federal Bureaucracy
performs three primary tasks in government: implementation, administration, and regulation. When Congress passes a law, it sets down guidelines to carry out the new policies. Actually putting these policies into practice is known as implementation.
Federal bureaucracy can implement putting practices into policies.
Max Weber
was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist. His ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research.
Weber is often cited, with Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx, as among the three founders of sociology.
Spoils system
the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
The spoils system sort of sounds like the soil system.
patronage
the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
A patronage can be described as a way of ruling, in spanish.
merit system
the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections.
The merit system It is the opposite of the spoils system.
pendleton act
is a United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
The pendleton act acts like an application for award base in the constitution.
civil service system
a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of competitive examinations, rather than by political patronage.
The civil service may serve in the the federal agreements in congress.
sixteenth amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States.
The sixteenth amendment appoints without regard to any census or enumeration.
world war 1
was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
World war 1 serves as a global phenomenon, one of hate and bloody war.
great depression
was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.
It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
world war II
known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
The second world war serves as an example of the hardships and how war becomes really ugly.
government issue bill
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that In 2007.
Three different bills related to this issue were introduced in Congress, one of which passed the House of Representatives only.
great society
a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
The Great Society was an ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B.
department of homeland security
is a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
DHS has largely focused on federal preparations to deal with terrorism while trying to manage other duties.
cabinet departments
is organized with a similar hierarchical structure. At the top of each department is the secretary
Each of the Cabinet departments is organized with a similar hierarchical structure.
independent executive agencies
are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President.
Defense, Interior, State and so on. independent agencies are usually set up by Congress and the president has less power in getting rid of the head.
independent regulatory commission
a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity.
in the private sector of the economy and to then enforce those standards. Regulatory agencies function outside executive supervision.
government corporations
known as a state -owned company, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, or commercial government agency, is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of the government.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are examples of government-sponsored companies. PBS is a government-owned corporation.
hatch act
An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal .
Six White House officials have violated the Hatch Act, according to a letter from the Office of the Special Counsel to Citizens
implementation
the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
an implementation is a realization of a technical specification.
iron triangles
comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams.
The iron triangle is a mutually beneficial, three-way relationship between Congress, government bureaucrats, and special interest lobby groups.
issue networks
an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause or agenda in a way that influences government policy.
Issue networks are an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause
inter-agency councils
is an independent federal agency within the U.S. executive branch that leads the implementation of the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.
USICH is advised by a Council, which includes the heads of its 20 federal member agencies.
policy coordinating committees
Process by which a law or policy is put into operation.
The Policy Coordination Committees (PCCs) replace the previous administration’s Interagency Policy Committees
administrative discretion
refers to the flexible exercising of judgment and decision making allowed to public administrators.
Regulatory agencies have the power to exercise this type of discretion in their day-to-day activities.
rule making
is the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations.
In administrative law, rule-making is the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations.
regulations
an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
The European Union has proposed new regulations to control the hours worked by its employees.
federal register
he official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules.
Proposed rules, and public notices. It is published daily, except on federal holidays.
administrative adjudication
the process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunction, or declaratory order.
the administrative adjudication is hard to approve when a lot of agencies are in their way.
