bureaucracy

Question 1

definition of bureaucracy

Answer 1

a complex web of federal agencies with overlapping jurisdiction (sometimes wasteful, confusing, and ridged)

Question 2

What were the 3 original departments? (+1)

Answer 2

state: Jefferson
war: Knox
treasury: Hamilton
+Attorney General

Question 3

What is the purpose of the 3 cabinet depts?

Answer 3

Meant to be advisory bodies to the pres.

Question 4

How many cabinets are there today?

Answer 4

15

Question 5

who creates the cabinets?

Answer 5

Congress

Question 6

What is a cause that contributed to the growth of bureaucracy?

Answer 6

Patronage during the Jackson Era

Question 7

define patronage

Answer 7

giving political supporters jobs they aren’t qualified for

Question 8

what was the Pendleton act?

Answer 8

requires govt. to hire qualified employees “merit system”

Question 9

what is Federal Civil Service?

Answer 9

a series of exams that bureaucrats take

Question 10

What are the two roads to employer ship that bureaucrats take?

Answer 10

competitive-take a test
non-competitive

Question 11

Bureaucrats are expected to be?

Answer 11

non-political

Question 12

What are the three parts of the iron triangle?

Answer 12

Agency, committee, and interest group

Question 13

Agency ex.

Answer 13

department of veteran affairs

Question 14

Committee ex.

Answer 14

House and senate committee on veteran affairs

Question 15

Interest group ex.

Answer 15

american legion, wounded warrior project

Question 16

what is an issue network?

Answer 16

iron triangle + academia, think tanks, round tables

Question 17

define red tape

Answer 17

too many rules and procedures to follow

Question 18

define conflict among agencies

Answer 18

repetition and interferance

Question 19

define duplication

Answer 19

repetition, doing the same things

Question 20

define growth

Answer 20

bureaucracy, agencies, depts., everything continues to expand

Question 21

define waste:

Answer 21

the govt. doesn’t track all of the spending well, so they waste a lot of money

Question 22

What is the main function of bureaucracy?

Answer 22

implementation

Question 23

define implementation

Answer 23

putting into action the laws that Congress has passed

Question 24

define bureaucratic discretion

Answer 24

some discretion to decide how a law is implemented

Question 25

define regulation

Answer 25

process through which federal bureaucracy fills in critical details of a law

Question 26

Hatch Act:

Answer 26

ruled: you can’t raise money for campaigns, prohibited from participation in federal campaigns, or holding elected office

Question 27

Checks on the bureacracy:

Answer 27

Control, oversight, and reform:
mainly by the executive branch.

Question 28

What does the GAO (government accountability office) do?

Answer 28

makes sure that funds are being spent appropriately.