bureaucracy quiz Flashcards
How is the bureaucracy controlled?
the executive branch congress
- What does it mean to have discretionary authority?
The extent to which appointed bureaucrats can choose courses of action and make policies that are not spelled out in advance by laws.
what was the pendleton act
1883 The Pendleton Act of 1883 was the federal legislation that created a system in which federal employees were chosen based upon competitive exams. This made job positions based on merit or ability and not inheritance or class. It also created the Civil Service Commission. ECONOMIC.
What are some criticisms of firing bureaucrats?
Civil service rules that are meant to protect workers from partisan politics have made it difficult
- How does the bureaucracy compare with the rest of the government in employing women and minorities?
- More women and minorities are in bureaucracy than in other branches of government
- Women and minorities clustered in lower-paying, lower level jobs
What are advantages to the iron triangle?
it helps congress pass quality legislation
- The Department of Homeland Security was established to coordinate policies among the FBI, TSA, and CIA. What is the most serious problem that the creation of this department attempted to resolve?
9/11. In reorganizing homeland defense after 9/11, the government had three options: White House control, power sharing between agencies, or congressional control
How did the public respond to the growing bureaucracy?
The public became increasingly concerned about the effect of an increasingly large bureaucracy on American freedom and taxpayers’ pocketbooks.
federal civil service
“all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services
who is responsible for determining the appropriations that bureaucratic agencies recieve
committees
a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, etc., of the executive branch.
legislative veto
why is there so much red tape
red tape complex bureaucratic rules and procedure that must be followed to get something done
Congress’ monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly though hearings.
legislative oversight
tool for legislative oversight.
Sunset review is more frequently a tool for legislative oversight used to make changes to executive branch agencies.example hearings on agency budget requests in which agency activities have to be justified to the satisfaction of legislators
explain two factors that caused the growth and the restraints in bureaucracy overtime
Technological complexities gradually exceeded the capacites of legislative bodies and of political generalists to cope successfully.bureaucracy Public pressures helped create a diversified responsive bureaucracy, primarily because economic and social interests (stakeholders) became increasingly diverse throughout our society and government began to recognize those interests
