Chapter 13: Bureaucracy

Question 1

Complex organization consisting of sets of offices in a chain of command

Answer 1

Bureaucracy

Question 2

The most familiar bureaucracies (15)

Answer 2

Departments at cabinet level

Question 2

Workers in a bureaucracy

Answer 2

bureaucrats

Question 3

Subdivisions within bureaucracies

Answer 3

Agencies, bureaus

Question 4

A group outside the control of the executive branch and congress that issues regulations to protect the public (Ex. Federal Communications Commission)

Answer 4

Independent regulatory commissions

Question 5

Group that operates like a private business but provides public services (Ex. Tennessee Valley Authority)

Answer 5

Government Corporation

Question 5

Unit of the exec. branch that reports directly to the President, outside the control of exec. departments (Ex. Environmental Protections Agency)

Answer 5

Independent executive agencies

Question 6

Group that supports arts or science, insulated from politics (ex. National Science Foundation)

Answer 6

Foundation

Question 6

Group with govt. powers and responsibilities but with control over the private sector (Ex. Federal Reserve Board)

Answer 6

Quasi-Governmental Organization

Question 7

Actions taken by bureaucracies to carry out law

Answer 7

Bureaucratic Implementation

Question 8

Actions taken by bureaucracies to determine how laws passed by Congress are implemented (sometimes, ambiguous laws are passed so burs. can make specific solutions)

Answer 8

Bureaucratic discretion

Question 9

Counter to rules and regulations implemented by Reagan that shows if they are profitable or not

Answer 9

Cost-benefit analyses

Question 10

Semi-judicial proceedings to solve disputes over discretion

Answer 10

Adjucation

Question 11

Civilian govt. employees hired and promoted by merit system

Answer 11

Civil servants

Question 12

Law that caused shift to merit system away from spoils

Answer 12

Civil Service Act of 1883 (Pendleton Act)

Question 12

Former system that granted friends of Presidential incumbent jobs in the government

Answer 12

Spoils system/Patronage

Question 13

Employees chosen by President

Answer 13

Political appointees

Question 14

Temporary position fillers implemented when Congress is adjourned without Senate consent

Answer 14

Recess appointments

Question 15

Top appointees in the government only work for an average of…

Answer 15

22 months

Question 16

Relationship where the President and Congress give bureaucracies the power to enforce laws but also try to ensure they don’t go too far

Answer 16

Principal-agent relationship

Question 17

Controversial idea that the entire executive branch should be under the President’s control

Answer 17

Unitary executive

Question 18

Part of executive office of president charged with overseeing budget and oversight of rulemaking by agencies

Answer 18

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Question 19

Controls presidential appointments and agency budgets

Answer 19

Congress

Question 20

All govt. departments and agencies of national govt.

Answer 20

Federal bureaucracy

Question 20

Legal authority for a federal agency to spend US treasury money

Answer 20

Appropriation

Question 21

When govt. functions are turned over to private sector, boosting their efficiency

Answer 21

Privatization

Question 22

Overbearing bureaucratic rules and procedures that complicate getting things done

Answer 22

Red tape

Question 23

When appropriations laws are not enacted in time and non-essential government operations are ceased due to lack of appropriated funds

Answer 23

Government Shutdown

Question 24

People who bring misconduct within agencies to public attention

Answer 24

Whistleblowers