Chapter 3 powerpoint slides

Question 1

The machinery of government involves all the interconnected structures and processes of government at the ________, ______ and ______ levels.

Answer 1

federal
state
local

Question 2

The machinery of government questions have both a ______ and _______ content where one influences the other

Answer 2

policy

political

Question 3

There are more ______ than there are government heads.

Therefore the citizens control the __________.

Answer 3

citizens

government

Question 4

a term that includes top Presidential staff agencies which provide advice in a variety of administrative areas.

Answer 4

The Executive Office of the President

Question 5

The President’s cabinet includes 15 executive departments that advise the President.

Answer 5

Executive Departments.

Question 6

What are the two types of Independent Public Bodies?

Answer 6

1. Governmental Corporations

2. Regulatory Commissions

Question 7

The Constitution does not specifically mention _____ governments. Hence, their powers are derived from _____ law.

Answer 7

local

state

Question 8

The elected chief executive of the state is its ________, assisted by agencies and individuals similar to the federal model.

Answer 8

Governor

Question 9

What is the Most Common Form of County Government?

Answer 9

Commission Form

Question 10

Council Manager, Chief Administrative Officer, and

County Administrative Assistant are examples of what?

Answer 10

Commission-Administrator

Question 11

Reformed the President’s office to expand it, to meet the

growing needs of the Executive.

Answer 11

The Brownlow Committee (1930’s)

Question 12

Were set up after WWII to reorganize the federal government.

Answer 12

The Hoover Commissions (1940/50’s)

Question 13

Was set up for a major restructuring of the cabinet offices?

Answer 13

The Ash Council (1970’s)

Question 14

The Reinventing Government movement came about due to ___ _______ in the 1980s

Answer 14

tax revolts

Question 15

The Reinventing Government were taken up in the 1990s in the National Performance Review (______ _______) about the mushrooming national debt, waste in government, lack of public trust, and other complaints.

Answer 15

Gore Report

Question 16

who invented the President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (PPSSCC)?

Answer 16

President Reagan in 1982

Question 17

Who is known for reinventing the government?

Answer 17

Osborne and Gaebler in 1992

Question 18

What is also know as the National Performance Review?

Answer 18

The Gore Report in 1993

Question 19

The consequences of government reform was to unleash a mob of _____________ in government.

Answer 19

micromanagers

Question 20

Micromanagement also became prevalent in ________ where members began to spend inordinate amounts of time micromanaging issues that made them look good to their constituents, rather than focusing on pressing policy issues.

Answer 20

Congress

Question 21

Privatization refers to:

Answer 21

1. Selling Government Assets
2. Financing Public Facilities
3. Private Provision of Services

Question 22

What are the pros and cons of privatization?

Answer 22

Pros: potential payoff in efficiency and productivity.
Cons:
1. Using faith-based, charitable organizations to provide social services—which raise the issue of the separation of church and state.
2. might lead to abuse and misuse of tax payer money.
3. Use of privatization in the military
4. Increasing pressures on the non-pro?it sector to provide federally mandated public services .

Question 23

In general both ________ and __________ have been institutionalized and bureaucratized, leading to the same kinds of problems that have plagued the public sector.

Answer 23

volunteerism

philanthropy