chapter 8 Benny Martinez Flashcards
administrative adjudication
is the process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory order. The formal proceedings before an administrative agency adopt the process of rule making or adjudication.
s-what does these administrative adjudication
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, and there have been cases where regulatory agencies have abused
s-Administrative discretion keeps everything a secret and does everything on the low
cabinet department
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state
s- the cabinet department is led by the government
civil department
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of Congress, cabinet officers, and other federal employees
s-The civil department is the department civil division
Department of homeland security
The United States 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
s-The department of homeland security keeps us secure
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
s-The federal bureaucracy is implementing the practice
federal register
The Federal Register is the 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
s- the federal register contains the secrets of the agencies
government issues bill
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill. Government . a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law
s-we have lots of government issues bills
government corporations
is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. … There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), although the two terms can be used interchangeably
s-we have a lot of government corporations
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
s- with all these sentences im going to have a great depression
great society
a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
s-The Great society was the administrations programs
hatch act
officially 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 government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials, from engaging in some forms
s-The hatch act protects laws and presidents
implementation
the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution
s- We need to put implementation to the new laws
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. … These agency rules (or regulations), when in force, have the power of federal law
s- what are some independent executive agencies
independent regulatory commission
legislative act in order to set standards in a specific field of activity, or operations, in the private sector of the economy and to then enforce those standards. Regulatory agencies function outside executive supervision
s- The independent regulatory commission was certain specific fields
interagency council
on Homelessness 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
s-what does the Interagency council do?
iron triangles
is a unique relationship between bureaucracy, congressmen, and lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them. We examine how an iron triangle works and then consider some problems that might arise from an iron triangle
s-The iron triangle is the congressmen and lobbyists and how it benefits them
issue network
are 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 can be either domestic or international in scope depending on their collective goal.
s-The issue networks are with the government 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
s- Max Weber was a big political economist
merit system
is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections. It is the opposite of the spoils system
s-the merit system is promoting for more jobs for more people
patronage
the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges
s-Who has the patronage of the united states
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
s-the pendleton act is the something i am not sure how to explain but its in a sentence
policy coordination committees
Management of the development and implementation of national security policies by multiple executive departments and agencies typically shall be accomplished by the PCCs, with participation primarily occurring at the Assistant Secretary level
s-the policy coordination committees was accomplished by the PCC
regulations
is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context
s- The regulations manage the complex system
