Chapters 12 And 14

Question 0

Regulation

Answer 0

The use of governmental authority to control or change some practice in the private sector

Question 1

Policy Implementation

Answer 1

Translating the goals and objectives of a policy into an operating, ongoing program

Question 2

Deregulation

Answer 2

The lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities

Question 3

Incentive System

Answer 3

An alternative to command-and-control with market like strategies such as rewards used to manage public policy

Question 4

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 4

Prepares the president’s budget and advises the president on proposals from departments and agencies and helps review their proposed regulations

Question 5

Veto

Answer 5

Constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reason for rejecting it. A 2/3rds vote in each house can override a veto

Question 6

Pocket veto

Answer 6

Occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president and the president simply lets the bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it

Question 7

Government corporations

Answer 7

A government organization that provides a service that could be delivered by the private sector and typically charges for its service (US Postal service)

Question 8

Independent Regulatory Agency

Answer 8

Created by an act of Congress and are independent of executive departments. Considered part of the executive branch, they are meant to impose and enforce regulations free of political influence

Question 9

War Powers Resolution

Answer 9

Requires president to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension. However, presidents have viewed the resolution as unconstitutional

Question 10

Legislative Veto

Answer 10

A vote in Congress to override a presidential decision

Question 11

Bureaucracy

Answer 11

A hierarchical authority with structure that uses task specialization, operates on merit principle, and behaves with impersonality

Question 12

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Answer 12

Hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage

Question 13

Civil Service

Answer 13

A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and desire to create a nonpartisan government service

Question 14

Merit Principle

Answer 14

The idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams and promotion ratings to produce administration by people with talent and skill

Question 15

Hatch Act

Answer 15

Prohibits government employees for active participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at any time

Question 16

Independent Regulatory Commission

Answer 16

Government agency w/ responsibility for making and enforcing rules to protect the public interest in some sector of the economy and for judging disputes over these rules

Question 17

Impeachment

Answer 17

The House of Rep may impeach the president by majority of vote for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”

Question 18

Executive Orders

Answer 18

Regulations originating with the executive branch, one method the president can use to control the bureaucracy

Question 19

Cabinet

Answer 19

A group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the constitution although every president has one. Composed to 14 secretaries, the attorney general, and other designated by the president

Question 20

National Security Council

Answer 20

The committee that links the president’s foreign and military policy advisers