Quiz 5b Flashcards
Spoils system
Created by Andrew Jackson to reward party loyalists with key federal posts
Allowed people with little knowledge or background to be appointed to important government positions
Max Weber
Wrote in Germany during the early 20th century when developing capitalism was spawning more and more large businesses
Emphasized the importance of the bureaucracy and getting things done and believed that a well organized, national bureaucracy is key to the successful operation of modern societies
Pendleton act
Set up a limited merit system for appointing federal offices
Civil Service Commission
Supervised a testing program to evaluate candidates
The merit principle
Merit-based hiring and promotion; no granting of jobs to friends or family unless they are the best qualified
The office of personnel management
(Agency)
Administers civil-service laws, rules, and regulations
Administers written examinations for the competitive service
In charge of hiring for most agencies
GS rating (General schedule)
Assigned to a hired person and determines salaries
Merit systems protection Board
Protects the integrity of the federal merit system and the rights of a federal employee
Devolution
A way to reduce bureaucracies
–does not remove the service or program but sends it to the states to implement, resulting in uneven services from state to state
Privatization
A way to reduce bureaucracies
–The program is not removed but is provided by a private contractor usually through a competitive bidding system
Workers are not considered part of the bureaucracy
Oversight
A congressional power
They must hold hearings to investigate complaints or suggested reforms to be sure that the bureaucracies are adequately fulfilling the intent of the laws they were created to carry out
2004 intelligence Reform and terrorism prevention act
Called for the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s intelligence- gathering apparatus in a half-century
Created a position for the Dir. of national intelligence
Put 15 intelligence agencies under the control of dir.
Created A national counterterrorism Center to serve as the primary organization that processes all terrorism related intelligence
Passports
Government corporations
Blend of private corporation and government agency
- -created to allow more freedom and flexibility than exists in regular government agencies
- -more control over budgets and spending
Munn v. Illinois
"”Upheld the right of government to regulate business””
Case that allowed Illinois to regulate the charges and services of a Chicago warehouse
Massachusetts v. Environmental protection agency
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