Test 2 Federal Bureaucracy (4.0 and Go)

Question 1

Bureaucracy

Answer 1

the thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer federal laws and programs

Question 2

spoils system

Answer 2

the firing of public office holders of a defeated political part and replacing them with loyalists of the newly elected party

Question 3

Patronage

Answer 3

jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support

Question 4

Pendleton Act

Answer 4

created a system that federal employment would be based upon open and competitive exams

Question 5

Civil Service system

Answer 5

the federal bureaucracy

Question 6

Merit system

Answer 6

the new system created from the Pendleton Act, federal jobs based on merit instead of political allegiance

Question 7

Independent regulatory commisson

Answer 7

an agency outside a major executive department created by Congress that is generally concerned with a specific aspect of the economy

Question 8

16th amendment

Answer 8

implements federal income tax increase federal government

Question 9

New Deal created

Answer 9

more federal agencies

Question 10

Bureaucrats

Answer 10

Career government employees

Question 11

Formal Organization

Answer 11

4 types:
Cabinet Departments 
Government Corporations
Independent Executive Agencies 
Interdependent Commissions

Question 12

Cabinet Departments

Answer 12

15 major administrative units with responsibility for conducting broad area government operations. Headed by Cabinet Secretaries appointed by the President

Question 13

Government Corporations

Answer 13

businesses established by Congress to perform functions that could be provided by private business
Charge for services
Amtrack
FDIC

Question 14

Independent Executive Agencies

Answer 14

closely resemble Cabinet departments by have narrower areas of responsibility
Heads appointed by Pres.
NASA, EPA

Question 15

Interdependent Commissions

Answer 15

agency outside a major executive department created by Congress that is generally concerned with a specific aspect of the economy

Question 16

Hatch Act

Answer 16

designed to prohibit federal employees from becoming directly involved in working for political candidates

Question 17

Federal Employees Political Activities Act

Answer 17

liberation of the Hatch Act, allows federal employees to run for public office in nonpartisan elections, contribute money to political organizations and campaign for or against candidates in partisan elections

Question 18

Implementation

Answer 18

how agencies execute congressional wishes and put the law or policy into operation

Question 19

Iron Triangle

Answer 19

the relatively stable relationship and pattern of interaction that occurs among an agency, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees

Question 20

Issue Network

Answer 20

similar to iron triangles but with more actors. Includes lawyers, consultants, academics, PR specialists and sometimes the courts

Question 21

Interagency council

Answer 21

working groups that bring together representatives of several departments and agencies to facilitate the coordination of policy making an implementation

Question 22

Policy Making

Answer 22

Administrative discretion
Rule Making
Regulations

Question 23

Administrative discretion

Answer 23

the ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional intentions

Question 24

Rule making

Answer 24

a quasi-legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of a legislative act

Question 25

Regulations

Answer 25

rules that govern the operation of a particular government program that have the force of law

Question 26

Administrative Adjudication

Answer 26

a quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way court resolve disputes