the bureaucracy Flashcards
public bureaucracies do not answer to a board of directors, but to
congress
an individual who works for a bureaucracy is called a
bureaucrat
all bureaucracies, public and private, share some common features:
heirarchial structure,
advancement on the basis of performance or senority
those with authority tend to have more expertise and experience
goals are defined by
elected officials
bureaucratic performance standards
efficient and cost- effectiveness
federal register act 1934 required that all government was, regulations and laws be published in the federal register and that all was in theri final version appear
code of federal regulations
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freedom of information act
freedom of information act FOIA
only person can apply to an agency for access to unclassified documents in its archives
patriot act 2001
providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act
their heads are called secretaries except the head of the justice department
attorney general
differ from department
they are usually smaller and their heads do not sit on the cabinet
each independent regulatory board or commission regulates a specific area of
economy
cia
central intelligence agency
FCC
federal communications commission
sec
securities and exchange commission
the fed
federal reserve system
these and other regulatory agencies are designed this way because the work they do is supposed to be removed from politics as much as possible
independent
fda
food and drug administration
are businesses run by government to provide public services the public wants but that no private company will provide becauae they are not profitable.
government corporations
what bureaucrats do
policy administration
Data collection and analysis
regulatory action includes two steps
making rules
adjudicating their enforcement
overseeing the bureaucracy
president, congress, courts
burrowing
planting ones political allies in agencies in the expectation that they will try to carry forward the administrations policies after it is gone
