The Bureaucracy Flashcards
Four types of governmental bureaucratic agencies
- Cabinet
- Regulatory agencies
- Government corporations
- Independent executive agencies
Primary responsibility for bureaucracies
Implementing policy of the three branches of government
Constitutional review of bureaucracies
Article II with reference to creation if executive departments
Developed as a result of custom, tradition, and precedent
Best tool for organizing and operating the federal government
Bureaucracies
How are bureaucratic employees hired?
Civil service regulations and patronage
To hold bureaucracies accountable for their actions, they must respond to:
The Constitution Federal laws Dictates of the 3 branches Their superiors "Public interest" Interest groups
Agencies and administration refer to…
Governmental bodies that are headed by a single administrator and have a status similar to the cabinet
Commissions
Names given to agencies that regulate certain aspects of the private sector
Mmay investigate, advise, or report
Corporations are headed by
A board of dictators
Have chairmen as heads
Cabinet
15
Headed by a secretary (except the Justice Department which is led by the attorney general)
Manage specific policy areas
Regulatory agencies
Know as independent regulatory agencies
Are quasi legislative (act in a manner that is legislative when issuing regulations)
Are quasi judicial
Known as the alphabet agencies because of the ICC, FRC, etc
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
First Independent agency
Interstate relations
Determines which businesses violate the Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Regulates TV and radio industry
Government corporations
Est. During New Deal
Created to deal with bankruptcies and bank failures
Ex. Tennessee Valley Authority
Independent executive agencies
Handles government purchasing
Ex. NASA, General Services Administration
