Unit 11: Bureaucracies Flashcards
(T/F) Almost ninety percent of all bureaucrats work outside of Washington, D.C.
True
One of the tools the president has to make bureaucrats more responsive is the power to __________.
Propose cuts or increases in the budgets of bureaucracies
The legislative veto ______________.
continues to be written into some statutes
Each of the following is a means by which Congress can shape bureaucratic behavior except ___________.
appoint high level administrators to departments and agencies
(T/F) According to the Hatch Act, civil servants are banned from participation in partisan political activity.
True
An example of a government corporation is the ____________.
U.S Postal Service
Which of the following is true of independent regulatory commissioners?
They were intended to be experts, insulated from partisan politics
They have fixed terms, often longer than the president’s
They can be removed only for causes specified in statutory law.
Why are independent agencies called independent?
They are located outside of the executive departments
A stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee is called
an iron triangle
Merit as a condition of government employment was established by the…
Pendleton Act
a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
Bureaucracy
The process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory order.
Administrative adjudication
The process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections.
Merit system
Agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President.
Independent agencies
The agency or government department that has responsibility over the legislation (acts and regulations) for a given sector of the government
Regulatory agencies
