Unit 8 Cameron Winbush

Question 1

administrative adjudication

Answer 1

is the process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory order. The formal proceedings before an administrative agency adopt the process of rule making or adjudication.

when a person disputes federal retirement benefits they file a administrative adjudication.

Question 2

administrative discretion

Answer 2

refers to the flexible exercising of judgment and decision making allowed to public administrators.

a public official has administrative discretion when he has the freedom to make a choice among potential courses of action

Question 3

cabinet departments

Answer 3

A cabinet department or prime minister’s department is a department or other government agency that directly supports the work of the government’s central executive office, usually the cabinet and/or prime minister, rather than specific ministerial portfolios.

Donald J. Trump’s Cabinet includes Vice President Mike Pence and the heads of the 15 executive departments

Question 4

civil service system

Answer 4

those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. the body of persons employed in these branches. a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of competitive examinations, rather than by political patronage.

Every occupation imaginable can be performed in a civil service environment

Question 5

Department of Homeland Security

Answer 5

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian sphere to protect the United States within, at, and outside its borders

Question 6

federal bureaucracy

Answer 6

The federal bureaucracy performs three primary tasks in government: implementation, administration, and regulation. When Congress passes a law, it sets down guidelines to carry out the new policies. Actually putting these policies into practice is known as implementation.

the executive branch controls the majority of the federal bureaucracy

Question 7

federal register

Answer 7

The Federal Register is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published daily, except on federal holidays.

The 1936 Federal Register was 2,620 pages long. It has grown steadily since then, with the 2012 edition weighing in at 78,961 pages

Question 8

government corporations

Answer 8

A government corporation is a company that is owned by the government and operates with the same independence of a private business, except that the owner is the government.

PBS is a government-owned corporation.

Question 9

G.I. Bill

Answer 9

A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.

GI Bill can pay your full tuition directly to the school. You will receive a monthly housing allowance and up to $1000 a year for books and supplies.

Question 10

Government corporations

Answer 10

A government corporation is a company that is owned by the government and operates with the same independence of a private business, except that the owner is the government.

PBS is a government-owned corporation.

Question 11

Great depression

Answer 11

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

Question 12

Great society

Answer 12

a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.

The main goal of great society was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Wikipedia

Question 13

Hatch Act

Answer 13

The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials, from engaging in some forms of political activity

the hatch act stops people from using their political positions to sway an election. Running for public office. Campaigning for, or receiving political contributions.

Question 14

implementation

Answer 14

the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.

she was responsible for the implementation of the plan

Question 15

independent executive agencies

Answer 15

independent agencies of the United States federal government are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments

the CIA is a independent executive agency

Question 16

independent regulatory commission

Answer 16

Regulatory agency, independent governmental commission established by legislative act in order to set standards in a specific field of activity, or operations, in the private sector of the economy and to then enforce those standards. Regulatory agencies function outside executive supervision

A regulatory agency is a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity

Question 17

interagency councils

Answer 17

working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy-making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies.

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is an independent federal agency within the U.S. executive branch that leads the implementation of the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.

Question 18

iron triangles

Answer 18

In United States politics, the “iron triangle” comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams.

iron triangles have become a problem and large sums of money are wasted due to them

Question 19

issue networks

Answer 19

Issue networks are an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause or agenda in a way that influences government policy. Issue networks can be either domestic or international in scope depending on their collective goal.

In the U.S, the most common tactic of effective issue networks is the role they play in what is called Iron Triangles.

Question 20

Max Weber

Answer 20

Maximilian Karl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist.

Weber is often cited, with Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx, as among the three founders of sociology

Question 21

merit system

Answer 21

is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections. It is the opposite of the spoils system.

The merit system is the reason that degrees and experience is still needed.

Question 22

patronage

Answer 22

the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.

recruits are selected on merit, not through political patronage

Question 23

Pendleton Act

Answer 23

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403) is a United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.

The Pendleton Act provided that Federal Government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that Government employees be selected through competitive exams.

Question 24

policy coordinating committees

Answer 24

Subcabinet-level committees created to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems. administrative discretion. The ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional or executive intentions.

the NSC system to include a Principals Committee, Deputies Committee, and eight Policy Coordinating Committees

Question 25

regulations

Answer 25

Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context

Regulations are rules made by a government or other authority in order to control the way something is done or the way people behave.

Question 26

rule making

Answer 26

In administrative law, rule-making is the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations. In general, legislatures first set broad policy mandates by passing statutes, then agencies create more detailed regulations through rulemaking.

the National labor relation’s board the federal reserve board utilize rule making

Question 27

16th Amendment

Answer 27

The 16th amendment is an important amendment that allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans. … Other taxes, such as taxes on houses or other property are considered “direct” taxes by the Constitution and would have to be divided back among the states.

The 16th Amendment, which authorized the Federal Government to levy an income tax, was passed on February 3rd, 1913

Question 28

spoils system

Answer 28

In politics and government, a spoils system is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward

the president used the spoils system to appoint his friends into office

Question 29

World War 1

Answer 29

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

World War one was fought over seas in different countries.

Question 30

World War 2

Answer 30

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world’s countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

WWII was the start of the U.S. in the fight of communism.