Unit 8 Cameron Winbush Flashcards
administrative adjudication
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.
administrative discretion
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
cabinet departments
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
civil service system
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
Department of Homeland Security
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
federal bureaucracy
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
federal register
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
government corporations
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.
G.I. Bill
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.
Government corporations
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.
Great depression
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.
Great society
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
Hatch Act
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.
implementation
the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
she was responsible for the implementation of the plan
independent executive agencies
independent agencies of the United States federal government are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments
the CIA is a independent executive agency
independent regulatory commission
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
interagency councils
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.
iron triangles
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
issue networks
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.
Max Weber
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
merit system
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.
patronage
the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
recruits are selected on merit, not through political patronage
Pendleton Act
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.
policy coordinating committees
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
