z: ch 15 final

Question 1

executive agencies

Answer 1

the bureau has the responsibility to enforce law and implements them. ex: EPA, FCC, and FDA. a job could be a postman or DMV worker

Question 2

implementation

Answer 2

involves putting the legislative policy (laws) into action

1. creating and assigning policy to correct agency
2. turning legislative policy to laws and regulations
3. coordinating resources and people to achieve those goals

Question 3

program design

Answer 3

1. sometimes a policy/law is flawed when it is created by congress—> ware of money and time—> agencies don’t have to care about cost.

Question 4

lack of clarity

Answer 4

laws are unclear or imprecise

Question 5

lack of resources

Answer 5

can’t execute their job properly due to lack of money and personnel

Question 6

red tape/SOPs

Answer 6

standardized rules to bring uniformity to complex organizations—> ex: must be in correct line at the DMV

Question 7

administrators disposition

Answer 7

there is wiggle room within the long list of rules. the ability to select among various responses

Question 8

fragmentation

Answer 8

sometimes responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within a bureau
—> before the department of homeland security there were 33 agencies that were responsible to protect america’s border

Question 9

regulation

Answer 9

use of governmental authority to control or limit some practice in the private sector.

Question 10

deregulation

Answer 10

the lifting of government restrictions on business industry and professional activities.
–> some claim regulation create several problems: raise prices, hurts U.S. competition overseas.

Question 11

how the president controls the bureau

Answer 11

1. appoints people to head agencies
2. issue executive orders.
3. suggest altering the agency’s budget
4. recognize an agency

Question 12

how congress controls the bureau

Answer 12

1. influence the appointment of heads
2. rewrites legislation or make it more detailed
3. alter the agency’s budget
4. legislative oversight function–>spy.