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| Do the people of the US like the bureaucracy? |
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| What does the govt. try to do with our lives? |
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| What is congress refered to as? (funny) |
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| The ministry of Silly Walks. (Makes fun of govt. for making stupid grants) (govt. spending) |
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| Is the bureaucracy listed in the constitution? If so where? If not, where is it? |
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| No, Article 2 under presidency, it hints at it. (vaguely mentions "Departments") |
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| Early on, what was the bureaucracy considered? |
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| What does the bureaucracy now adays do? |
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| Plays an important role in making and enforcing policy |
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| Some bureaucrats are _________ (pres. appoints them) and some are ______bureaucrats. (experts in the field) |
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| How/why were most appointed bureaucrats appointed? |
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| President appoints, and they were honorable and educated men. PRES COULD TRUST THEM |
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| How did Andrew Jackson appoint bureaucrats? |
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They didn't have to have any experience; rewarded political loyalist with jobs
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| What are some examples of Andrew Jacksons accomodations to the bureaucracy? |
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- Rotation in office
- Spoils System
- More bureaucratic organization
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| Give an example of rotation in office. |
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| people would serve for army, and then serve for state |
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| What is the spoils system an example of? |
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| Define the spoils system. |
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| Rewarding people who are loyal to you with political jobs |
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| What are 3 examples of bureaucratic organization? |
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Division of labor
Hierarchy
Clearly defined tasks |
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| What is division of labor in the bureaucracy? |
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Very small tasks
- someone write letters
- someones stuffs the envelopes
Easy tasks |
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| You are responsible for someone and someone is responsible for you |
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| people experienced in their area |
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| Bureaucratic organization led to a lot of _______ ________ that made govt more impersonal (not one on one anymore). What does this word mean? |
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Red tape
Duplicate and redundancies. |
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| Who created the spoils system? |
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| With industrialization, new _______ arose in administration |
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| When did the spoils system end? About how long did it last? |
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| Since the spoils system ended, how were bureaucrats then chosen? |
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Merit base system
They were career bureaucrats |
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| After pres James Garfield was shot, what Act was put in place? |
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| What did the 1883 Pendleton Act do? |
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| Put 10% govt jobs on merit system, and it could be extended by executive order. |
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| Was the 1883 Pendleton Act successful? explain |
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| Yes, still going on today with about 90% of our bureaucratic system |
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| The 1883 Pendleton Act led to career bureaucrats, and this presented two difficult problems: |
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Harder to punish or control
Potencial for more agency loss |
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| Career bureaucrats have more of a chance to develope what? Why? |
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| expertism, to learn the rules of their jobs. |
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| Are career bureaucrats appointed? |
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| What kind of political views do career bureaucrats have? |
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| Their own. They could possibly disagree with the pres. Not apolitical |
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| What does "apolitical" mean? |
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| Although career bureaucrats don't have much power individually, they can get more _________ |
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| collectively. Coming together |
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| What does it mean by bureaucratic/agency culture? |
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When career bureaucrats adopt the ideas of their agency as their own. Like brainwashing
Ex: You are an Auburn fan, but you go to the University of Georgia and become a GEORGIA BULLDAWG FAN!! |
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| Why is it hard to punish a career bureaucrat? |
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| What unions are composed of federal employees? |
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| You have to have a reason why you are firing a career bureaucrat |
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| Go Dawgs... I'm bored... Sorry, i did not know how to make that a question... Go Dawgs... Georgia=#1 2013... |
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| do we still appoint career bureaucrats? |
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| What two republican parties did we break off into? |
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| Stal-warts (Pro-patronage) and Half-breeds (anti-patronage) |
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| How many cabinet departments do we have? |
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| How many cabinet level officers do we have? |
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| The cabinet- level officers change based on the president. |
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| What does each cabinet have "under" it? |
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| What are 4 non-cabinet agencies? |
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- Independent Executive Agencies
- Independent Regulatory Commisions
- Independent Govt. Corporations
- Indirect Administration
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| Define the basic example of the Independent Executive Agencies. |
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| Independent of Cabinet departments. Not independent of pres. or executive |
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| In the Independent Executive Agency, who reports directly to the president? |
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| The Independent Executive Agency "serves to pleasure of the pres", What does this mean? |
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| If the pres doesn't like something they are doing, then they will get fired. |
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| Who appoints The Independent Executive Agency? Who Confirms? |
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| Why was The Independent Executive Agency often created? |
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| To avoid bureaucratic layers. (Report straight to the president) |
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| What is an example that kennedy did with The Independent Executive Agency? |
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| Peace Corps report directly to him. |
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What is The Independent Regulatory Commissions?
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Independent of the executive.
Pres can't fire them.
Pres does nominate them. |
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| Who appoints The Independent Regulatory Commissions? Who confirms? |
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| What kind of leadership does The Independent Regulatory Commissions have? |
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| No single director (leader), but there is a board of commissioners. |
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| How long do The Independent Regulatory Commissioners serve? |
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| Can the pres fire them without a cause? |
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| The Independent Regulatory Commissions is charged with __________ ____________ |
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| What are sensitive regulations? |
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| (Regulatory Commissions) Lets the pres and Congress avoid the blame, and it prevents Congress to undo influence over organization |
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| How many ways did govt regulation expand in The Independent Regulatory Commissions? |
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| What and when were those three ways that the govt regulations expanded in The Independent Regulatory Commissions? |
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- Late 19th century/Early 20th Century (Economic)
- New-deal era (Economic)
- 1960s-1970s (Consumer protection)
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| Who created The Independent Government Corporations? |
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| What do The Independent Government Corporations do? |
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| Deliver services that a private corporation would otherwise deliver |
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| Who appoints The Independent Government Corporations? Who confirms? |
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| Who runs The Independent Government Corporations , and who supervises over it ? |
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| Which agency is not a bureaucratic agency? |
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| The Indirect Administration |
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| What does The Indirect Administration do? |
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| They either delegate implementation to lower level govts or contracting nonprofits and/or private corporations. (GETS SOMEONE ELSE TO IMPLEMENT TO) |
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| The Indirect Administration allows the fed govt to add ________ (good) without expanding _________ (bad) |
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| In The Indirect Administration what is an example of delegating to state/local govts? |
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In The Indirect Administration what is an example of Contracting?
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fed grants to school districts
Defense contracts to private security |
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| After the pres signs a bill, what does the bureaucracy do? |
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| What is taking a bill and turning it into a regulation? |
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| Once the rule is in place, what does the bureacracy have to do about the private companies? |
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| Make sure that they follow this rule |
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| __________ is difficult and requires the bureaucracy to have a presence in every state |
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How do you control bureaucracy?
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Congressional Control
Presidential control
Judicial Control |
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| What are three things congress does to control bureaucracy? |
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create/eliminate many bureaucratic agencies
control money
confirm appointments |
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| What are five other mechanisms of control? |
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Hearings and investigations
Design laws that sunset or require reauthorization
Mandatory reports
Review agency actions
Limitation Riders |
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| What does theword "sunset" mean in this "Design laws that sunset or require reauthorization" |
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| law goes out of effect or expires. They can't continue to enforce the law |
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| What says how the law is going? |
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| What are small provisions of the law? |
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| Who can the pres fire in the bureaucracy? |
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| The pres can speak to cabinets and appeal to them, like members of congress... They appeal directly to _______-__________ _________ |
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| He controls communications with who? What is this also known as? |
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Congress
Central Clearance |
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| How can the pres reorganize existing agencies? |
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| by reducing or increasing their staff |
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| Courts can require agencies to take some kind of action to do what with the law? |
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| to meet the intent of Congress. (do what congress intended on what they wanted the law to do) |
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| The courts can stop them from creating new rules if it didn't follow whose intention? |
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| Congress (If the law went to far, then they can prohibit what the bureaucracy does) |
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| Do what they want, or the _________ _________ will get you. |
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| What forms when some agencies become beholden to interest groups? |
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(Beholden means owing thanks btw)
The Iron Triangle |
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| What forms sometimes during the iron triangle? |
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| What were the three cabinet departments? |
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What did the three cabinet departments split into?
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