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| Until 1887, the federal government ___________ tended to lobby to bureaucracies or more directly to members of ___________ on proposed regulations. |
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| interest groups; Congress |
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| What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act? |
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| to establish a civil service system based on the merit principle |
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| Congress uses the ___________ to assess the performance of each agency every year. |
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| Which of the following is an example of the federal bureaucracy being used as a tool of presidential leadership? |
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| Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal programs |
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| Which of the following statements about independent regulatory commissions is accurate? |
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| Regulatory commission members cannot be fired by the president without "just cause" |
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| The ___________ has direct control over the appointment of thousands of federal jobs. |
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| The president can issue ___________ to agencies, which carry the force of laws. |
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| The selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of competence, with no consideration of an individuals political stance and/or power, is called the ___________ . |
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| Over the past 20 years, public confidence in the federal bureaucracy has ___________ . |
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| The diffusion of responsibility within the bureaucracy ___________ . |
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| makes the coordination of policies both time-consuming and difficult |
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| The boards directing independent regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, ___________ . |
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| serve staggered terms so that no one president can replace the entire board or commission |
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| Despite popular impression that policy is decided by the president and Congress and merely implemented by the federal bureaucracy, policy is, in fact, ___________ . |
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| also made by the bureaucracy |
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| The policy in which the entrance to and promotion within bureaucracies is based on demonstrated ability rather than on "who you know" is known as the ___________ principle |
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| While civil servants are appointed by the president they have ___________ . |
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| ??an allegiance to congress in their job function |
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| In the context of the federal government, departments ___________ . |
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| are large organizations responsible for a broad policy realm |
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| The ___________ regulates the nation's monetary policy with the goal of avoiding both inflation and recession |
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| ___________ are responsible for regulating sectors of the economy in which it has been judged that the free market does not work to protect the public interest. |
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| Independent regulatory commissions |
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| The president and the ___________ prepare the budget for submission to Congress. |
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| Office of Management and Budget |
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| As the U.S. government grew, it instituted new agencies to administer ___________ to enforce rules on trade, commerce, and industry. |
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| Independent regulatory commissions are designed to operate ___________ . |
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| relatively freely from direct presidential control |
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| The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an example of a(n) ___________ . |
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| independent executive agency |
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| Citizens are not customers. In addition to satisfaction with a product or service, citizens require ___________ , ___________ and ___________ from bureaucracies. |
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| equity; transparency; accountability |
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| By passing regulatory legislation for which it has established goals, Congress ___________ . |
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| establishes the guidelines that regulatory agencies must implement |
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| The ___________ system was created to ensure employees were hired based on merit and patronage to the federal government. |
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| The system under which a successful political candidate or party would use political appointments to the bureaucracy as a way of rewarding loyal supporters and allies by providing government jobs and by firing the supporters of the opposing party was known as ___________ . |
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