Federal Bureaucracy
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Cherish Butterfield Mr. Lowe Period 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Federal Bureaucracy | -Part of the Executive Branch -Government organizations, usually staffed officials selected on the basis of experience and expertise, that implement public policy -Hierarchical (Pyramid) organization into specialized staffs -non-partisan -Still affected by Congress budget and oversight |
| oversight | Can be called upon the Congress and explain stuff |
| Organizations | -Cabinet Departments -Regulatory Agencies - Government Corporations -Independent Executive Agencies |
| Pendleton Act of 1883 | -1st Act to deal with Federal Bureaucracy -employement on the basis of merit and open competitive exams -Civil Serive Commission to administer the personel service |
| Rutan vs. Republican Party of Illonois (1990) | (state level) Partisan political considerations as the basis for hiring, promoting or transferring public employees was illegeal; based on merit |
| Policy Implementors | Develop procedure and rules for implementing policy goals as outlined in legislation |
| Policy Regulators | Used to control or change private sector conduct -command and control policy -incentive system |
| command and control policy | punish those who do not do comply with the law EX) FDA-restrict use of transfats in products |
| incentive system | reward for doing what they want EX) FHWA-raise drinking age to 21 |
| Executive Branch | -Appoint like minded agency heads -Issue "executive orders" -OMB budget |
| Legislative Branch | -Senate consent for appointees -Reduced funding for an agency -Investigative hearings -Rewrite/amend legislative |
| Judicial Branch | -through juducial review on whether the bureaucracy has acted within the law and the US Constitution -provide due process for individuals affected by a bureauatic action |
| fragmentation | hard to get anything done; gridlock EX) Homeland Security |
| Government Coroporations | -provide a service to the public -charges for that service -receive government subsidies to keep cost of theservices to the public law EX) Post Office EX) Amtrak EX) Comsat |
| Independent Executive Agencies | -Federal agencies that are not part of the Cabinet Structure -Set by Congressional statues -Defines the goals of the agency -Set its power of rulemaking -Ruled by Commissions, Boards or Panels |
| Commissions/Boards/Panels | -5-7 members -appointed by the president -approved by the Senate |
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