Bureaucracy P2
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ZMSuncoast2014 on December 14, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bureaucracy | government organizations, staffed with people based on experience, that implement public policy -hierarchical organization into specialized staff -non partisan -budget and oversight by Congress |
| Pendleton Act of 1883 | -employment based on merit -civil service commission to administer personnel service |
| Rutan v. Republican party of Illinois | ruled that partisan political considerations as basis for hiring is illegal |
| Policy implementors | develop procedures and rules for implementing policy goals |
| Fragmentation | When responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within bureaucracy. |
| Policy Regulators | used to control or change private sector conduct |
| Command and control system | guidelines on how to comply with a requirement with consequences for not meeting it. |
| Incentives based system | A reward is given for every advancement made |
| Exec Branch controlling bureaucracy | -appoints like minded agency heads -issue "executive orders" which can overrule - OMB - budget |
| Legistaltive Branch controlling Bureaucracy | -senate must approve appointed -reduced funding for an agency -investigative hearings -rewrite/amend legislations |
| Judicial Branch controlling bureaucracy | - judicial review on whether the bureaucracy has acted within law and US constitution - provide due process for individuals affected by bureaucratic action |
| Regulatory Agencies | implement policy for economy, protecting public -judges debate over its rules - public input required prior to implementation |
| Government Corporations | provide service to public and charges for service. Receives government subsidies to keep cost of the services to the public low. |
| Independent Executive Agencies | They are federal agencies not part of the Cabinet Structure. Set by congressional statues (defines goals of agency, sets power of rule making) -ruled my commission, boards, or panels (5-7 members appointed by president and approved by senate) |
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