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ch 13

Terms in this set (60)

In 1789, the three government departments were
state, war, and treasury
All in all, the three levels of government employ about _______ of the civilian labor force
16 percent
Which of the following programs constitutes the largest share of federal spending?
Social Security
Together, Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment compensation make up ___________ of the federal budget
48 percent
Defense spending, with veterans' benefits, amounts to almost _________ of federal government spending
17 percent
The executive branch of the federal government includes all of the following major types of structures EXCEPT
autonomous advisory councils
The fifteen executive departments, which are directly accountable to the _________, are the major service organizations of the federal government
president
The executive departments are
the major service organizations of the federal government
Each executive department was created by ________ as the perceived need for it arose
Congress
The Justice Department is headed by the
Attorney General
The principal duties of the _________ Department include negotiating treaties, developing our foreign policy, and protecting citizens abroad
State
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secret Service are subagencies of the ______________ Department
Homeland Security
The National Nuclear Security Administration is a subagency of the _______ department
Energy
The newest executive departments are
Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security
Each cabinet department consists of the top administrator plus a number of _____________
agencies
A federal agency that is not located within a cabinet department and has a single function is known as a(n)n
independent executive agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) are
independent executive agencies
All of the following are independent executive agencies EXCEPT the ________
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The ______ is an independent executive agency
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
A federal organization responsible for creating and implementing rules that regulate private activity and protect the public interest in a particular sector of the economy is known as a(n) ______________
independent regulatory agency
All of the following are independent regulatory agencies EXCEPT the _____________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Federal Reserve System (FED) is a(n)
independent regulatory agency
The _________ works to prevent businesses from engaging in unfair trade practices and to stop the formation of business monopolies
Federal Trade Commission
A Federal agency that engages primarily in commercial activities, produces revenues, and requires greater flexibility than most agencies is known as a(n) __________________
government corporation
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mac) are
stockholder-owned government-sponsored enterprises
All of the following are government corporations EXCEPT the ____________
Federal Reserve System (the fed)
The __________ is a government corporation
U.S. Postal Service
The _________ is a government corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a(n)
government corporation
Federal bureaucrats holding top-level positions are chosen by the president and
confirmed by the Senate
The Policy and Supporting Positions document, commonly known as the Plum Book
lists thousands of jobs to be given to people who supported the winning presidential candidate
The list of federal agency positions that are filled by appointments is published after each presidential election in
a document called Policy and Supporting Positions
Rank-and -file bureaucrats who are non-military government employees are also known as
the civil service
The rank-and-file bureaucrats obtain their jobs through
the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) performs all the following tasks EXCEPT
appointing people to positions in government
The ________ oversees promotions, employees' rights, and other employment matters for people working in the bureaucracy
Merit System Protection Board
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the principle of government employment on the basis of
merit through open, competitive examinations
An administrative agency rule that carries the same weight as a statue enacted by the legislature is known as ____________
a legislative rule
______________ is the process by which an administrative law judge hears and decides issues that arise as an agency tries to enforce laws and regulations
Adjudication
Congress can choose to delegate tasks involving implementations of it's laws. To do this, Congress passes __________ legislation, which specifies the name, purpose, composition, and powers of the agency being created
enabling
A major function of a regulatory agency involves the formation of new regulations, referred to as
rulemaking
In principle, bureaucrats are expected to exhibit ______________, and not allow themselves to be swayed by politics
neutral competency
A three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests is referred to as a(n)
iron triangle
The three corners of the iron triangle in a policy area are
interest groups, congressional committees, and executive agencies
The responsibility of allocating funds to administrative industries rests on
Congress
Groups of individuals or organizations- which consists of legislative staff members, bureaucrats, scholars, interest group leaders, and other experts-that support particular policy positions on a given issue are referred to as
issue networks
Issue networks differ from iron triangles in each of the following ways except
they usually include fewer players than iron triangles
A government employee who reports on gross governmental inefficiency , illegal activities, or other wrongdoing is called a
whistleblower
The Whistle-Blower Protection Act of 1989 authorized the __________ to investigate complaints of reprisals against whistleblowers
Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
The federal government has been experimenting with _______, which rewards employees based on output, not seniority
pay for performance
One idea for reforming government bureaucracies is __________, which means turning over certain types of government work to the private sector
privatization
Government meetings are required to be open to the public. This is a result of ___________, enacted at all levels of American government
Freedom of Information Act
Increasingly, government agencies have attempted to improve their effectiveness and efficiency by making use of ____________
the internet
A bureaucracy exists in any large organization. In the federal government, the head of bureaucracy is
the president
All of the following statements about bureaucracies is correct, except:
In a bureaucracy, power to act resides in the person rather than in the position
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office are subagencies of
the Department of Commerce
A result of Americans' increasing reliance on the Internet for communications, the U.S. Postal Service suffered losses that amounted to __________ in 2012
$16 billion
The __________ set forth procedural requirements for agencies to follow when creating new rules
Administrative Procedure Act
Each administrative agency maintains a ___________, which specializes in helping members of Congress in solving casework problems
congressional information office
According to a study conducted y the Government Accountability Office, ________ percent of the whistleblowers who turned to the OSC for protection during a three-year period reported that they were no longer employed by the agencies on which they blew the whistle
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