A Beka American Government Chapter 7 Sections 1 & 2

How does the federal bureaucracy violate the separation of powers established in the constitution?

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Who bears most of the burden of government regulations?

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What is independent regulatory agency

Agencies that have been created by Congress to regulate some area of American Life.

What is U.S. statutes-at-Large

At the end of the congressional session, the slip laws are bound in a publication called U.S. Statutes-at-Large.

How has the federal bureaucracy hindered the productivity and prosperity of American business and industry and threatened individual freedoms? Give examples.

By interfering with basic freedoms and discouraging initiative. The EPA

Which President supported the passage of the Pendleton Act of 1883

Chester Arthur (Garfield's vice president)

Name and briefly describe the three types of organizations which make up the federal bureaucracy today.

Departments, independent agencies, and government corporations. The departments are those closest to the president and, therefore, are most subject to his direct control. The independent agencies either perform a single function or regulate some aspect of society, while the government corporations are the businesses, some of them monopolies, of the federal government.

What is the difference between an executive agency and a regulatory agency? Give an example of each.

Executive agencies tend to have a single function and report directly to the president, while Regulatory Agencies have been created by Congress to regulate some area of American life. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an example of an executive agency, while the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) is an example of regulatory agency.

What area of American Life is threatened because of expanding bureaucracy?

Free enterprise system

What are some of the problems with regulatory agencies?

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Who is James A. Garfield

He was the 20th president of the United States. He was assassinated by a disgruntled job-seeker.

What is deficit spending?

Inefficiency and waste will inevitably lead to careless spending. Today, the government annually spends more than it receives in revenue.

What is bureaucracy

Its a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials

What is a federal register

Its a publication that gives individuals and businesses affected by regulations an opportunity to read both the regulations and being proposed and those being implemented.

What is an ALJ? Why are ALJs sometimes called the "hidden judiciary"?

Its a special group of judges who preside over informal, little-publicized cases arising out of agency decisions. Because they make important decisions and people know little about their activities.

Code of Federal Regulations

Its a yearly publication that lists all the regulations issued that year as well as previous regulations still in effect.

What is the cabinet

Its the fifteen heads of the executive departments that make up the president's cabinet.

What is statutory laws

Laws Created by legislatures

What is regulation

Once the law is published, the agency charged with implementing the law will make rules to enforce it.

What is the swapping of political support for a government job?

Patronage

Which executive department has the largest budget? The largest staff?

The Health and Human Services has the largest budget. And Defense has the largest staff.

How many cabinet-level departments are there in the executive branch? What are the department heads called?

There are 15 cabinet heads in the executive department. They are called secretaries. *except the head of the department of justice, who is given the title attorney general*

What are slip laws

These first legal (statutory) publications are called slip laws.

What is career civil servants

They are employees within the executive departments that are hired, rather than appointed, for their position. Because of this, they are not subject to dismissal by the president.

What distinguishes the IRS and OSHA from other regulatory agencies?

They operate under executive departments.

How are government corporations different from other agencies.

Unlike the other agencies, the government corporation produces revenue for its services.

What is the New Deal

it was a collection of legislative proposals aimed at providing socialist benefits such as government-financed pensions and health care. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)