chapter 15: the bureaucracy

issue networks

Type of alliance described by hugo heclo that consists of people in washington based interest groups, on congressional staffs and in universities and think tanks and in the mass media who regularly debate a particular government policy

trust

________ funds operate outside of the regular government budget, and the appropriation committees have no control over these expenditures

World war 2 and the great depression

a dramatic increase in size of the federal bureaucracy occurred during the 20th century largely as a consequence of

competitive service

a person appointed to government position after passing an examination probably is a

exceptive employee

a post office worker or FBI agent would typically be part of the federal bureaucracy known as

department of treasury

according to the text, bureaucrats with more conservative views are more likely to be found in

level people scared all the time

among the effects of the many constraints on government agencies is the fact that

red tape, conflict, imperialism, duplication,waste

among the pathologies commonly attributed to bureaucrats are all of the following except

interest groups, congress, bureaucracy

an iron triangle is a strong coalition consisting of

how does the congress limit bureaucracy

creating or abolishing a department and spending out responsibility for a job to several agencies

Patronage

during most of the 19th and 20th centuries appointments to the civil service were based primarily on

reflects US as a whole

if one examines the education, race, gender, and social origins of the federal civil service as a whole

the president

in the first congress, it was decided that appointed officials would be removable by

there are so many interest groups

iron triangles are less common today than they once were because

how does the president limit bureaucracy

issuing executive orders and using the bully pulpit and going public to gain public support for changes

work at cross purposes

one bureaucratic pathology described by the text is conflict, meaning the tendency of agencies to

keep expanding even if their purpose isnt expanding

one bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to

authorization, appropriation, audit

one way that congress exercises authority over agencies is

distress of war

periodically, the size of the bureaucracy as grown substantially. these times of growth have generally occurred during

the lobbyists

probably the most effective means an agency has of remaining powerful is

how does the court limit bureaucracy

ruling on actions taken by congress

social departments (health, labor)

studies have shown that democrats and those with more liberal views are more likely to be over represented in

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the amendment that allows the federal government to tax income

representative democracy

the authors suggest bureaucracy is the outgrowth of

the people

the authors suggest that ultimately "red tape" comes from

national economy

the creation of the ICC led to the federal government

do something congress hasnt specifically authorized

the discretionary authority of appointed officials is there authority to

congress's veto of the president =unconstitutional

the effect of legislative veto

constraints

the freedom of information act and administrative procedure act are examples of

INS v. chada

the legislative veto was declared unconstitutional in

indirect workers

the number of civilians working for the federal bureaucracy has not increased much since 1960. this observation fails, however, to account for the

the idea of spending limits

the power of the house appropriations committee over agency budgets has recently diminished, in part because of

markup

the process of revising agency budget requests is commonly called

bureaucrats from their bosses

the whistle blower protection act of 1989 is designed to protect

postal services

this federal agency employs more than 500,000 career employees making it the second largest employer in the US

red tape (constraint)

to reduce waste in government, one will probably have to increase

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today, the federal government contains how many cabinet departments

creating a name request job

using what the text refers to as buddy system an agency can circumvent the usual office of personal management search by

authorization

when a law originating in a legislative committee specifies a certain sum of money. it is called an _______ measure

adversary culture

when an agency makes an important decision, it is quite likely to be taken to court. this is an example of

appropriation

when congress formally set aside money for a specific use, it is called an

take exams,should not be a gov service on patronage, should be on merit, shoot garfield (opposite)

which of the following statements concerning the pendleton act is incorrect

senior executive service

which of the following was created in 1978 to give the president more flexibility in dealing with high level bureaucrats