chapter 15
when was EOP estanlished
1939 ..eop
how many government corporations are there today?
50 ...governmet corps today
how many government corporations are there
50... government corpoations
Development of the Civil Service
About 2.7 million civilians work for the Federal Government today. Only about 300,000 work in or around Washington, DC...devolpment of the civil service
father of the spoil system
Andrew Jackson...father spoils
Hierarchical authority
Bureaucracies are based on a pyramid structure with a chain of command running from top to bottom. Hietarchical
quasi-legislative
Congress has given them certain legislative-like... quasi
secretary,
Each department is headed by ...secretary
Office of National Drug Control PolicyEO{P
Established in 1989, this agency's existence dramatizes the nation's concern over drugs. ..office drugs
what event cause the civil service act
Garfield being shot..event lead civil service act
administration
In order to enact and enforce policy, Congress and the President have created an... adminastration
Examples of independent executive agencies
NASA, the General Services Administration, and the EPA. ...examples indepentednt
Political Activities
Several laws and a number of OPM regulations place restrictions on the political activities of federal civil servants:... political avtivities
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers ..consists of three of the country's leading economists, and acts as the President's major source of information and advice on the nation's economy.
The Civil Service Today
The Merit Systems Protection Board enforces the merit principle in the federal bureaucracy...civil service Today
The National Security Council
The National Security Council... (NSC) acts to advise the President on all domestic, foreign, and military matters that relate to the nation's security
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
The OMB's.. major task is the preparation of the federal budget, which the President must submit to Congress.
The West Wing
The President's closest advisors work in the ..West Wing ..of the White House, near the oval office.
The White House Office
The White House Office ..is comprised of the President's key personal and political staff.
Formalized rules.
The bureaucracy does its work according to a set of established regulations and procedures ...formalized
What are the major elements of the federal bureaucracy?
The federal bureaucracy is all of the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates... major bur
independent executive agencies
The most important difference between the independent executive agencies and the 14 executive departments is that they simply do not have Cabinet status.... indepetent executive agencies
The Name Game
The name department is reserved for agencies of the Cabinet rank. ...name
common tittles
agency, administration, commission, corporation, and authority.... common titeas
The Hatch Act of 1939
allows federal workers to vote in elections, but forbids them from taking part in partisan ...political activities.
Government corporations
are also within the executive branch and subject to the President's direction and control. ...government corporations
chief of staff,
assistants to the President, ...cheif
Lorretta Lynch
attorney general ..lorretta
what is one of the reasons for independent agencies
being assigned a task or function that does not fit well within the existing departmental structure; ...reasons for independent agencies
independent agencies
created by Congress and located outside the executive departments. Independent agencies have been formed for numerous reasons... indepent agencies
The U.S. Postal Service is an example of
independent regulatory commission. ...u,s. postal service
What is a bureaucracy?
is a large organization or buisness bureaucracy
Executive Office of the President
is an umbrella agency of separate agencies... executive president
civil service
is that group of public employees who perform the administrative work of government, excluding the armed forces...civil service
quasi-judicial,
judicial-like powers. ..quasi
registers
lists of qualified people who have taken these tests... registers
executive departments,
often called the Cabinet departments, are the traditional units of federal administration. ..executive departments
Job specialization.
or person who works for the organization, has certain defined duties and responsibilities. job
Line agencies
perform tasks for which the organization exists. Line
Patronage
practice of choosing your friends for office..patrnage
another reason for independent agencies
protecting the agency's purposes from the influence of both partisan and pressure politics; ...another reason for indepentedt
The Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993
relaxes many of the restrictions of the Hatch Act. It still forbids federal workers from: (1) running in partisan elections; (2) engaging in party work on government property or while on the job; (3) collecting political contributions from subordinates or the general public; or (4) using a government position to influence an election... federal employees 1993
The Cabinet
s an informal advisory body brought together by the President to serve his needs. cabnit
ash carter
secretary of defense ..ash
John Kerry,
secretary of state... john kerry
Staff agencies
serve in a support capacity ..staff
independent regulatory commissions
stand out among the independent agencies because they are largely beyond the reach of presidential direction and control. ...independent refulartory commisions
EOP serves as what
the presidents right arm ..eop
The Civil Service today
today has almost completely replaced the Spoils System...the civil service today
attorney general.
whose work is directed by the ....attorney general.
