THE BUREAUCRACY

I.  The Federal Bureaucracy

A.     What is the Bureaucracy?

                   1.  Def.-

  2.  Way of organizing people to do work.  Bureau=          ;-cracy=

3.      Bureaucrat-

4.      Main purpose-

Examples:

B.     Major elements of the Federal Bureaucracy

      1.  Three major groups

      a.

      b.

      c.

2.      administration-

3.  4 ways administrators affect public policy

      a.

      b.

      c.

      d.

C.     The Name Game

Define:

Commission-

Corporation and authority-

Department-

Administration or agency-

D.     Civil Servants

1.

2.  Spoils system-

      patronage-

3.      Pendleton Act of 1883

4.      Civil Service Reform Act of 1978-

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)-

                  5.  The Hatch Act-

II.  Executive Departments and the Independent Agencies

             A.  The Cabinet-

            B.  What are Independent Agencies?

                        Independent Agencies-

                   1.  Three types of Independent Agencies-

                        a.

                        b.

                        c.

            C.  The Independent Regulatory Commissions (Agencies)

1.    What they do-

*They cannot be removed by the President for political purposes.

D.  Government Corporation

1.    What they do-

2.  Iron Triangles

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