Overview
Hiring and Firing
Criticisms
Checks on the Bureaucracy and History
Other
100

Which Bureaucratic power is the ability to choose courses of action and to make policies not spelled out in advance by laws

Discretionary Power

100

Government offices to which people are appointed on the grounds of merit can best be described as

the competitive service

100

The federal government is criticized for having too many governmental agencies where they often do the same thing. This idea is best described as 

Duplication

100

What does the constitution say about the federal bureaucracy? 

It doesn't mention the federal bureaucracy

100

Is the following true or false: 20% of all bureaucrats are career governmental employees

False

200

What is it called when the federal government pays state and local governments and private groups to staff and administer federal programs  

Government by Proxy

200

Bureaucrats within the competitive service are appointed after they have passed a written examination administered by the

Office of Management and Budget

200

When federal employees refuse to do the work given by their boss and also refuse to go along with change, this is called: 

Political sabotage

200

List three factors that lead to the formation of agencies

War/Crisis, Economy, Supreme court, Population growth, Law and congress

200

How many federal bureaucrats indirectly work for the federal bureaucracy?

13 million

300

"Bureaucrats are typically more liberal because____"

They are working for the federal government therefore they are pro-government

300

Jobs where the descriptions for the job are written specifically for the potential candidate so they fit the description exactly and get the job

Buddy System

300

How can patronage create problems within the federal bureaucracy

Bureaucrats are appointed on party affiliation and dependent on how much the president likes them. They are not appointed on criteria or merit. 

300

List three checks the president has on the federal bureaucracy

Can appoint and fire, executive order, OMB, Signing statement

300

The Government Performance and Results Act was a bill created under which presidency

Clinton-Gore

400
Which of the following are not in the Federal Bureaucracy?

1. Regulatory agency

2. interest groups 

3. White house staff

Interest groups

400

Why do only 0.1% of federal employees get fired?

There are so many steps to take and it's just not worth it

400

What is red tape and why is it a common criticism of the federal bureaucracy 

Red tape is the idea of a lot of paperwork in order to do something because there are a lot of rules and regulations within the federal bureaucracy. It is a common criticism of the bureaucracy because it makes it very hard for anything to to get done. 

400

How is Judicial Review the check the judicial system has on the federal bureaucracy? 

It is the judicial branch's ability to examine and determine if the bureaucracy's action is constitutional or not. SCOTUS could determine an action of an agency is illegal and will make them change it

400

The ability of an agency to fine and reprimand companies or corporations for illegal activities is known as 

Administrative adjunction

500

How could bureaucrat's discretionary power be checked by the executive branch?

The president can issue signing statements which take away the bureaucrats discretion because he or she tells them how to interpret a law. 

500

What is an alternative to firing people from the federal bureaucracy?

employers can move the employees to lower positions and try to make their lives as difficult as possible so they will want to leave 

500

What is an Iron Triangle? How does it lead to problems within the Federal Bureaucracy?

An iron triangle is the relationship between a congressional committee, interest group, and a governmental agency. It leads to problems because sometimes these groups become too powerful, and the president doesn't know how to deal with them. 

500

What is congressional oversight and how does congress have the ability to do oversight

Congressional oversight is the power to investigate and hold agencies accountable. They have the ability to do this because congress created the agencies and they fund them

500

Job levels in the federal bureaucracy are divided by the: __________

Graded service

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