Bureaucracy
Govt corporation established during Great Depression:
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
A government corporation that helps foreign nations:
Peace Corps
Which was created to police the stock market:
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Problems with the Bureaucracy implementing federal laws by Congress (up to 800 points, 4x):
1) Laws are often written in broad policy goals, 2) Laws are often unclear about the details of the policy, 3) Congress frequently fails to give the bureaucracy enough money to effectively implement policies, 4) Bureaucracies often lack the necessary authority to meet their responsibilities.
Methods by which a President controls the Bureaucracy (for up to 800 points (4x):
1) Appointing the right people to head the agency.
2) Issuing executive orders.
3) Recommending a reduction of the agency's next year's budget.
4) Using his office to influence agency direction.
What is Congress' job in relation to the bureaucracy (up to 900 points, 3x)?
1) They create each bureaucratic agency
2) They set its budget
3) They write the policies it administers
What does the Federal Reserve Board do:
Charged with governing banks, and regulating the supply of money and thus, interest rates.
Ways Congress controls the bureaucracy for up to 1200 points (4x):
1) They influence the appointment of agency heads, 2) Alter the agency’s budget, 3) Hold hearings to address failures and criminal behavior,4) Rewrite the legislation or make it more detailed
These people selected by the President to fill positions in the Bureaucracy who are qualified for the job without taking an examination:
Political Appointees
Executive branch regulations designed to control the bureaucracy:
Executive Orders
They are mutually dependent and advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and Congressional subcommittees or subcommittees:
Iron Triangles