APAG Ch. 14 The Bureaucracy

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APAG Ch. 14 The Bureaucracy
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• According to Max Weber, a bureaucracy should be
  an organization where decisions are based on
  ________ and _______.

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• Logic and analysis.

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• What kind of organization does the Weberian Model
  advocate?

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• A hierarchical model with a rational decision
  making process.

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• A ________ bureaucracy is organized to make a
  profit and answers to a single set of leaders.

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• Private

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• A ________ bureaucracy is non-profit and answers
  to more than one leader.

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• Public

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• Within a bureaucracy the units of organization
  are divided according to the _________ and ______
  of the employees.

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• Specialization and expertise

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• _________ is the name given to a large
  organization, structured hierarchically, that
  carries out specific functions.

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• Bureaucracy

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• What is the federal governments watchdog
  organization?

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• The General Accounting Office (GAO)

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• What might we see if bureaucrats were truly held
  accountable?

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• Less waste in government.

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• The cabinet departments can be described in
  management terms as __________ organizations.

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• line

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• Which has more employees, state, local, or
  federal governments?

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• local

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• What has happened to the number of civilian
  federal government employees for the past several
  decades?

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• The number has remained relatively stable.

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• Excluding the military, how many employees work
  for the federal government?

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• 2.7 million

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• The Securities and Exchange Commission, the
  Environmental Protection Agency, and the Nuclear
  Regulatory Commission are all examples of
  __________ agencies.

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• administrative

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• Compared to governmental bureaucracies in other
  countries, the federal bureaucracy in the U.S.
  enjoys a greater degree of _________ than in most
  other countries.

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• autonomy

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• The ________ model of bureaucracy states that
  bureaucracies are not competitive and are
  therefore inefficient.

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• Monopolistic Model

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• The ________ model of bureaucracy states that
  bureaucracies seek expanded budgets and increased
  size.

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• Acquisitive Model

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• What are the four major types of bureaucratic
  structures?

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• Independent regulatory agencies, cabinet
  departments, government corporations, and
  independent executive agencies.

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• With respect to the federal government, an
  administrative unit that is directly accountable
  to the president is called a(n) __________.

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• Line organization.

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• The Cabinet departments, in terms of organization
  are directly accountable to __________.

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• The President.

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• _______ are federal agencies not part of a
  cabinet, but that reports directly to the
  president.

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• Independent executive agencies

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• The function of the _______ is to make and
  implement rules and regulations in a particular
  sector of the economy.

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• Independent Regulatory Agency

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• Independent regulatory agencies are independent
  because they are administered independently of
  _______.

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• All three branches of government.

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• Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban
  Development, and Interior are examples of
  ________.

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• Cabinet departments.

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• The CIA, the General Services Administration and
  the National Science Foundations are examples of
  _______.

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• Independent executive agencies.

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• The ________ refers to the selection and
  promotion of government employees on the basis of
  examinations.

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• Merit System

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• The _________ is a system of patronage.

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• The Spoils System.

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• The __________ refers to a small ruling clique
  of the states best citizens based on birth,
  wealth, and ablility.

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• natural aristocracy

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• A list of jobs for political appointments can be
  found in the ________.

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• Plum Book

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• The act of gaining control over agency personnel
  and decision makers by the industry that is being
  regulated is called ___________.

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• Capture

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• Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Federal
  Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are examples
  of __________.

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• Government corporations.

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• The Federal Reserve, the SEC (Securities and
  Exchange Commission), and the Federal Commission
  are all examples of __________.

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• Independent regulatory agencies.

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• The ________ is the central personnel agency of
  the national government.

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• Civil Service Commission

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• The _______ prohibits federal employees from
  active involvement in political campaigns.

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• Hatch Act

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• The ________ created the Office of Personnel
  Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board
  while abolishing the Civil Service Commission.

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• The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

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• The _________ required that all multi-headed
  federal agencies conduct their business regularly
  in public session.

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• Government in the Sunshine Act

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• The ________ requires federal agencies to
  disclose any information on file about an
  individual, if the individual requests
  information.

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• Freedom of Information Act

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• ________ requires the termination of a program
  unless Congress has reauthorized the program.

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• Sunset legislation

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• The concept of ______ refers to the replacement
  of government services with services provided by
  private firms.

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• Privatization

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• The ________ is an alliance of mutual benefit
  along some unit within the bureaucracy, its
  interest group, and committees in Congress.

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• Iron Triangle

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• With negotiated rulemaking, what has federal
  agencies begun encouraging businesses and public
  interest groups to become directly involved in?

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• Drafting the regulations that affect them.

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• A statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the
  creation of an administrative agency is called
  ________.

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• Enabling legislation.

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• The FTC, the Equal Employment Opportunity
  Commission, and OSHA (Occupational Safety and
  Health Commission) were all created by ______.

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• Enabling legislation.

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• The _______ allows whistle-blowers to receive
  monetary rewards.

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• False Claims Act of 1986

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• The creation of the Office of Special Counsel
  which provides for the investigations of
  complaints of waste was created by _________.

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• The Whistle-Blower Protection Act

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• A _______ is someone who brings to public
  attention gross governmental inefficiency or
  illegal action.

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• whistle-blower

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• ______ are groups of individuals that support a
  particular position on a specific issue and form
  an alliance between scholars, interest groups,
  executive agencies and Congressional
  subcommittees.

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• Issue networks

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• A major control that Congress has over the
  federal bureaucracy is the authority to extend or
  limit ________.

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• Appropriations (money)

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• The investigative power of Congress is often
  carried out by _________.

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• The GAO (General Accounting Office).