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Title: The Federal Bureaucracy


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The Federal Bureaucracy
  • What is a bureaucracy, and how does it affect our
    daily lives?

2
Bureaucracy
  • A large, complex administrative structure that
    handles the everyday business of an organization
  • Federal Government nations largest employer
    about 3 million men and women carry out the daily
    work of our government

3
Quiz
  • What was the decision in Nixon v. United States
  • Define an Executive Order
  • Who/m is the number one advising group to the
    president
  • Who/m writes the budget
  • List 2 checks on an Executive agreement.

4
Features of a Bureaucracy
  • 1.) Hierarchical authority pyramid-shaped
    organization in which the chain-of-command runs
    from the top to the bottom
  • The higher the job on the pyramid, the more
    authority that person has in making final
    decisions that shape public policy

5
Features of a Bureaucracy
  • 2.) Job Specialization Clear-cut Division of
    labor
  • Each bureaucrat has specific responsibilities
  • Promotes efficiency

6
Features of a Bureaucracy
  • 3.) Formalized Roles Work is carried out in a
    procedural way
  • Regulations or standards are followed by each
    bureaucrat to complete a specific task

7
Primary Task
  • The primary task of the Bureaucracy is.
  • Implementation
  • The efforts of departments and agencies to
    translate the goals and objectives of a policy in
    an operating, ongoing program

8
Implementation
  • Congress is fond of stating a broad policy goal
    in legislation and then leaving implementation up
    to the Bureaucracies..
  • Why?
  • Specialization
  • Shifting Blame

9
Implementation
  • Rule Making
  • Quasi-legislative process by which the government
    agencies produce regulations
  • Administrative Law
  • Administrative Adjudication
  • Applying Rules and Precedents to specific cases
    to settle disputes between regulated parties

10
Who is the bureaucracy accountable to?
  • Created by Congress
  • Appointed by President
  • Funded by Congress
  • Governed by the president
  • Paid for by the taxpayer

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Making Agencies Accountable
  • President has authority to
  • Appoint and remove agency heads
  • Reorganize the bureaucracy
  • Make changes in budget proposals
  • Issue executive orders
  • Reduce an agencys budget
  • Congress has the Authority to
  • Pass laws that alter an agencys functions
  • Abolish existing programs
  • Investigate activities
  • Limit the use of funds
  • Write legislation to limit the Bureaucracy

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By the People
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • 1966- Allowed citizens the right to inspect all
    government documents except intelligence reports
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