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8The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
Video: The Big Picture
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Trace the growth and development of the federal bureaucracy
Describe modern bureaucracies, and outline the structure of the modern bureaucracy
8.1
8.2
Learning Objectives 8
Determine how the bureaucracy makes policy
Evaluate controls designed to make agencies more accountable
8.3
8.4
Learning Objectives 8
Video: The Basics
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Roots of the FederalBureaucracy
The Civil War and the Growth of Government
From the Spoils System to the Merit System
Regulating Commerce
The World Wars and the Growth of Government
8.1
The Civil War and the Growth of Government
Civil War changes Creation of the Department of Agriculture Creation of the Pension Office Authorization of thousands more employees
Permanent changes to the bureaucracy
8.1
From the Spoils System to the Merit System
Patronage system (“spoils system”) Federal jobs given to loyal supporters
Merit system Jobs given according to ability
Civil Service system Current system based on merit
8.1
Which president popularized the spoils system?
8.1
Regulating Commerce
Growth of big business Unfair business practices
Additional departments Reaction to railroad shipping rates Protect workers and small businesses from big
businesses
Sixteenth Amendment Federal income tax
8.1
The World Wars and the Growth of Government
Franklin D. Roosevelt Social programs during Depression
World War II veterans benefits G.I. Bill, housing
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Housing
and Urban Development, Transportation
8.1
FIGURE 8.1: How many employees work in the federal executive branch?
8.1
How did World War II change government?
8.1
a. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
b. Federal Trade Commission
c. Interstate Commerce Commission
d. Civil Service System
8.1 What agency was created to help control the railroad shipping rates?
8.1
a. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
b. Federal Trade Commission
c. Interstate Commerce Commission
d. Civil Service System
8.1 What agency was created to help control the railroad shipping rates?
8.1
The Modern Bureaucracy
Who Are Bureaucrats? Formal Organization Government Workers and Political
Involvement
8.2
Who Are Bureaucrats?
Covered by the Civil Service System 90-percent of federal employees
Not covered by the Civil Service System 10-percent of federal employees
Turnover High in some agencies, low in others
8.2
FIGURE 8.2: What are the federal agency regions, and where are their headquarters located?
8.2
Formal Organization
Cabinet departments Independent executive agencies Independent regulatory commissions Government corporations
8.2
FIGURE 8.3: What are the Cabinet departments?
8.2
What do government corporations do?
8.2
Video: In the Real World
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8.2
Government Workers and Political Involvement
Hatch Act Limits federal employees’ political activities
Amendments to Hatch Act Rules relaxed somewhat
8.2
TABLE 8.1 What does the Hatch Act stipulate?
8.2
a. Cabinet departments
b. Independent agencies
c. Independent regulatory commissions
d. Government corporations
8.2 Which of the following organizational entities has a narrow focus on a specific policy issue?
8.2
a. Cabinet departments
b. Independent agencies
c. Independent regulatory commissions
d. Government corporations
8.2 Which of the following organizational entities has a narrow focus on a specific policy issue?
8.2
How the Bureaucracy Works
Making Policy Rule Making Administrative Adjudication
8.3
FIGURE 8.4: What constitutes an iron triangle?
8.3
Making Policy
Rule making Quasi-legislative process Regulations have force of law
Administrative adjudication Quasi-judicial process
8.3
Video: In Context
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8.3
FIGURE 8.5 How is a regulation made?
8.3
TABLE 8.2 How many comments do agencies receive on proposed rules?
8.3
Making Policy
Administrative adjudication Quasi-judicial process
8.3
8.3 What helps keep government agencies running smoothly on day-to-day issues?
a. Administrative Law Judge authority
b. Administrative Procedures Act
c. Administrative rule-making and regulations
d. Administrative discretion
8.3
8.3 What helps keep government agencies running smoothly on day-to-day issues?
a. Administrative Law Judge authority
b. Administrative Procedures Act
c. Administrative rule-making and regulations
d. Administrative discretion
8.3
Explore the Simulation: You Are Head of FEMA
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8.3
Toward Reform: Making Agencies Accountable
Executive Control Congressional Control Judicial Control
8.4
Executive Control
Delegating Powers Challenges with agency responsiveness
Reorganizing the Bureaucracy Needs Congressional approval
Executive Orders Directions to agencies that have the force of law
8.4
Congressional Control
Confirms president’s picks for agency heads Can approve or reject
Oversight and Investigations Proactive or reactive
Power of the purse Controls the budget
8.4
Table 8.3: How are agencies made accountable?
8.4
Video: Thinking Like a Political Scientist
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8.4
How does government oversee environmental disasters?
8.4
Judicial Control
Injunctions or orders Even before a rule is publicized
Requires due process Individuals can litigate
Specialized courts Have expertise in certain issues
8.4
a. Authorizes maximum amount of funding
b. Issues injunctions to halt regulations
c. Nominates heads of agencies
d. Determines best way to implement
regulations
8.48.4 What is one check Congress has on government agencies?
a. Authorizes maximum amount of funding
b. Issues injunctions to halt regulations
c. Nominates heads of agencies
d. Determines best way to implement
regulations
8.48.4 What is one check Congress has on government agencies?
Explore the Bureaucracy: What Puts the "Big" in Big Government?
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8.4
Discussion Question
Why does the bureaucracy have so much power in a democratic regime when it is unelected? What gives the bureaucracy its power? How does it make policy? What checks do the three branches of government have on the bureaucracy?
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Video: So What?
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Further Review: On MyPoliSciLab
Listen to the Chapter Study and Review the Flashcards Study and Review the Practice Tests
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