Exam 14: The Bureaucracy

Which of the following is responsible for oversight of the national bureaucracy?

What can be said regarding the structure of a bureaucracy?

Explain the idea of sunshine laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act, and how government information has changed since September 11, 2001.

What are the rules that guide the operation of government programs called?

In 1870, the Office of the Attorney General, first set up in 1793, was transformed into which of the following to handle the legal business of the nation?

A federal employee who engages in which of the following activities would be in violation of the Hatch Act of 1939?

A certain agency has a history of mismanagement, corruption, and illegal activity. Employees who expose these practices to others outside the agency would be referred to as which of the following?

Fundamental to the core of the federal bureaucracy is the presumption that the people who hold bureaucratic positions have which of the following?

Which component of bureaucratic agencies structures the way in which decisions are made?

What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act of 1883?

In what system of employment are employees chosen and promoted based on qualifications and performance?

One advantage of the career nature of the civil service allows for built-in protections against what?

In 1966, what legislation established a procedure by which ordinary citizens can request documents and reports from the federal government directly by paying a nominal fee, so long as the documents are not classified?

Describe the manner(s) in which Congress attempts to control the bureaucracy.

A clerical worker for the federal government notices gross negligence in the spending habits of a government agency and the worker feels the need to call this discrepancy to the attention of the media. That clerical worker is an example of which of the following?

Describe the difference between a political appointee and a civil servant. Discuss how these two types of employees obtain their jobs.

Most members of the cabinet, who head departments and act as chief advisers to the president on the issues under their jurisdiction, have which of the following titles or positions?

Consider a situation in which Congress is not pleased with the direction taken by a federal agency. How can Congress punish or otherwise exert control over that agency?

Putting specific policies into operation is known as which of the following?

There are 15 major service organizations of the federal government which include Treasury, Agriculture, Education, and more. What kind of departments are these?