Exam 11: The Bureaucracy

Through which of the following avenues is congressional oversight consistently exercised?

The bureaucracy's official role is to implement and enforce policies. Bureaucratic agencies are established by ____________.

The public bureaucracy's principal responsibility is to ____________.

In recent decades, ___________ declassified a large number of documents through FOIA.

Which of the following is an example of a whistleblower action?

Over the past fifty years, presidents have tried to __________ government.

Americans want their bureaucrats to be both competent and responsive. To what degree are these goals compatible?

How do the goals of private and public bureaucracies differ?

The Civil Service Commission _____________.

The Department of Agriculture is a prime example of an agency that __________.

__________ is the appointment of supporters to administrative jobs by elected officials in order to strengthen their political base.

List and describe some tasks of the federal bureaucracy.

Which type of agency is the largest bureaucracy in the executive branch?

According to the Hatch Act, federal workers cannot ____________.

____________ involves producing rules, standards, or guidelines that confer benefits and impose restrictions on business conduct and economic activity.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is an example of a(n) __________.

__________ chose heads for regulatory agencies, such as OSHA, the Consumer Product Safety, and the EPA, who agreed with his goal of reducing government regulation.

Public bureaucracies must be more ____________ than private ones.

The Administrative Procedure Act is a form of governmental ____________.

Bureaucracies tend to ____________.