The Federal Bureaucracy

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The Federal Bureaucracy

• What is a bureaucracy and how does it affect our
  daily lives?

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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

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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.

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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

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Features of a Bureaucracy

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

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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

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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

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Implementation

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

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Quiz

• List 2 committees only in the House
• List 3 informal powers of the President
• What was the decision in Nixon v. United States
• Define an Executive Order
• What are 2 checks on an Executive Order
• What is the primary task of the Bureaucracy
• What court case established One Man, One Vote
• Define a Pocket Veto
• What constitutional principle does the Line Item
  Veto violate?
• Where does the Bureaucracy derive its power

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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

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How you can become a B-Crat!!!

• The Spoils system
• To the Victor Goes the Spoils
• Replacing all bureaucratic positions of an old
  party with the winning party
• Overturned by Civil Service Act of 1883
  (PENDELTON ACT)

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Merit System

• Merit System- based on Civil Service act of 1883
• Appointees to positions in public bureaucracies
  must objectively be deemed qualified for that
  position

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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