Chapter 9: The Federal Bureaucracy

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Chapter 9 The Federal Bureaucracy
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Functions

• Rule Application
• Rule Interpretation
• Rule Initiation

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Functions (cont)

• Interest Representation/Advocacy
• Systems Maintenance/Support
• Conflict Resolution

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The Role Legitimacy of Bureaucracy

• Core initiative?
• Too big
• Pushing Agenda
• Role of Regulation
• Not popular

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Role of Regulation

• Too much of a hindrance
• Party Lines
• Protectionenvironment, workplace, etc.
• Dispute about the role of government

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Civil Servants

• Top officials often appointed
• 3 million Rank File
• 2 million military
• 15 million state local government

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Structural Organization

• 15 Departments (p. 225)
• Departments of
• State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior,
  Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health Human
  Services, Homeland Security, Housing Urban
  Development, Transportation, Energy, Education,
  Veterans Affairs

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Department Organization

• Headed by Secretary
• Secretary part of Presidents cabinet
• Appointed by President
• Approved by Senate

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Department Organization

• Undersecretary or Deputy Secretary
• Second in charge to Secretary
• Main purpose---administrative workload

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Department Organization

• Assistant Secretaries
• In Charge of specific programs
• Report to the Undersecretary
• Have staff assistants

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Department Organizations

• Departments are divided into bureaus
• Organized by function, services, clients or
  geography
• Run by Director

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Department Organization

• Below Bureaus
• Branches, Services Sections---Supervisors head
  and report to directors
• Triangle effect

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Independent Agencies

• Not cabinet level but do report to the President
• Examples NASA, CIA, EPA

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Government Corporations

• Administer economic enterprises
• Part Government
• Part Business
• Financed by Congress customers
• Examples Amtrak,FDIC, PBS

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Independent Regulatory Commissions

• Exist because the need for rulemaking is highly
  complex technical
• Examples FTC, FCC, SEC, FEC, FRB

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Regulatory Agencies (cont)

• Quasi-legislative
• Quasi-judicial
• Hold hearings
• Make rules
• Resolve disputes
• Independent
• President cannot unilaterally remove leaders

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Civil Servants

• 3 million Rank File
• 2 million military
• 15 million state local government

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Appointive Positions

• 2500 appointed by White House
• Loyalty
• Number of appointments has increased
• Tenure of those appointed has decreased

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Appointees

• Patronage
• Political Favoritism
• Spoils System
• Merit
• Pendleton Act of 1883

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Career Civil Service

• Office of Personnel Management
• Bipartisan Merit Systems Protection Board
• 18 level General Schedule (GS) salary structure
• Service ratings
• Hatch Act of 1939 limits political activities of
  civil service