Bureaucracy correct answers -a large organization hat is structured hierarchially to carry out
private or public functions
-chief administrator is the president (he's incharge)
The Chief Administrator of bureaucracy correct answers the president, but all agencies must go
to congress for funding, staffing, and existence
Public Bureaucracy correct answers -should perform its duties as efficiently as possible to
conserve tax payer money
-implements and enforces policies made by elected officials (i.e the president and congress)
- care/promote public interest which is determined by elected officials
- public is measured in value, quantify corruption and waste
- give greater access to the procedures and content of their decision
Private Bureaucracy correct answers -Cares about profit
- easier to measure
- can be more secretive
Hierarchy of Authority correct answers shaped like a pyramid. everyone besides the person at the
top of the pyramid has a boss, and everyone besides the people at the bottom of the pyramid have
subordinates.
Federal Register Acts 34' correct answers requires that all government rules, laws, and
regulations, be published in the federal register and their final version appear in the code of
federal regulation, which is now all available online.
Administrative Procedure 46' correct answers provides for the public participation in the rule
making process. All federal agencies must disclose their rule making procedures and publish all
regulations 30 days in advance so the public can view it and make comments.
The Sunshine Act 77' correct answers meant to encourage open meeting to increase the public
understanding of the government decision making process, and listed ten exemptions in which
the meeting may be closed.
Departments correct answers -organizations in the execcutive branch that make up the cabinet
-head of each branch is a secretary
- appointed by the president
- approved by the senate
-answer the the president
-can be removed by the president
based on party politics
Independent Executive Agencies correct answers -smaller than a department
- not part of the cabinet but can be invited
, -appointed by the president
- approved by the senate
- answer to the president
- can be removed by the president
- deals with QUALIFICATIONS
Independent Regulatory Boards correct answers - make their work as far removed from politics
as possible-
the head is composed of five to ten members
-the party is a mix between democrats and republicans
- appointed by the president
- cannot be removed by the president
22 amendment correct answers no person should be elected to the office of president no more
than twice, and no person who has held the office for more than 2 years may run for the
presidency again no more than one time.
Rooselvelt was president during this time.
Presidential Succession/25th Amendment correct answers If the president dies, is removed from
of office, or resigns, then the following is the order of who takes office:
Vice president
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempt of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Presidential Disability correct answers when the president cannot discharge duties of his or her
office it can be determined in two different ways:
1. The president informs congress in writing that he is unable to discharge power of his office
2. the vice president and majority of the cabinet inform congress, in writing, that the president is
incapacitated
- if the Vice President disagrees with the president's decision, he can challenge Congress, and
Congress has 21 days to decide
president can resume ability from either way when informing congress that there is no disability
emergency powers correct answers definition: an inherent power exercised by the president
during a period of national crisis, particularly foreign affairs.
-supreme court said an emergency does not create power
-under FDR, president must exercise inherent powers in foreign affairs
-Lincoln suspended civil liberties; FDR mobilized the budget and economy for war; Truman
seized steel plants during the mill strike.