Question 1

What are the demographic characteristics of the federal civilian workforce?
 How might this affect policy outputs?

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Question 2

How does Congress control the bureaucracy?

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Question 3

What is an independent regulatory commission?
Give an example.

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Give an...

Question 4

Discuss at least three activities that federal employees are forbidden from doing under the Federal Employees Political Activities Act.Why are these regulations in place?

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Question 5

Compare and contrast the spoils system and the merit system.

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Question 6

What is the role of private military contractors,and why are they used?

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Question 7

What is implementation?Provide an example.

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Question 8

What are iron triangles? How do the three entities interact with one another?

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Question 9

What are independent regulatory commissions,and why were they created?

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Question 10

Discuss some major challenges that globalization creates for bureaucracy.

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Question 11

How does the judiciary's oversight of the bureaucracy differ from Congress's oversight?

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Question 12

How have the following events have affected the nature of American bureaucracy: the Civil War,Civil Service reform,the New Deal,World War II,and the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks?

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Question 13

What is a government corporation?How does Amtrak exemplify this concept?

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Question 14

How does the bureaucracy make policy through administrative discretion,rule-making,and adjudication?

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Question 15

What are the roles,responsibilities,and functions of the four general types of government agencies (Cabinet departments,government corporations,independent executive agencies,and independent regulatory commissions)

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Question 16

What are iron triangles,issue networks,and interagency councils?
 Using examples,discuss which typology you believe best describes how the bureaucracy makes policy.

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Question 17

According to German sociologist Max Weber,"model" bureaucracies have six characteristics.Name and explain at least four of these characteristics.

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Question 18

Compare and contrast the Hatch Act and the Federal Employees Activity Act of 1993.

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Question 19

What are Cabinet departments?List at least three reasons for their creation and provide examples.

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Question 20

How can the President attempt to control the bureaucracy?

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Quiz 8: The Executive Branch and Federal Bureaucracy

What are the demographic characteristics of the federal civilian workforce? How might this affect policy outputs?