Exam 3: Bureaucracy and Administration

Political Science 1100 with Dyer at University of Missouri- Columbia

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American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy and Citizenship, Election Update

American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy and Citizenship, No Separate Policy Chapters, Election Update
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Independent Agencies and Commissions

-a government organization that issues rules and conducts quasi-judicial proceedings. The president names the members and the chair of each commission, subject to Senate confirmation, but these officials serve fixed terms and are not subject to presidential dismissal without good cause. (only for commissions, agency heads can be fired)

Governments Corporations

-a government-owned corporation that provides goods or services for which the private sector presumably cannot meet the need.

ex. U.S. Postal Service

Government-sponsored Enterprises

-a federally chartered but privately owned corporation that seeks to improve the flow of credit

ex. Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)

Iron Triangle and Issue Networks

Iron triangle: the political alliance of executive branch agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups

Issue Network: loose groupins of people and organizations that seek to influence policy, including not only the members of the traditional iron triangle but also policy experts in universities, think tanks, and the media.

Pendleton Act

-an 1883 federal law that set up a merit-based system (employees don't lose job with new administration) for choosing government employees and supervising their work. (Employees used to be picked by spoils system, where posts went to the administration's political supporters)

Congressional Oversight

-committee hearings hold bureaucrats to account

-Government Accountability Office- an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress, GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars

-Congressional Review Act- a federal law that requires agencies to send rules to Congress for review 60 days before they take effect

Presidential Oversight

-political appointments

-inspector general- an official within federal agencies who runs independent investigations into bureaucratic operations and makes recommendations to stop waste.

Judicial Oversight

-frequently review rules and other dicisions of the administrative state.