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    Congress and Bureaucracy

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    What can congress do to influence the bureaucracy? In ordinary usage‚ “bureaucracy” refers to a complex‚ specialized organization composed of non-elected‚ highly trained professional administrators and clerks hired on a full-time basis to perform administrative services and tasks. Bureaucratic organizations are broken up into specialized departments or ministries‚ to each of which is assigned responsibility for pursuing a limited number of the government’s many official goals and policies those

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    Federal Bureaucracy

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    The Federal Bureaucracy hires thousands of employees to complete specific goals. Those employed attempt to achieve these goals proficiently‚ however their goals and procedures are part of a continual struggle for power; which inevitably leads to ineffective behavior known as red tape (Pearson Education). Many have attempted to change the way the federal bureaucracy does business in order to help improve the services provided to the public. The federal bureaucracy falls into many categories

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    The federal bureaucracy in the United States has many governmental organs‚ such as agencies‚ administrations‚ authorities‚ and commissions‚ to fulfill its duty as instructed by Congress. It is a hierarchical organization that has knowledgeable staff to control all governmental organs’ mechanism without taking any side (University of Kentucky). This essay will analyze and evaluate competitive government‚ privatization‚ decentralization‚ innovation‚ and empowerment over the federal bureaucracy in the

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    Despite the fact that the federal bureaucracy was never explicitly laid out in the constitution‚ was never instituted and planned‚ and was evolved by the gradual accretion of agencies and tasks over time‚ the federal bureaucracy proves to be one of the most influential and powerful departments in American government. The original bureaucracy of the federal government began as a small group of people from three departments: the State‚ Treasury and War departments. This group of people formed together

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    Chapter 8 bureaucracy task specialization the Pendleton Act Regulations the Administrative Procedures Act one-fourth department Discretion the Treasury Department They must solicit public comments. running for elected office make changes in an agency’s annual budget proposals Interagency councils the Department of Defense adjudicating/engaging in quasi-judicial processes implementing public policies ensure opportunities for public participation in the rule-making process by nominating

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    more? Many people refer to the Federal Bureaucracy as the fourth branch of government. The thing is that many people don’t know what the federal bureaucracy is‚ or what kind of role it plays in the U.S. government. Most people never even heard of the term‚ but if I told you some of the programs in the federal bureaucracy you would know what I am talking about and how they play a role in our government. If the Federal Bureaucracy was a co-equal branch of the federal government it would be considered

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    The federal bureaucracy‚ or civil service‚ which exists within the executive branch of the federal government‚ is responsible for implementing laws and government policy. Additionally‚ the bureaucracy manages the various programs established by the government. According to the text‚ “We the People”‚ “The bureaucracy is what makes government run” (400). Issues such as economics‚ war‚ and morality‚ and an overall need for a more effective government‚ spearheaded the establishment of a bureaucracy in

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    How effective is congress

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    How effective is congress? The British MPs have often described congress lobby fodder but defy the party whip. This is of course to the house committees where select committee have limited power and resources however in the senate and House of reps the standing committees are fully professional staffed and have the power or death over legislation. Congress is split into two houses the senate and the house of reps (HOR) both of these have individual powers have they also have joint powers. Meaning

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    edu/essay-dev-essay-structure.html) 1. Federal Policies: a. Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one advantage and one disadvantage to a national policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy. One advantage of a policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy is the actual federal experts in the bureaucracy. The people set up the policy know much more about the issues than the president and this creates bureaucracy power. One disadvantage is that

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    13: THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY [pic] Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following elements are necessary for bureaucracy according to Max Weber? a. Hierarchical authority structure b. Task specialization c. Rules d. Impersonality e. All of these are necessary according to Weber. 2. Most Americans a. are generally satisfied with the help they receive from bureaucrats. b. dislike bureaucrats. c. actually like bureaucracies.

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