AP Gov - The Bureaucracy

Issue networks are…

• An informal and relatively open network of public officials, think tanks, political pundits and lobbyists who have a common interest in a given area and who are brought together by a proposed policy in that area
• the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage
• two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body
• the same as ʺiron trianglesʺ 

The parts of the federal bureaucracy with responsibility for different sectors of the economy, and making and enforcing rules designed to protect the public interest, are the..

• independent executive agencies
• independent regulatory agencies
• government corporations
• cabinet departments 

Which of the following is true of independent regulatory agencies? 

• They tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments.
• They tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments.
• They are insulated from contact with interest groups.
• They are directly supervised by cabinet departments.

The MOST substantial control that Congress exerts on the bureaucracy is through its power to

• pass laws.
• decide how much money will be appropriated for agency programs.
• approve an agency's appointees.
• order audits of agency activities.

The main job of federal bureaucrats is to...

• implement and regulate government policies
• compete with the private sector for monopoly power
• protect the interests of their constituencies
• advise the president and Cabinet on internal affairs.

A whistleblower is

• a worker who does not accomplish his or her tasks by the end of the day.
• someone who brings public attention to gross governmental inefficiency or illegal action.
• a worker hired in excess of the labor requirements of an agency.
• someone who leaks contents of a presidential speech to the press before it is given.

The Post Office provides services for the American people and tries to sustain their existence through raising their own profits. This type of bureaucratic organization is best described as:

• regulatory agency
• independent commission
• government corporation
• NONE OF THE ABOVE

_____ is the newest cabinet department in the federal government

• The Department of Homeland Security
• The Department of Veterans Affairs
• The Department of Education
• The Department of Energy

What is an example of a Federal Independent Regulatory Commission 

• Department of State
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Department of Agriculture
• Drug Enforcement Agency 

An agency created by Congress that is located outside of the Cabinet departments.

• executive agency
• congressional agency
• independent agency
• dependent agency