Review: Federal Bureaucracy

In our federal government who does the following things:

Evaluate programs

Regulate businesses

Develop government policies

• Federal Bureaucracy

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

• Interest Groups

True or False: the Federal Bureaucracy has the ability to oversee Congress

• True

• False

True or False: Interest Groups are part of the Federal Bureaucracy.

• True

• False

Which branch of government are all of the following part of:

-The Cabinet

-The Vice President

-The White House staff

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• State

Whose primary responsibility is to create rules and regulations?

• Legislative branch

• Judges

• Bureaucracy

• Voters

What does the Department of Treasury do?

• collect federal taxes

• enforce federal laws and regulations

• oversee foreign policy and international relations

• provide military forces needed for safety

What does the Department of State do?

• collect federal taxes

• enforce federal laws and regulations

• oversee foreign policy and international relations

• provide military forces needed for safety

What does the Department of Defense do?

• collect federal taxes

• enforce federal laws and regulations

• oversee foreign policy and international relations

• provide military forces needed for safety

What does the Department of Justice do?

• collect federal taxes

• enforce federal laws and regulations

• oversee foreign policy and international relations

• provide military forces needed for safety

Which of the following can the federal bureaucracy NOT do?

• Act as a check on the power of the executive branch

• testify before Congress

• Enforce regulations

• Interpret laws