Chapter 14: Federal Bureaucracy

Travis sent $4,500 to a campaign for a U.S. Senator candidate as well as volunteered. During the campaign, Travis met the candidate several times and got to know her well enough for her to offer Travis a position as an office manager in one of her local offices when she won the election. Travis has no experience as an office manager, but he is excited about this new position. What is this an example of?

• patronage

• civil service

• regulation

• deregulation

Sandra served in the U.S. Marines as a field physician. She later earned a civilian medical degree and completed her residency at New York Medical University. Sandra then served on the board of directors for a research medical university in Colorado for 10 years. The President appoint Sandra as the new U.S. Surgeon General. What is this an example of?

• general schedule

• patronage

• corruption

• civil service

This office is in charge of hiring for most federal agencies. The President appoints the Director of this agency; the Senate confirms the Director.

• Senior Executive Service

• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• Department of Homeland Security

• General Salary Rating

This serves ~9,000 federal executives who earn high salaries; may be reassigned to a different agency as leadership positions open.

• Office of Personnel Management

• Director of Human Service

• Senior Executive Service

• Department of Labor

These representatives of the country tend to be awarded this position by being large campaign contributors.

• Ambassadors

• Nurses

• Directors of agencies

• Senators

What is one of the main things that a President looks for in an appointee?

• physical beauty

• popularity

• political loyalty

• inconsistency

What are the four types of bureaucracies?

• cabinet departments, independent regulatory commissions, government corporations, and independent executive agencies

• U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court, and the Presidency

• cabinet departments, federal courts, library of congress, and the Senate

• Military, Ambassadors, Senators, and Representatives

The U.S. Postal Service is one example of this kind of bureaucracy.

• Independent Regulatory Commission

• Government Corporations

• Library of Congress

• Cabinet Departments

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why some plans fail?

• Lack of authority

• Lack of resources

• Faulty program design

• Organized chain of command

This is the attempt from to government to reduce bureaucracy.

• privatization

• elections

• appointments

• impeachment