Ch. 14 - Bureaucracy Review

What does the FCC do?

• regulates the nation’s stock exchange; requires full disclosure of the financial profiles of companies that wish to sell stocks to the public

• administers & enforces the federal election campaign act (FECA); discloses campaign finance information, enforces the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions and oversees the public funding of presidential elections

• prevents businesses from engaging in unfair trade practices; stops the formation of monopolies in the business sector; protects consumer rights.

• Regulates all communications by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, and television.

What does the FTC do?

• regulates the nation’s stock exchange; requires full disclosure of the financial profiles of companies that wish to sell stocks to the public

• prevents businesses from engaging in unfair trade practices; stops the formation of monopolies in the business sector; protects consumer rights.

• Regulates all communications by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, and television.

• administers & enforces the federal election campaign act (FECA);

What is the FEC?

• administers & enforces the federal election campaign act (FECA); discloses campaign finance information, enforces the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions and oversees the public funding of presidential elections

• egulates the nation’s stock exchange; requires full disclosure of the financial profiles of companies that wish to sell stocks to the public

• Regulates all communications by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, and television.

• prevents businesses from engaging in unfair trade practices; stops the formation of monopolies in the business sector; protects consumer rights.

- Establishes monetary policy

- Sets bank interest rates

- controls inflation

- regulates the money supply

- adjust banks reserve requirements

• FTC

• Federal Reserve Board

• SEC

• FEC

The SEC...

• Establishes monetary policy

• regulates the nation’s stock exchange; requires full disclosure of the financial profiles of companies that wish to sell stocks to the public

• Regulates all communications by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, and television.

• prevents businesses from engaging in unfair trade practices; stops the formation of monopolies in the business sector; protects consumer rights.

refers to the money supply and interest rates

• monetary policy

• fiscal policy

taxing and spending

• monetary policy

• fiscal policy

What is the Agriculture Cabinet Department in charge of?

• Improving living standards by promoting economic development and technological innovation.

• In charge of programs that take on America’s housing needs and enforcing fair housing laws. 

• Executing policies on agriculture, farming, and food.

What is the Commerce Cabinet Department in charge of?

• Enforcing the laws and defending the interests of the US according to the law.

• Improving living standards by promoting economic development and technological innovation.

• Administering benefit programs for veterans, their families and their survivors.

• Advancing the energy of all Americans and overseeing the FDA and the CDC.

What is the Defense Cabinet Department in charge of?

• Providing military forces for war and protecting the security of the country.

• It is a conservation agency that protects America’s natural resources and parks.

• Preventing terrorist attacks. Protecting the American people and critical infrastructure.

• Enforcing the laws and defending the interests of the US according to the law.