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The bureaucracy's policy implementation function is responsible for

• delegating legislative authority to smaller operating units of the bureaucracy.

• both regulating the distribution of funds to individuals and corporations, and delegating legislative authority to smaller operating units of the bureaucracy.

• carrying out decisions made by Congress, the president, and the courts.

• regulating the distribution of funds to individuals and corporations.

The federal government's fiscal year ends on

• April 15.

• September 30.

• July 31.

• February 29.

The chief way administrative agencies exercise control over policy is by rule-making for legislation.

• True

• False

The creation of a _______________ tends to be Congress's response to controlling an economic activity.

• government corporation

• blue ribbon panel

• regulatory agency

• cabinet department

The bureaucracy is based on hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formalized rules.

• True

• False

There are more full-time employees in the ____________________ than any other cabinet department.

• Defense

• Education

• State

• Labor

Unlike the 'good ole boy' network, most federal civil servants are hired on the basis of

• a lottery system.

• previous job experience in the private sector.

• patronage.

• merit criteria.

The Department of________ was founded in 1889.

• Agriculture

• Homeland Security

• Labor

• Health and Human Services

About two of every three Senior Executive Service positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by women.

• True

• False

The annual federal budget process starts with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) distributing to each agency a budget limit based on

• the Justice Department's instructions.

• the president's directives.

• the guidelines of the Commerce Department.

• its own projections of what is affordable.