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Navigating the Bureaucracy: Understanding Government Structure and Procedures

Explore the intricacies of bureaucracy through concepts such as the Weberian Model, Legislative Veto, and Whistleblower Protection Act. Learn about Cabinet agencies' roles, systems like Spoils System, and the impact of conflicts and duplications. Gain insights into oversight mechanisms by Congress and the essence of the Pendleton Act. Discover the power dynamics between branches and the significance of the Post Office in shaping government offices.

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Navigating the Bureaucracy: Understanding Government Structure and Procedures

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  2. The Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Education are all this level

  3. Cabinet

  4. Type of system used when bureaucrats are appointed based on patronage

  5. Spoils System

  6. Procedures and paperwork you go through to get the bureaucracy to work for you

  7. Red Tape

  8. Act that was created so bureaucrats who tell the truth about the government cannot get fired for telling the truth

  9. Whistleblower Protection Act

  10. When an executive branch decision lies before Congress for about 60 days prior to going into effect

  11. Legislative Veto

  12. A large, complex organization of appointed officials

  13. Bureaucracy

  14. The Weberian Model of bureaucracy in which a clear hierarchy is visible and rules are stablished is known as this model

  15. Classic Model

  16. This happens when the DoD and DHS do the same things

  17. Duplication

  18. When the CIA and the FBI have programs that work against each other

  19. Conflict

  20. The tendency of an agency to grow regardless of the cost or benefits to its programs

  21. Imperialism

  22. Cabinet-level agencies are responsible to him

  23. The President

  24. The only way agencies can spend any money is if the funds are authorized by this group

  25. Congress

  26. Similar to imperialism, this model of bureaucracy involves the agency “selling its product” to expand their staff and budget

  27. Acquisitive Model

  28. Bureaucrats may sometimes successfully resist presidential initiatives because they cannot be removed for office for this reason alone

  29. Political Reasons/ Their personal beliefs

  30. The biggest (or most important) way that Congress oversees the bureaucracy

  31. Money (Power of the Purse)

  32. One of the largest gov't employers today, it was the largest executive branch office of the 19th Century.

  33. The Post Office

  34. The Civil Service Reform Act (1978) created this group which now gives the Civil Service Test

  35. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

  36. The Cabinet started when this department was created to assist George Washington

  37. State Department

  38. Today's bureaucracy is largely a result of these two events

  39. New Deal and World War II

  40. The official act that created the system of merit- based appointments

  41. Pendleton Act

  42. The leader of the Department of Justice

  43. Attorney General (William Barr)

  44. The IRS answers to this Cabinet department

  45. Department of the Treasury

  46. This Cabinet department deals with workers issues like minimum wage

  47. Department of Labor

  48. The smallest of all the Cabinet departments

  49. Department of Education

  50. This Cabinet department oversees the National Park Service

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