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Chapter 9 The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy

Chapter 9 The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy. . To Accompany Comprehensive, Alternate, and Texas Editions American Government: Roots and Reform , 10th edition Karen O ’ Connor and Larry J. Sabato  Pearson Education, 2009. The Roots of Bureaucracy.

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Chapter 9 The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy

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  1. Chapter 9The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy  To Accompany Comprehensive, Alternate, and Texas Editions American Government: Roots and Reform, 10th edition Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato  Pearson Education, 2009

  2. The Roots of Bureaucracy • Foreign Affairs, War, Treasury first departments, AND Office of Attorney General(legal advisor) • Growth in early 1800s with Post Office due to westward expansion – Major source of jobs • Patronage and the spoils system become common (What is the key difference?) • Civil War spawns another expansion due to food distribution problems – Department of Agriculture is created in 1862 • Pension Office 1866

  3. Pendleton Act (1883) is beginning of civil service system in response to massive turnover when a new president was elected. • Also known as merit system. • Initiated by Garfield before assassination • Unfair business practices leads to creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) • First independent regulatory commission. • Railroad companies charging exorbinant rates for freight • Marks shift from service to regulatory bureaucracy

  4. Twentieth-Century Bureaucracy • Growing number of cabinet departments. (regulation of economic sphere) • Dept. of Commerce and Labor to oversee employer/employee relationships (established under Theodore Roosevelt) • Divided into two separate depts by Wilson • Addressed problems associated with monopolies and poor working conditions of employees • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) protect small business and public from monopolistic corporations. • 16th Amendment to support new federal agencies with funds

  5. Need for a larger government to support wars. • Increase in manufacturing • Tax increases (have never fallen back to pre-war levels) • Veteran’s demands for services led to bigger government (GI Bill - Educational loans and low mortgage rates through the Veterans’ Housing Authority(VHA) • Led to specifications in new home construction • Affordable middle-class housing was a new concept • New Deal and Great Society (LBJ and FDR) • Focus on Pressing Social Problems • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • Department of Transportation • Department of Housing and Urban Development

  6. Modern Bureaucracy • More than 2.7 million employees. • Most are selected based on merit. • Also have high-level appointees. • Wide variety of skills represented. • Less diverse than America. • Scattered throughout D.C. and regional offices. • Growth of outside contractors.

  7. Formal Organization • Cabinet departments handle broad, lasting issues. • Headed by secretaries. • Government corporations act like businesses. • Independent executive agencies handle services. • Narrower than Cabinet department, independent. • Independent regulatory commissions watch industry. • Designed to be free from partisan pressure.

  8. Government Workers and Politics • Hatch Act sets first boundaries. • Federal Employees Political Act is current standard.

  9. Characteristics of Bureaucracy • Chain of command from top to bottom. • Division of labor. • Clear lines of authority. • Goal orientation. • Merit system. • Productivity.

  10. How the Bureaucracy Works • Congress creates agencies. • Main job is implementation of laws. • Policy made in iron triangles or issue networks. • Increasing use of interagency councils.

  11. Iron Triangles New G.I. Bill Dept of Veteran Affairs VFW, DAV, American Legion House Comm. On Vet’s Affairs

  12. Issue Networks, PCC’s, and Interagency Councils Dept of Veteran Affairs Interagency Councils Other Departments And Agencies Issue Networks Lawyers, academics, consultants VFW, DAV, American Legion House Comm. On Vet’s Affairs

  13. Making Policy • Administrative discretion allows a lot of latitude. • Rule-making is a quasi-legislative process. • Formal procedure for making regulations. • Administrative adjudication is quasi-judicial process. • Used to settle disputes between two parties.

  14. Agency Accountability • Unclear who agencies should be accountable to. • Presidents try to make the right appointments. • Can also shape policy through executive orders. • Congress can use oversight powers and funding. • Police patrol v. fire alarm oversight. • Judiciary can review regulations.

  15. What is the Cartoonists point? Which bureaucracy works best? What are their main priorities?

  16. AV- Growth of Government  Back

  17. Figure 9.1- Civilian Employment  Back

  18. Figure 9.2- Employee Characteristics  Back

  19. Figure 9.3- Agency Regions  Back

  20. Figure 9.4- The Executive Branch  Back

  21. Figure 9.5- An Iron Triangle  Back

  22. Figure 9.6- Rulemaking  Back

  23. Table 9.1- FEPA  Back

  24. Table 9.2- Agency Accountability  Back

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