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Executive Branch and Bureaucracy

Executive Branch and Bureaucracy. The working part of the government This presentation is the property of Dr. Kevin Parsneau for use by him and his current students. No other person may use or reprint without his permission. Bureaucracy. What is the modern bureaucracy?

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Executive Branch and Bureaucracy

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  1. Executive Branch and Bureaucracy The working part of the government This presentation is the property of Dr. Kevin Parsneau for use by him and his current students. No other person may use or reprint without his permission.

  2. Bureaucracy • What is the modern bureaucracy? • How did we get the modern bureaucracy? • What does the U.S. bureaucracy do? • What can go wrong with bureaucracies? • How does the U.S. system try to prevent problems with the bureaucracy?

  3. Bureaucracy • “The complex structure of offices, task, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate effectively the work of their personnel.” --Max Weber (1864-1920)

  4. Collective Action Problems: • Societies under-produce non-exclusive, collective (public) benefits because individuals have no incentive to contribute when they can enjoy the benefits without personal cost (“free riders”).

  5. Growth of Modern State • Patronage System • Merit system and Reforms   • Great Depression and WWII (1930-40s) • Great Society (1960s)

  6. Department of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Department of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner Department of Defense Leon Panetta Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr. Department of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar Department of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack Department of Commerce Gary F. Locke Department of Labor Hilda L. Solis Dept. Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius Dept Housing and Urban Development Shaun L.S. Donovan Department of Transportation Raymond L. LaHood Department of Energy Steven Chu Department of Education Arne Duncan Department of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki Department of Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano

  7. Types of Bureaucracies • Departments—oversee and administer broad policy areas and department head sits on the president’s cabinet (Treasury, Defense, Justice, State, Commerce, Labor, Education) • Independent Agencies—oversee and administer specific policy areas (EPA, Social Security Administration, CIA, NASA) • Regulatory Boards—oversee specific aspects of the economy or business (FCC, SEC, OSHA, Federal Trade Commission) • Government Corporations—public corporations that provide services that no private corporation seems to want to (USPS, TVA)

  8. Duties • Implement policy • Regulate • Information • Data collection

  9. Goals • Public Welfare • Provide National Security • Economic Prosperity

  10. Other Issues • Performance • Openness • Neutral Competence • Politicization • Iron Triangles • Oversight

  11. Iron Triangle Term describing when the bureaucratic organization, clientele groups and congress seek to control policy and prevent outside intervention.

  12. Oversight of the Bureaucracy • President • Congress • Courts

  13. Oversight of the Bureaucracy • President

  14. Oversight of the Bureaucracy • Congress

  15. Oversight of the Bureaucracy • Courts

  16. Conclusions • Is the bad reputation fair? • Necessary tasks no one else can do? • A matter of perspective… • Democracy vs. Bureaucrats • Politicians vs. Experts

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