The Executive Branch The Bureaucracy The Bureaucracy What
The Executive Branch The Bureaucracy
The Bureaucracy • What is it? • bureaucracy is government administration – managed by departments – staffed with nonelected officials – doing the day to day work of the executive branch – as directed by the president.
The Bureaucracy • Purpose • Day to day work of carrying out laws and policies – Part of the executive branch – Inspecting and policing – Guarding the nation (military) • Provide services to the public – Welfare applications – Passports – Postal Service
The Bureaucracy • Pyramid of Power Structure The President Cabinet Departments 15 Cabinet Level Executive Departments Independent Agencies Like mini executive departments NASA, FCC etc. Regulatory Agencies Watches over areas of social concern FDA. EPA, FEMA, ATF etc. Government Corporations Run like a business but owned by gov’t. Post Office, AMTRAK
The Bureaucracy – Secretaries • Lead the various departments • Appointed – Political – Not necessarily experts
The Bureaucracy • Workers/Bureaucrats – Not elected! – Life time work (often) – Hired for knowledge – Become more and more expert over time – Can “choose” what gets passed up the ladder fastest
The Bureaucracy • Growth of Bureaucracy – More expectations from government – Easier to create a new agency than to reform an old one
The Bureaucracy • Complaints – Red Tape • Seemingly endless – RULES – REGULATIONS – PAPERWORK • Tends to – – FRUSTRATE people IMPEDE progress SLOW DOWN progress STOP progress
The Bureaucracy • Complaints – Wasteful • Too many agencies – Overlapping work – Outdated agencies – Worthless agencies • Too many people • Too much red tape
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