Terrorism
bureaucracy
Chief of Staff
Government Coporations
Pyramid
bureaucrat
Independent Regulatory Commissions
National Security Council
'Umbrella' agency
Staff Agencies
quasi-legislative
Independent Executive Agencies
Ethnicity
Advisory body (give advice)
Hierarchical Organization, Job Specialization, and Formalized Rules
Justice
Chief Executive
fiscal year
False
Attorney General
Regionally; only a small percentage works in Washington D.C.
Appointed by President; Approved by the Senate
Purposes and functions determined by Congress; top officers appointed by POTUS; all public employees; financed by public funds.
White House
domestic affairs
What is the main role of the Cabinet for the President?
What office is responsible for carrying out the day to day operations of the White House Office?
How are the secretaries in the executive departments chosen?
These independent agencies were established Congress in order to carry out business-like activity.
All matters no directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs
Almost completely independent from Presidential control, these independent agencies regulate important aspects of the economy.
What building is considered to be the main center of operations for the federal bureaucracy?
Give one way that Government Corporations are different from private enterprises.
Generally speaking, how are subunits structured within the federal government?
Which executive office is responsible for advising the president on all domestic, foreign, and military affairs for the country?
Which of the following not a main consideration a president makes when they appoint someone to be a secretary of a department? (Age, Ethnicity, Party affiliation, Qualification and Experience)
Having to do with powers that are to some extent legislative
What title is given to the president as the head of the federal bureaucracy?
The Office of Homeland Security was recently created to handle which major issue?
Which one of the executive departments is not headed by a secretary?
What term is given to the Executive Office of the President because it is a complex organization with several separate organizations?
True or False? The independent agencies are still part of the 15 executive departments.
What three elements make up every bureaucratic system, including the federal government?
The 12-month period use by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue-collecting, and other financial management purposes
A majority of independent agencies; organized like the Cabinet departments, but do not have Cabinet status.
What term is given to an individual working within a bureaucracy?
What shape are bureaucracies structured similar to?
A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization
The head of the Department of Justice
Which types of agencies serve a support function performing such tasks as advising, budgeting, purchasing, etc?
