Bureaucracies

A cabinet level agency is also called an

• Defense department

• Executive department

• Congress

What three (bureaucratic) departments do people hear about the most?

• CIA, NASA, FCC

• State, Defense, Treasury

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

The CIA and NASA are both examples of

• Independent agencies

• External Threats

• Sub-Agencies

What are government corporations like the Postal Service and Amtrak supposed to do?

• Keep us safe from external threats

• Make a profit

• Maximize their budgets

Since bureaucracies aren't mentioned in the Constitution, where does their power originally come from?

• The President

• The Supreme Court

• The Congress

According to most social scientists, the only thing Americans hate more than Bureaucracies is presidential overreach

• True

• False

It is easier to try to limit the activities of a bureaucracy than to try to shrink it or get rid of it.

• True

• False

If the Senate does not approve of an agency head proposed by the President, they can appoint their own choice instead.

• True

• False

"Deregulation" means limiting the number of "controls" that an agency is allowed to enforce.

• True

• False

The tactic of "devolution" refers to situations where states and cities refuse to take care of certain functions in an effort to force Congress to assume responsibility.

• True

• False