Thursday, December 4, 2008

Ok so these notes are from 7th period last tuesday before Thanksgiving. Sorry so late I've been having internet problems out the wazoo but I wanted to get them up there before the quiz tom.

Chapter 13 (in the middle)

-most of the bureaucrats who work for the fed. gov't are hired under the requirements of the civil service overseen since 1973 by:
A) office of personnel management which administers civil service laws, rules and regulations which administer civil service exams for the competitive service which includes about 2/3's of al appointed officials. The OPM is in charge of hiring for most fed. agencies
B) the merit systems protection board protects the integrity of the federal merit system and the rights of federal employees. The board hears changes of wrongdoing and employee appeals against agency actions and orders disciplinary actions.

-the civil service was created to reduce patronage in awarding of fed. jobs. Jobs are filled on the basis of merit in accordance with pendleton act workers can't be fired for political reasons.
A) most civil servants work outside of wash as serv. need to be accesible to people across the country

-pres. can appoint fewer that 1% of all executive branch employees, though the ones they appoint fill the top policymaking positions.
A) pres. feel that they have insufficient control over the excutive branch and would like to fill a larger number of positions in the government.
B) it would seem more appointments would make bur. more responsive.
1) can't afford to ignore policy preferences of highway builders
2) generally bur. policy doesn't move in the direction set by the white house though progress might not be attained quickly
C) pres. appointments to bur. leadership positions may also broaden opp. for advancement of tradition under-represented groups. pres. clinton was particularly succesful making his administration resemble the broader population.

Administrative policymaking: formal process
1) latitude that congress gives agencies to make policy in the spirit of legislative mandate- also known as administrative discretion
A) critics of bur. frequently complain that agencies are granted too much discretion.
B) some critics say these agencies are out of control-exaggerated claims
1) congress can rein them
2) power of purse control agencies budget
3) lead to compromise and consensus
2)rulemaking is a power congress has.
A)since they are authorized by congressional statuates reg. have the force of the law
B) when agencies issure reg. they are 1st published as proposals so that all interested parties have opp. to comment on it
C) reg. are contoldded because they force people and businesses to act in certain prescribed ways often against their own self interest.
3) while in congress often gives agencies administrative discretion in deciding how to implement laws it also serves as a check on the activities of the bur. congress oversees the bur. in a number of ways
A) duplication giving job to more than one agency
B) authorization and appropriation power of purse
C) hearings
D) rewritting legislation to make it more detailed.
- agencies are also checked by the pres. through:
A) appointments
B)executive orders
C) budget building
D) reorganization
Again sorry this was late, I hope it was helpful to someone though =)

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