GOV 310L Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Richard Cordray, Meat Packing Industry
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Bureaucracy: what is the bureaucracy, and who are bureaucrats, bureaucracy: hierarchal organization of officials with responsibility for specific tasks. Essential for government to provide programs and services for the public, such as building roads, operation schools, distributing social security checks, etc: agency: the basic organizational unit of federal government. Implement laws and provide services: build roads, operate schools, fight wars, fight crime, and much more. Size of bureaucracy has increased over time, especially at local and state levels: departments, a (cid:272)olle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of federal age(cid:374)(cid:272)ies that reports to a se(cid:272)retary (cid:449)ho ser(cid:448)es i(cid:374) the preside(cid:374)t"s cabinet, most are grouped under one of 15 departments. There are nearly 90 independent agencies or government corporations reporting to either the president or supervisory board. Example: central intelligence agency: government corporations: independent organization created by congress to fulfill functions related to business. Example: federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) insures bank deposits or.
