POLI 2051 Chapter : 4 1 14 The Judiciary
Document Summary
Civil servants: patronage hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people. Jobs and promotions given for political reasons rather than for merit or competence alone. This changed beginning with: pendleton civil service act (1883, merit selection , hatch act (passed in 1939 and amended in 1993) Organization of bureaucracies: cabinet departments, department of state, treasury, etc. Independent regulatory agencies (members serve for fixed presidential appointments: federal communications commission, federal trade commission, etc, government corporation, tva, post office, etc. What do bureaucrats do: policies passed by congress and signed by the president are seldom self-executing, there is the implementation of policy and there is also the policy regulation role. Creation of a new agency or assignment of responsibility to an existing agency: 2. Coordinate resources and personnel: regulation the use of government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector.
