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Bureaucracy Boundaries: True or False
 

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Quick facts about the federal bureaucracy.

by Mackinzey Smith
1

The cabinet is a group of elected officials who create policy without advising the president.

2

The Supreme Court handles the legal business of the country and publishes most agency regulations.

3

The civil service system was created to ensure competence and reduce political favoritism.

4

The Hatch Act was adopted to prevent federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while performing their duties.

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Privatization is transferring government functions or services to private companies to improve efficiency or reduce costs.

6

A bureaucracy has no hierarchy and operates with a flat structure.

7

The Pendleton Civil Service Act established a merit-based system for federal employment.

8

The Federal Register is the official daily publication containing proposed rules, final rules, public notices, and executive orders.

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The merit system only applies to promotions, not to hiring.

10

The Sunshine Act requires all agency meetings to be secret and not open to the public.

11

The Freedom of Information Act allows agencies to withhold all records with no exemptions.

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The Sunshine Act requires most meetings of federal agencies to be private, not open to the public.

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Congress has no means to exercise control over departments and agencies.

14

The Federal Register publishes only final rules and does not contain public notices or executive orders.

15

A bureaucracy is a simple, flat organization with few levels of authority.

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A bureaucracy is a complex system of organization with many levels of authority that carries out government policies and programs.

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A political appointee is a career civil servant who serves for life and remains neutral.

18

Congress must pass legislation to create new cabinet-level departments.

19

The civil service system was created to promote political favoritism and patronage in hiring.

20

Increasing population and economic complexity are reasons for the growth of the federal bureaucracy over time.

21

The cabinet is a group of department heads (secretaries) who advise the president and manage the major executive departments of the federal government.

22

The Federal Register is the official daily publication of the U.S. government that contains proposed rules, final rules, public notices, and executive orders.

23

Max Weber described bureaucracies as highly structured organizations with clear rules, a division of labor, hierarchy of authority, and impersonal relationships, designed to operate efficiently.

24

The spoils system is used for merit-based hiring and promotion.

25

Privatization means transferring government functions or services to private companies to improve efficiency or reduce costs, which is always avoided by government.

26

Hierarchy of authority refers to the chain of command in which authority flows from top officials downward, ensuring accountability and organization.

27

The Pendleton Civil Service Act established a merit-based system for federal employment.

28

Regulations or administrative rules guide the operation of government programs.

29

The roles and responsibilities for each federal agency within the federal bureaucracy are defined in enabling legislation or organic statute.

30

The cabinet's purpose is to directly privatize major executive departments without advising the president.

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