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AP GOV BUREAUCRACY UNIT NOTES

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Unit IV: The Bureaucracy Unit IV: The Bureaucracy Overview Definition a large complex organization composed of appointed officials (authority divided, no one person makes decisions) Structure/Types of Bureaucracy in Fed. Government Once structured as an iron triangle (agency, committee, and IG) but recently more of a switch to issue network (IG, congressional staff, universities and think-tanks) Executive office of the president Cabinet Ex. structure of Secretary of Defense Department Secretary of Defense on top, delegates power to people below him, who delegate to people below them, thus many mini triangles of power Independent agencies (NASA, FEMA-demoted to Homeland Security Department but then moved back to independent agency after Hurricane Katrina)

Ap gov chapter 2/3 notes/review

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Final Review #2 Chapter 5 (24) Civil liberties- personal rights and freedoms that the federal gov cannot abridge by law, constitution, or judicial interpretation. Bill of rights- the first 10 amendments to the U.S constitution. 9th Amendment- Rights not included in the constitution are provided to the people.

The presidency and bureacracy

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Document 13.1 The Presidency and the Bureaucracy INTRO EXECUTIVE BRANCH-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I. The Federal Administrative System of the Executive Branch: Executing the laws A. Introduction Federal departments and agencies are traditionally referred to as the ?bureaucracy? To a lot of people, the word ?bureaucracy? has a negative meaning and is used to describe an inefficient organization clogged with red tape and staffed with security-conscious employees who care little about helping people B. How the Federal Administrative System is Organized Federal employees work for departments and agencies, which are classified into 4 broad categories: a. Departments-tend to be the largest and have broadest missions

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Document 13.1 The Presidency and the Bureaucracy INTRO EXECUTIVE BRANCH-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I. The Federal Administrative System of the Executive Branch: Executing the laws A. Introduction Federal departments and agencies are traditionally referred to as the ?bureaucracy? To a lot of people, the word ?bureaucracy? has a negative meaning and is used to describe an inefficient organization clogged with red tape and staffed with security-conscious employees who care little about helping people B. How the Federal Administrative System is Organized Federal employees work for departments and agencies, which are classified into 4 broad categories: a. Departments-tend to be the largest and have broadest missions

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Document 13.1 The Presidency and the Bureaucracy INTRO EXECUTIVE BRANCH-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I. The Federal Administrative System of the Executive Branch: Executing the laws A. Introduction Federal departments and agencies are traditionally referred to as the ?bureaucracy? To a lot of people, the word ?bureaucracy? has a negative meaning and is used to describe an inefficient organization clogged with red tape and staffed with security-conscious employees who care little about helping people B. How the Federal Administrative System is Organized Federal employees work for departments and agencies, which are classified into 4 broad categories: a. Departments-tend to be the largest and have broadest missions

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Document 13.1 The Presidency and the Bureaucracy INTRO EXECUTIVE BRANCH-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I. The Federal Administrative System of the Executive Branch: Executing the laws A. Introduction Federal departments and agencies are traditionally referred to as the ?bureaucracy? To a lot of people, the word ?bureaucracy? has a negative meaning and is used to describe an inefficient organization clogged with red tape and staffed with security-conscious employees who care little about helping people B. How the Federal Administrative System is Organized Federal employees work for departments and agencies, which are classified into 4 broad categories: a. Departments-tend to be the largest and have broadest missions

Congress, House, Senate, Presidency vocab

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28. Independent Counsel law A special prosecutor, which could be used by Congress or the Attorney General to investigate individuals holding or formerly holding certain high positions in the federal government and in national Presidential election campaign organizations. 29. Lame duck a person still in office after he or she has lost a bid for reelection 30. Presidential Succession Act of 1947 law specifying the order of presidential succession following the Vice president 31. 12th Amendment Required presidential electors to vote separately for president and vice president 32. 22nd Amendment states the # of terms a president shall hold office, two 4 year terms 33.

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