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Chapter 11 example #44686

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Which of the following best describes the growth of the federal system service in the past 35 years?
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Little growth to slight decline
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What task must bureaucrats perform if Congress charges them with enforcing a law through detailed directions
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Implementation
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The Civil Service Act of 1883 mandated that appointees to public office
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Be qualified for the job to which they are appointed
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Which of the following is an example of a governmnet corporation
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United States Postal Service
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A stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee is called
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An iron triangle
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Americans refer to government policy about banks, credit and currency as
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Regulatory policy
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Which of the following is an example of a revenue agency?
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the OMB
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Which of the following was not a provision of the original USA Patriot Act passed in 2001
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Allowing the federal government to detain suspected criminals who may be undocumented immigrants
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The State Department's primary mission is
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Engaging in diplomacy
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Which of the following is true regarding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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The range of information deemed sensitive has been greatly expanded since the year 2000
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Which president instituted the bureaucratic reform of the National Performance Review?
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Bill Clinton
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The concept of oversight refers to the effort made by
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Congress to make executive agencies accountable for their actions.
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Merit System
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A product of civil service reform, in which appointees to positions in public bureacracioes must be deemed qualified for those positions
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Oversight
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The effort by Congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the acitivites of executive agencies
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Privatization
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The transfer of all or part of a program from the public sector to private sector
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Regulatory Agency
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A department bureau, or independent agency whose primary mission is to impose limits, restrictions, or other obligations on the conduct of individuals or companies in the private sector
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Revenue Agency
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An agency responsible for collecting taxes