Deck 2: The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment

Question 1

How effective have the presidency, Congress, and the judiciary been in adapting to the growth of public administrative power? What new problems have their efforts created?

Answer 1

Not Answered

Question 2

What roles should political parties play vis- á v-is public administration in the United States?

Answer 2

Political parties in the United States should play a critical role in public administration by providing a platform for citizens to express their political beliefs and preferences. They should act as a bridge between the government and the public, representing the interests and concerns of their constituents. Furthermore, political parties should also be responsible for recruiting and supporting qualified individuals to serve in public administration roles, ensuring that government agencies are staffed with competent and capable individuals. Additionally, political parties should play a role in holding the government accountable for its actions and decisions, providing oversight and checks and balances to ensure that public administration is conducted in a transparent and ethical manner. Ultimately, political parties should aim to promote good governance and effective public administration for the benefit of the American people.

Question 3

Some policy mandates given to public administrators by legislatures are vague. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such mandates from the perspective of the public interest?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning political appointees to a large number of leadership positions in the executive branch? Address this question using the political, managerial, and legal perspectives to public administration.

Question 5

With the chapter in mind, answer the question, "Whose bureaucracy is this, anyway?"

Question 6

Explain how nonprofits extend the reach of the administrative state?

Question 7

The immense growth and expansion of government during the twentieth century is known as

A) the third-party government
B) the Civil Service Reform
C)the market-based solution
D)the rise of the administrative state

Question 8

The Administrative Procedure Act (1946) was passed to

A) give agencies greater access to judicial review
B) regulate agency rule making, adjudication, enforcement, and transparency
C)force agencies to establish advisory committees
D)none of the above

Question 9

James Q. Wilson points to regulatory activity as

A) a source of administrative growth in the United States
B) a source of administrative decline in the United States
C)having no relevance to public administration in the United Sates
D)having no relevance to politics in the United States

Question 10

Regulation best promotes the constitutional value of

A) liberty
B) equality
C)accountability
D)none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is the best example of an administrative "overhead" agency?

A) the Environmental Protection Agency
B) the Commission on Civil Rights
C)the Immigration and Naturalization Service
D)the General Services Administration

Question 12

Delegations of legislative authority are

A) always unconstitutional
B) never specific
C)reductions of executive power
D)none of the above

Question 13

The constitutional separation of powers

A) prevents the courts from influencing public administration
B) places Congress outside the realm of public administration
C)gives the President authority to create the national budget
D)none of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is a function of the Office of Management and Budget?

A) preparation of the federal budget
B) review of proposed rules of executive agencies and departments
C)advise agencies on good management practices
D)all of the above are OMB functions

Question 15

Some regulatory commissions are called independent because

A) they are not in the courts
B) they are part of the executive branch but not the legislature branch
C)they create their own legal missions
D)they are not clearly within either the legislative, executive, or judicial branches

Question 16

Public employee unions and contractors' associations are examples of

A) "iron triangles"
B) interest groups
C)congressional committees
D)none of the above

Question 17

The growth of the EOP in importance has clarified the role of the President vis- à- vis

A) the federal bureaucracy
B) Congress
C)the federal courts
D)none of the above

Question 18

In recent years the federal judiciary has held that

A) most public employees are absolutely liable for everything they do
B) public employees may be liable for exercising legislative vetoes
C)public employees are absolutely immune from civil suits
D)public employees have qualified immunity from civil suits

Question 19

Which is not part of the Executive Office of the President?

A) White House Office
B) Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
C)Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
D)National Security Council (NSC)

Question 20

"Public law litigation" most closely refers to

A) suits between public agencies
B) the flood of litigation that has developed in recent years
C)suits brought by lawyers who work for the government
D)suits involving the courts in public administration

Question 21

Interest groups assume that

A) public administration represents the national will
B) public administration promotes the national interest
C)public administration is involved in policy making
D)none of the above

Question 22

Organized interests can influence administrative policy making through

A) advisory committees
B) lobbying
C)negotiated rule making
D)all of the above

Question 23

Third-party government refers to

A) three branches of government
B) federalism
C)indirect public administration
D)the role of the courts in public administration

Question 24

President Reagan's political executives tended to have

A) similar ideologies
B) similar management styles
C)an exceptionally low level of success
D)all of the above

Question 25

The number of executive branch civilian employees in the federal government is about

A) 20 million
B) 6 million
C)3 million
D)1)2 million

Question 26

The best example of a "clientele" agency is

A) the Patent Office
B) the Post Office
C)the Treasury Department
D)the Department of Veterans Affairs

Question 27

Congressional casework refers to

A) mobilizing individual voters
B) drafting legislation
C)preparing cases for litigation
D)constituency service

Question 28

Congressional oversight is

A) the failure to pay attention to policy details
B) a check on public administrative activity
C)making sure that agencies follow presidential directives
D)assuring that federal agencies will have as much funding as they require

Question 29

To protect small or weak interests in the formulation of legislation or rules,

A) agencies may be required to seek the views of small entities
B) presidential executive orders may be issued to assess the impact on minority interests
C)legislative acts may be passed to assess the impact on social institutions
D)all of the above

Question 30

Which is not a strategy that Congress has used to deal with the burgeoning federal bureaucracy?

A) it has added thousands of new staff
B) it has strengthened its own administrative units
C)it has developed greater committee and subcommittee specialization
D)it has streamlined its own operations to improve responsiveness

Question 31

Which of following theories explain the emergence of nonprofits

A) market failure
B) government failure
C)voluntary sector failure
D)all of the above

Question 32

Which of the following are not attributes of a nonprofit

A) they enjoy a tax preferred status from the federal government
B) they can distribute some profits to shareholders
C)they are governed by Section 501 c of the Internal Revenue code
D)they are private organizations

Question 33

In Elrod v. Burns (1976), the Supreme Court held that

A) patronage dismissals, in some cases, were unconstitutional
B) congressional delegations violated the separation of powers
C)public assistance was not a privilege but a right
D)additional taxes needed to be levied to finance school desegregation efforts

Question 34

Congressional micromanagement of the federal bureaucracy furthers the administrative values of economy and efficiency.

Question 35

The number of staff in Congress today is greater than it was in 1946.

Question 36

The Constitution gives the President sole power over public administration, but in recent years Congress and the courts have encroached upon this power.

Question 37

The Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972) promotes the access of interest groups to federal administration.

Question 38

The New Public Management endorses the use of congressional "casework" because it promotes efficiency.

Question 39

The General Accounting Office is in the legislative branch of the federal government.

Question 40

"Remedial law" refers to a class that prepares lawyers to argue in the public interest before the Supreme Court.

Question 41

In recent years, agency rule making, adjudication, and policy initiatives have exceeded congressional legislation, judicial hearings, and presidential policy initiatives.

Question 42

The Government Performance and Results Act enabled the Congress to play a large role in determining what agencies' goals will be.

Question 43

Regulatory agencies are structured to emphasize values prescribed by the legal approach to public administration.

Question 44

"Pork barrel" legislation is a general term for the regulation of food products.

Question 45

The Office of Personnel Management is part of the Executive Office of the President.

Question 46

The Government Printing Office (GPO) is an example of an administrative "overhead" agency.

Question 47

The Sherman Act (1890) was passed to control the development of economic monopolies.

Question 48

The passage of the Hatch Acts in 1939 and 1940 signified the federal government's support for political patronage.

Question 49

The non-distribution constraint stipulates that nonprofits cannot distribute any profits to stakeholders.