The Bureaucracy

This lesson is on the federal bureaucracy, the government at work.  The following topics are covered in the video lesson: What is a bureaucracy? What are the major elements of the federal bureaucracy? How are groups within the federal bureaucracy named? What is the difference between a staff agency and a line agency? What is the Executive Office of the President? What are the duties of the White House Office and the National Security Council? What are the additional agencies in the Executive Office of the President that assist the President? What are the origins of the executive departments, and how did they develop? How are members of the Cabinet chosen? What role does the Cabinet play in the President’s decisions? Why does the government create independent agencies?
What are the characteristics of independent executive agencies and independent regulatory commissions? How are government corporations structured? What are iron triangles? How did the civil service develop? What are the characteristics of the current civil service? What restrictions are placed on the political activity of members of the civil service?

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