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19 Cards in this Set
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1974 Safe Water Drinking Act
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authorized EPA to set purity standards
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definition of bureaucracy
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organizations w. a hierarchical structure and specific responsibilities which operate on management principles intended to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
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4 types of organizational entities of bureaucracy
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1. departments
2. independent agencies 3. independent regulatory commissions 4. gov. corporations |
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New Deal
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FDR 1933-1938 farm programs, bank holiday, social security, alphabet agencies
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Great Society
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LBJ civil rights, war on poverty, medicare/medicaid, endowments for the arts
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agencies in the new Dept. of Homeland Security
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FEMA
immigration and naturalization service coast guard secret service |
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Joan claybrook
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advocates and lobbies for safety regulations
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problems w. no child left behind act of 2002
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poor implementation and failure to provide appropriate guidelines
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problems w. TSA of 2001
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theft and poorly conducted background checks
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the iron triangle
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congress members, interest groups, bureaucratic leaders and experts
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regulations
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agency-created law that govern the topics under the agency's jurisdiction
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quasi-judicial processes
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hearing processes (formal or informal) in which bureaucracy affects policy
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oversight and accountability
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all 3 branches of government can check and balance the bureaucracy
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max weber's modern state
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standardized procedure, formal division of responsibility, hierarchy and impersonal relationships
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problems w. bureaucracy after hurricane katrina
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overlapping levels of jurisdiction, agency leaders selected politically not based on ability
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departments
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largest organizations w. most broad missions
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gov. corporations are like ___
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businesses
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independent agencies
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deal w. specific problems
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independent regulatory commissions
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most influential, deal w. oversight
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