In the meantime years later the department was divided into separate commerce and labor departments (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Not to mention the biggest bureaucracy growth took place in the 1930s under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which included creations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Also, the Social Security Administration (SSA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and numerous other federal agencies were being added as well (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). However, three decades later Lyndon Johnsons Great Society initiatives lead to the creation of further federal agencies. The agencies that were included was the Department of Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Further, in the twenty first century the U.S. federal bureaucracy has about two point five million workers who are in charge of administering thousands of programs. Additionally, the federal bureaucracy has a wide range of functions such as delivering mail, social security, national forest functions, maintaining the country’s defense systems and foodstuffs for school lunch programs (Patterson, 2013, p. 334). Moreover, one agency of the U.S. federal bureaucracy handles all issues that involve the veteran affairs, agriculture (Patterson, 2013, p. 334). Finally, most civil servants are employed through the government’s Merit System (Patterson,
In the meantime years later the department was divided into separate commerce and labor departments (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Not to mention the biggest bureaucracy growth took place in the 1930s under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which included creations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Also, the Social Security Administration (SSA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and numerous other federal agencies were being added as well (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). However, three decades later Lyndon Johnsons Great Society initiatives lead to the creation of further federal agencies. The agencies that were included was the Department of Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (Patterson, 2013, p. 333). Further, in the twenty first century the U.S. federal bureaucracy has about two point five million workers who are in charge of administering thousands of programs. Additionally, the federal bureaucracy has a wide range of functions such as delivering mail, social security, national forest functions, maintaining the country’s defense systems and foodstuffs for school lunch programs (Patterson, 2013, p. 334). Moreover, one agency of the U.S. federal bureaucracy handles all issues that involve the veteran affairs, agriculture (Patterson, 2013, p. 334). Finally, most civil servants are employed through the government’s Merit System (Patterson,