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The Bureaucracy
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Institutes and coordinates national transportation programs.
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of the Transportation
Dept. of Energy
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Responsible for the interests of military veterans and operating veteran's hospitals.
Dept. of State
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of Veteran's Affairs
Dept. of Interior
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Formulates military policies and maintaining American military forces.
Dept. of Justice
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of State
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Administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare.
Dept. Transportation
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Dept. of Interior
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Responsible for maintaining a national energy policy for the US.
Dept. Transportation
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of Energy
Dept. of Labor
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Provides services to farmers.
Dept. of Agriculture
Dept. of State
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of Interior
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A government organization that operates as a business and charges for its services.
Regulatory Agencies
Iron Triangles
Independent Agencies
Government Corporations
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Responsible for assigning broadcast frequencies and licensing for radio and TV.
The Fed
SEC
FCC
FDA
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Alliances between an industry and its lobbyists, a congressional committee and a gov't agency.
Independent Agencies
Iron Triangles
Regulatory Agencies
Government Corporations
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Charged with conservation of natural resources and management of federal lands
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of State
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Protects investors by regulating the stock markets.
FTC
SEC
Merit Systems Protection Board
The Fed
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Responsible for preventing price fixing in electric utilities, oil and natural gas.
SEC
FERC
FTC
The Fed
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Responsible for enforcing federal laws.
Dept. of State
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of Justice
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Administers all federal programs dealing with education.
Dept. of Justice
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Education
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Regulates banks, sets value and supply of money, and interest rates.
SEC
FTC
The Fed
FERC
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Promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade.
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of Agriculture
Dept. of State
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Responsible for ensuring workers are employed in a safe work environment.
Merit Systems Protection Board
OSHA
OPM
The Fed
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Manages nation's coining and printing of money; collects taxes and pays nation's debt.
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of State
Dept. of the Treasury
Dept. of Commerce
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Responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the US.
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of the Treasury
Dept. of Labor
Dept. of Interior
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Executive agencies responsible for enforcing laws pertaining to a certain industry.
Iron Triangles
Independent Agencies
Government Corporations
Regulatory Agencies
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Administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal
Dept. of Interior
Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
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The bureaucracy's employment agency.
The Fed
OPM
OSHA
Merit Systems Protection Board
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Plans and carries out the nation's foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
Dept. of State
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of Homeland Security
Dept. of Interior
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System of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle rather than political affiliation.
Spoils System
Patronage
Civil Service
Partisanship
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Investigates corruption and incompetence in government agencies; protects whistle blowers.
OPM
The Fed
OSHA
Merit Systems Protection Board
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When issues affect many groups, both pro and con; far more complicated than iron triangles.
Alliance/Issue Networks
Regulatory Agencies
Government Corporations
Independent Agencies
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Established to protect human health and the environment; monitors air and water pollution.
EEOC
FDA
EPA
OSHA
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Inspects food supply and regulates the sale of over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
FTC
The Fed
SEC
FDA
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One who works for a department or agency of the federal government; civil servant.
G-man
Federalist
Congressman
Bureaucrat
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Responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace.
EEOC
EPA
FDA
OSHA
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Coordinates national efforts against terrorism.
Dept. of Defense
Dept. of Justice
Dept. of State
Dept. of Homeland Security
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Responsible for preventing fraud in the marketplace such as deceptive advertising.
FTC
SEC
FERC
The Fed
