Government 12 (updated)

Cabinet Agency:  Federal Student Aid

Yearly Congressional approval of budgets: setting aside money for a specific purpose

An informal advisory body brought together by the president to serve his needs

Which type of independent government agency is run like a business?

Department of Justice

Cabinet Agencies: National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Secretary of Treasury?

Process of examining a department's compliance with the law & crutinizing its budget requests

Cabinet agencies:  IRS 

Cabinet:  Protects the integrity of U.S. financial system; Manages gov. finances and resources

USPS is an example of what type of independent agency?

Cabinet:  collects taxes, borrows money, mints coins, and prints bills

Which of the following is not a check/restriction against the bureaucracy?

Cabinet:  Create strong communities, affordable homes to buy or rent free from discrimination  

EOP that gives the President a security briefing everyday?

The act of committing or entrusting a task or power to another

Cabinet:  fast, safe, efficient, accessible & convenient transportation system

Which of the following is not part of the EOP?

Cabinet:  provides benefits, pensions, & medical programs for those who have served 

Cabinet:  Protects America's natural resources/heritage, honors our cultures/tribal communities

The quality of one's work; standard for employment

Cabinet: aids wage earners, job seekers, retirees; improves working conditions, benefits/rights

Press Secretary to President Trump

Cabinet:  Maintains military cemeteries

Administrative System staffed by mostly non-elected officials; implement and oversee gov dept.

Which office can audit a federal agency's finances and request a public hearing?

Bureaucratic paperwork needed to satisfy political and legal requirements

Which act gave everyday citizens access to information that had been previously withheld?

Cabinet:  Highest priority is to protect Americas from the threat of terrorism.

Oversees staff salaries and budgets, positions, privileges, parking, and passes

Cabinet: Protect health/well-being by advancing medicine, public health & social services

Largest government agency; provide military forces to deter war & protect our country

Department of Transportation

Department of Interior

Attorney General?

Cabinet Agencies:  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Cabinet:  issues passports, visas and travel warnings.

Cabinet:  Shape and sustain peaceful and prosperous world; permanent seat on the U.N.

Official spokesman for the administration

Cabinet: Addressing energy, environmental & nuclear challenges

Which type of law has been passed by the legislative branch of government?

What bureaucracy benefit defines standards to help with turnover of employees?

Coordinates all messages coming from the White House; accurately reflecting the POTUS position

Cabinet: distributes and monitors financial aid; collects data and research on American schools

The FCC & the CPSC are examples of what type of independent agency?

Cabinet:  Nation's energy system, develop clean energy technologies, enhance nuclear security

Cabinet:  aviation, roads and bridges, trucks, railroads, public transit, maritime, pipelines

What bureaucratic benefit increases speed by limiting conflicts over who has the authority?

Secretary of Defense?

White House Chief of Staff?

One who carries out the administrative tasks of government.

Cabinet:  farming, land protection and food safety

Which type of law are regulations drawn up by government bureaucracy; has the force of law?

Cabinet positions are nominated by the President and confirmed by whom?

Cabinet Agencies:  Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, HIPAA

What does the bureaucratic feature of job specialization promote?

Cabinet Agency:  U.S. Coast Guard, Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

Which of the following is a problem with the Bureacracy?

Cabinet created after 9/11 by George Bush?

What is the head of 14 cabinet departments called?

Cabinet responsible for Obama Care?

EOP prepares annual budget, evaluates budget requests, exercises control over leg. program?

Cabinet Agency:  Office of Science and Energy, Nuclear Security Adminstration

Cabinet Agencies:  Federal Aviation Administration

Vague, sprawling language to describe something simple

Cabinet: prevent/control crime; fair/impartial exercise of justice; punish unlawful behavior 

Cabinet:  Creates conditions for economic growth/opportunity; helps facilitate global trading

Counsel to the president?

Cabinet Agencies:  FBI, DEA, and ATF

Who created the EOP?

Cabinet Agency:  Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. Census Bureau

What is considered America's fourth branch of government?

The civilian branch of a bureaucracy that carries out the administrative tasks of government

Department of Homeland Security

EOP that is a policymaking group over security and intelligence matters?

Who is the Secretary of State?

Cabinet Agency: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service

Established the Civil Service Commission and abolished the old spoils system

Which of the following is not an independent agency?

How many cabinet departments does the President have?

Which of the following is not an achievement of the federal bureaucracy?

Department of Health and Human Services

Which act required federal agencies to hold well-announced public hearings?

Cabinet Agency:  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 

Cabinet Agency:  Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, FHA

Advises the president, selects W.H. staff, manages people, info, and paperwork into Oval Office

Which cabinet used to be the Department of War?

Cabinet:  provide affordable child care, food safety, and immunizations

Cabinet Agency:  U.S. Mint

Cabinet: Identifies major issues in education, enforces federal laws prohibiting discrimination

Cabinet Agency:  Veteran's Health Adminstration

Cabinet:  prevent terrorism, manage borders, enforce immigration laws, secure cyberspace

Cabinet Agency:  Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Cabinet:  Promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness 

Which independent agencies are meant to impose/enforce regulations free of political influence?

Oval Office, office of the VP, and Roosevelt Room are all located

NASA is an example of what type of independent agency?

Oversees the office of executive clerk, records management, and correspondence

Cabinet:  Enforce the law and defend interests of U.S. according to the law

Cabinet:  establishes minimum wage