The federal bureaucracy implements federal policies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
Explain how the bureaucracy carries out the responsibilities of the federal government.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE:
Tasks performed by departments, agencies, commissions, and government corporations are represented by:
Writing and enforcing regulations
Issuing fines
Testifying before Congress
Issue networks and “iron triangles”
Political patronage, civil service, and merit system reforms all impact the effectiveness of the bureaucracy by promoting professionalism, specialization, and neutrality.
Activity # 1:
If the legislature was to make a law that made government responsible for overseeing internet service and social media as "guaranteed public services and utilities" (like electricity, water, gas, telephone, etc.), which one of the 15 executive departments would likely be assigned the agency to oversee their regulation? Explain why you chose that department.
- Attorney General: William Barr
- Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue
- Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
- Secretary of Defense: Mark Esper
- Secretary of Education: Elisabeth Prince DeVos
- Secretary of Energy: James Richard Perry
- Secretary of Health and Human Services: Alex Azar
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.
- Secretary of the Interior: David Bernhardt
- Secretary of Labor: Eugene Scalia
- Secretary of State: Mike Pompeo
- Secretary of Transportation: Elaine L. Chao
- Secretary of the Treasury: Steven T. Mnuchin
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Robert Wilkie
- Secretary of Homeland Security: Vacant
Activity # 2:
TIP-C - In your Notebook
Activity # 3:
Ed Puzzle - Federal Bureaucracy
Activity # 4:
Video Game - Executive Command
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