Bureaucracy & Relations with Other Institutions

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Executive Branch (Presidency & Bureaucracy) Quiz: Tuesday, December 10th
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READING: 409-440 in Edwards

UNIT TWO IDENTIFICATION TERMS

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Today's Essential Question: What is the relationship of the bureaucracy to other institutions and how can its power be kept in check?

Learning Standards:
PMI-2.D: Explain how the president ensures that executive branch agencies and departments carry out their responsibilities in concert with the goals of the administration
PMI-2.D.1: Presidential ideology, authority, and influence affect how executive branch agencies carry out the goals of the administration.
PMI-2.C: Explain how Congress uses its oversight power in its relationship with the executive branch.
PMI-2.E: Explain the extent to which governmental branches can hold the bureaucracy accountable given the competing interests of Congress, the president, and the federal courts.
PMI-2.C.1: Oversight and methods used by Congress to ensure that legislation is implemented as intended are represented by:

• Committee hearings 
• Power of the purse 

PMI-2.C.2: As a means to curtail the use of presidential power, congressional oversight serves as a check of executive authorization and appropriation.
PMI-2.D.2: Compliance monitoring can pose a challenge to policy implementation.
PMI-2.E.1: Formal and informal powers of Congress, the president, and the courts over the bureaucracy are used to maintain its accountability.

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Bureaucracy & Relations with Other Institutions

The size and power of the bureaucracy has grown immensely over the last century and many contend that it wields a disproportionate amount of influence in our governmental system. Today, we will look at the concerns about the bureaucracy, its interactions with other branches, and what checks are imposed on the bureaucracy by the other branches.

First, read this article, The Rise of the Fourth Branch of Government

What is the author's main argument? What supporting evidence does he have? What can be done to address the problem? As you read, either annotate the GoogleDoc (make a copy) or jot down information in your notes.

 







Link to Bureaucracy Video