chapter 11.3-4 by Kelly May https://padlet.com/kelly_may2/7pnpjr6omh3k sections 3 and 4 en-us 2017-10-03 00:55:50 UTC 2017-11-02 21:35:08 UTC hello@padlet.com The Spoils System kelly_may2 https://padlet.com/kelly_may2/7pnpjr6omh3k/wish/202928860
  • the term spoils system refers to the practice of victorious politicians rewarding their supporters with government jobs
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  • Corruption developed as people used their jobs for personal gain.
  •  Jobs were often bought and sold, and people made large profits from government contracts. 
  • Calls for reform began in the 1850s 
  • Murder of Andrew Garfield set reform in motion.
  • The Pendleton Act puts most of the responsibility for running the day-to-day functions of executing and enforcing laws in the hands of people without close political ties to the government or department secretaries. 

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  • Federal job openings have about 80 applicants. 
  • The Office of Personnel Management is responsible for filling federal jobs. 
  • Most secretarial and clerical jobs require the applicant to take a written examination. 
  • Government jobs are attractive because of the many benefits they offer. 

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  • All civil service workers have job security. 
  • According to law, most executive branch employees of the federal government can join unions but may not be forced to do so. 
  • Federal employees who report corruption or wrongdoing by the government are known as whistleblowers, because they call attention to misconduct. 


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  • Congress passed the Hatch Act, which prevents federal workers from participating in election campaigns.
  • Opponents argue that the law violates freedom of speech for federal workers. 
  • Supporters of the Hatch Act believe it is needed to keep the federal civil service politically neutral. 
  • In 1993 Congress revised the Hatch Act to address criticisms. The amended law prohibits federal workers from engaging in political activities during work hours, including wearing a campaign button. 
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  • Each cabinet department has liaison officers.
  • Liaison officers keep track of bills moving through Congress. 
  • Often, the ideas for new laws come from within the bureaucracy. 
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  • In the simplest terms, federal bureaucrats carry out the policies the Congress makes and the president signs. 
  • The bureaucracy shapes what the law actually means. 
  • The bureaucracy formulates many rules or regulations to carry out each law. 
  • Rules made by federal agencies have the force and effect of law. 
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  • Executive agencies seek input from private citizens and others who will be affected by potential rules and regulation called stakeholders. 
  • When agencies draft new rules, they must publish drafts of those rules and allow the public to see and comment on them before they go into effect.

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  • Interest groups use various strategies to encourage their members to weigh in on rules that might affect them. 
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  • When citizens are not satisfied they can take their case to court.
  • They may ask a federal court to issue an order that will stop an action or enforce a rule or regulation. 
  •  Lawmakers can pass laws to alter the rules or regulations a federal agency establishes.
  • They can hold agencies more accountable for what they do.
  • Lawmakers can use these reports to make sure the executive branch is carrying out laws as they were expected to do. 
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  • Population Growth 
  • Industrial and Technological Advances- Americans live in a much more urban, industrial, and technological society than we used to.
  • Growing Global Economy 
  • Threats to National Security Bureaucracy expanded rapidly after World War II and throughout the Cold War. 
  • Economic Crises During the Great Depression the number of federal workers nearly doubled.
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  • One way to reduce the size of government is to reduce the number of government employees. 
  • Another is to cut or freeze their pay, or to require them to take unpaid days off, called furlough. 

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