Lesson 3.4 by Kendra Luppino https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6 Chapter 11.3-11.4 en-us 2017-12-11 01:44:15 UTC 2017-12-11 23:49:02 UTC hello@padlet.com The Spoils System kendra_luppino https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/214881552 The practice of victorious politicians rewarding their supporters with government jobs]]> 2017-12-11 02:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/214881552 Calls for Reform kendra_luppino https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/214881635
  • People using their jobs for personal gain led to corruption
  • People made large profits from government contracts
  • Calls for reform began in the 1850s
    • Reform was set in motion after the murder of Andrew Garfield
  • The Pendleton Act
    • People without close political ties to the government were given responsibility for running the functions of executing and enforcing laws
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  • Federal job openings have around 80 applicants
  • The Office of Personnel Management fills federal job openings
  • Most secretarial and clerical jobs require a written exam
  • Government jobs offer many benefits
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  • All civil service workers have job security
  • Whistleblowers are federal employees who report corruption or wrongdoing by the government
  • Executive branch employees can join unions
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  • Hatch Act
    • prevents federal workers from participating in election campaigns
    • was revised in 1993; the amended law prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities during work hours
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  • Each cabinet has liaison officers
    • Liaison officers keep track of bills moving through Congress
  • Ideas for new laws very often come from with the bureaucracy
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  • Federal bureaucrats carry out the policies Congress creates and the president signs
  • The bureaucracy shapes the actual meaning of a law
    • Forms rules and regulations to carry out each law
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  • Executive agencies seek input from stakeholders 
    • Stakeholders are private citizens and others who will be affected by potential new/changing rules and regulations
  • Before new rules are put into effect, agencies publish drafts of new rules so citizens can see and comment on them
    • ]]>     2017-12-11 23:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/215251010     The Influence of Interest Groups kendra_luppino https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/215251400 Interest groups use many strategies to encourage their members to give their input on rules that may affect them]]> 2017-12-11 23:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/215251400 Checks and Balances on the Bureaucracy kendra_luppino https://padlet.com/kendra_luppino/cgqerh1ix7i6/wish/215251470
  • Citizens and take their grievances to federal court
    • They can ask the court to issue an order to stop an action, rule, or regulation
  • Lawmakers can pass laws to alter rules a federal agency establishes
  • Lawmakers can hold certain agencies more responsible for what they do
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  • Population growth
  • Industrial and Technological Advances
    • American citizens live in a more urban, industrialized, technologically advanced society than previous years
  • Growing the Global Economy
  • Threats to National Security
    • After WW2 and the Cold War, bureaucracy quickly expanded within the country
  • Economic Crises
    • The amount of federal workers nearly doubled during the Great Depression
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  • Reduce the amount of government employees
  • Cut/freeze government employees' pay or require them to take unpaid days off (furlough)
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