US Government Chapter Review Outline
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Chapter number and title: Chapter 16 - Government at Work
Outline:
Executive office of the President
14 executive departments headed by secretaries make up the cabinet
Executive branch bureaucracy includes:
Most jobs are covered by the civil service
The Pendleton act of 1883 established the merit system to award jobs by examinations
GS ratings determine the pay that workers recieve
Hatch Acts restricts political activities
Three vocabulary terms and their definitions.
Term 1:"Cozy Triangle"- A network of close relationships between executive dept, congressional committees, and interest groups involving exchanges of information and political favors
Term 2: Deregulation- Reducing or removing the amount of government control in an industry
Term 3: Government Corporation- Government organization that combines both private anbd public organizations and that provides services that private industry is unwilling or unable to undertake
Short answer essay question (which can be answered in a 2-3 sentence paragraph).
Essay: How can a President overcome the
problem of too much work and too little time?
The President could delegate or tell his cabinet members to do
the work he doesn't have time to do. By delegation the President will ease up his
work load and have more time to work on major problems.
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