1. The Executive Branch
The Bureaucracy

2. The Bureaucracy What is it? bureaucracy is government administration
managed by departments
staffed with nonelected officials
doing the day to day work of the executive branch
as directed by the president.

3. The Bureaucracy Purpose Provide services to the public
Day to day work of carrying out laws and policies
Part of the executive branch
Inspecting and policing
Guarding the nation (military)
Provide services to the public
Welfare applications
Passports
Postal Service

4. The Bureaucracy Pyramid of Power Structure The President
Cabinet Departments
15 Cabinet Level Executive Departments
Independent Agencies
Like mini executive departments
NASA, FCC etc.
Regulatory Agencies
Watches over areas of social concern
FDA. EPA, FEMA, ATF etc.
Government Corporations
Run like a business but owned by gov’t.
Post Office, AMTRAK

5. The Bureaucracy Secretaries Lead the various departments Appointed
Political
Not necessarily
experts

6. The Bureaucracy Workers/Bureaucrats Not elected!
Life time work (often)
Hired for knowledge
Become more and more expert over time
Can “choose” what gets passed up the ladder fastest

7. The Bureaucracy Growth of Bureaucracy
More expectations from government
Easier to create a new agency than to reform an old one

8. The Bureaucracy Complaints Red Tape Seemingly endless Tends to RULES
REGULATIONS
PAPERWORK
Tends to
FRUSTRATE people
IMPEDE progress
SLOW DOWN progress
STOP progress

9. The Bureaucracy Complaints Wasteful Too many agencies Too many people
Overlapping work
Outdated agencies
Worthless agencies
Too many people
Too much red tape