If Congress wants to create an agency with independent, bipartisan leadership, it will likely: A. Locate the agency within the Executive Branch. B. Refrain from exercising its oversight powers on the agency. C. Allow the president to decide how the agency should be organized. D. Install a multi-person board at the head of the agency. E. Provide for the election, rather than the appointment, of the agency's leadership.

What is an acceptable reason for a new federal bureaucratic organization to be created as an independent executive agency?A.Congress hopes to use the organization as part of the patronage system.B.Its activities must be carried out in secret to protect national security.C.None of the cabinet agencies deal with the issues it addresses.D.The president wants to directly control its leaders and policies.

The president would like to create a new organization within the executive branch to monitor and regulate businesses that sell products over the Internet. However, Congress will not approve a new organization that will be strongly influenced by the president.What type of bureaucratic organization should be created to address the problem described in the passage?A.An executive departmentB.An independent regulatory commissionC.A government corporationD.An Executive Office of the President agencySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What are independent executive agencies?A.Specialized agencies that regulate the economy and are not directly controlled by the presidentB.The major departments of the executive branch that are led by the president's cabinetC.Informal advisory groups assembled by the president to serve his or her needsD.Agencies with specialized functions that are controlled by the president but exist outside of the major departments

The administrative concept of neutral competence holds that the bureaucracy shouldMultiple Choicestay out of conflicts between Congress and the president.be staffed by people chosen on the basis of ability and do its work fairly on behalf of all citizens.be staffed by partisan presidents.not allow in-fighting between agencies.be structured on the basis of the principles of specialization, hierarchy, and formal rules.

How do independent regulatory agencies influence the U.S. government?A.They make it easier for a single political party to control U.S. economic policy.B.They independently create and enforce policies to monitor the economy.C.They evaluate economic laws passed by Congress to determine their likely effects.D.They allow the president to directly regulate most aspects of the economy.