How has the Government Accountability Office's role changed?Multiple ChoiceIt has acquired wide judicial and adjudication powers to deal with inter-agency disputes.It has changed from a presidential-executive support agency to largely a congressional support agency.It has been given broader powers over time to actually grant additional funds or take away funds directly from agencies.It has its broad powers limited from general oversight down to keeping track of agency spending.

What did Congress do in 1995 to reduce overregulation?Multiple ChoiceIt passed the Airlines Deregulation Act, which eliminated government-set airfares and the requirement that airlines provide service to smaller-sized cities.It enacted legislation that prohibits administrators in some instances from issuing a regulation unless they can show that its benefits outweigh its costs.It cut the budget of the Food and Drug Administration.It restricted the president's ability to directly request administrative regulations from agency heads.It cut funding for regulatory agencies like the EPA and Securities and Exchange Commission.

Regulatory agencies haveGroup of answer choicesadministrative, legislative, and judicial functions.legislative and executive functions, but no judicial functions.adjudicative and law enforcement functions.multilateral, law enforcement, and executive functions.none of the above.

Having three branches of government helps to create a system of:Multiple Choicechecks and balancesunlimited executive powerdirect democracy judicial rulesocial contract

Multiple Choice QuestionRegulatory capture occurs when a president hires someone who is antagonistic to an agency's mission as the head of that agency, with the intent to Blank______.Multiple choice question.strengthen environmental regulationsweaken private interests (over public interests)dramatically change U.S. policy

As distinct from the patronage system, the merit system for managing the bureaucracyMultiple Choiceprovides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy, thus giving it greater coordination and direction.allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies, thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes.provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees, thus ensuring neutral work.All these answers are correct.provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding.