Ch 12 - Federal Bureaucracy - Class 3

3. How is the federal bureaucracy checked by other institutions?
 
4. What are common criticisms of the federal bureaucracy?

1. Blog: Policy Issues
• What did your classmates discover about their policy issues and the federal bureaucracy? 
2. Summarize: Criticisms (EQ #4)
• What are common criticisms (i.e. red tape)? 
• Case study: Beavers and the Dam
3. Case Study: Checks on Federal Bureaucracy (EQ #3)
• What are drones?
• Background: America's New Airforce (60 Minutes)
• What are the checks on the executive branch's use of drones?
• Drones: Tough Talk, Little Scrutiny (Politico)

Ch 12 - Federal Bureaucracy - Class 2

2. Why and how does the federal bureaucracy create rules?

3. How is the federal bureaucracy checked by other institutions?

1. Debrief: State of the Union
• What did we discuss on Twitter last night?
2. Analyze: Rules (EQ #2)
• Why do bureaucracies have administrative discretion? 
• How do bureaucracies engage in rule-making?
• Case study: Implementation of Affordable Care Act & Update
3. Analyze: Checks (EQ #3)
• What are the formal checks and the informal checks on the federal bureaucracy?
• Case Study: SEC
• Case study: House Financial Services Committee

Ch 12 - Federal Bureaucracy - Class 1

1. 1. What are the four different types of federal agencies?

1. 2. Why and how does the federal bureaucracy create rules?

1. Quiz: Ch 12 - Federal Bureaucracy
2. Summarize: Types (EQ #1)
• What distinguishes a cabinet department, an independent regulatory commission, an independent agency, and a government corporation?
• Cabinet Department: Department of Defense and Department of State (not iPad-accessible)
• Regulatory Commission: Federal Reserve (not iPad-accessible)
• Independent Agency: Environmental Protection Agency or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Government Corporation: Federal Deposit Insurance Commission