1. Bureaucracy

2. Five Function of Bureaucrats Implement the law Provide expertise Provide research and information to the President and other executive officials Provide research and information to Congress Quasi-judicial powers and responsibilities

3. Weberian Model of Bureaucracy Bureaucracies as rational, hierarchical organizations in which power flows from the top downward Decisions are based on logical reasoning and data analysis. Division of labor Chain of command Formal rules Apolitical (neutral decision making) Advancement based upon merit Bureaucrats are salaried by superior institutions

4. Views of Bureaucracy Acquisitive Monopolisitic Bureaucratic Politics (G. Allison)

5. Decision Making

6. Types of bureaucratic structures Cabinet departments Independent executive agencies Independent regulatory agencies Government corporations

7. US Govt Org Chart

8. Employees Political appointees Civil service –Elites –Patronage –Merit System

10. Legislation Enabling Sunshine Sunset

11. Constraints on bureaucracy Congress President Judiciary