1. Bureaucracies as Implementers
The job of bureaucracies is:
to implement policy made by congress, president, and judicial pronouncements
Manage the routines of government (like delivering mail, collecting taxes, training troops)

2. Implementation includes:
Creation of a new agency or assignment of a new responsibility to an old agency
Translation of policy goals into rules of operation and guidelines
Coordinate resources and personnel to achieve the goals

3. Problems with Implementation
Program Design
Lack of Clarity
Lack of Resources
Administrative Routine
Administrators’ Dispositions
Fragmentation
Read the section in the text.
Overview of the problem
How does it impact implementation?
Interesting/specific examples?

4. Voting Rights Act of 1965 Implementation at its finest!
Targeted states in the deep south that were not allowing African American voters to register and vote
Justice Department given the task
Dispatched registrars to southern states, some with US marshals
Within 7 ½ months 300,000 new AA voters

5. Presidents try to control the bureaucracy:
Appoint the right people to head the agency
Issue orders
Alter an agency’s budget
Reorganize an agency

6. Congress tries to control the bureaucracy
Influence the appointment of agency heads
Alter an agency’s budget
Hold hearings
Rewrite the legislation or make it more detailed

7. Iron Triangles Pg 500 graphic
Relationship between interest group who wants the policy, the congressional committee voting on the policy, and the bureaucratic agencies charged with carrying out the policy

8. LO 15.5 To Learning Objectives Figure 15.4 Iron Triangles: One Example
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9. Chapter Test
Answer questions 1-10, identify the page number that the answer is found on