The Executive Branch

President = chief executive officer of executive branch

Overlooks and determines salaries for federal employees

Ovetime the control over beauracracies has…

Decreased

House committes are

Not the same as beauracracies

How can Congress interact with beauracracies?

Govt. officials can testify in front of congressional committees

Spoils system/Patronage system

Giving someone a job because they support you (started with Andrew Jackson)

Delegated discretionary authority

Executive branch’s (beauracracy’s) ability to write rules and regulations to implement public policy

Cpngress’s checks on beauracracies

-power of the purse = reducing funding for programs

-congressional oversight (hearings)

-confirming or approving presidential appointments

-create or abolish federal agencies

President’s checks on beauracracies

-apppint/fire secretaries and other appointed officials if they do/don’t promote their goals

-Issuing executive orders to shape the actions of beauracracy agencies

Appointments to the Executive Office of the President…

Don’t require Senate approval