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Government at Work: The Bureaucracy. Executive Departments and Independent Agencies & Civil Service. Independent executive agencies, regulatory commission and gov’t. corporations. Pendleton Act 1883. Financing Government. Nontax Revenues & Borrowing. Power to tax Limitations Current Taxes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Government at Work: The Bureaucracy
Executive Departments and Independent Agencies & Civil Service
O Independent executive agencies, regulatory commission and gov’t. corporations.
O Pendleton Act 1883
Financing GovernmentWhere the $ comes form:
TaxesNontax Revenues
& Borrowing
O Power to taxO Limitations
O Current TaxesO Income, progressive,
corporation, social insurance, payroll, regressive, excise, gift & custom duty
O Nonrevenue Purposes
O Interest on loansO Congress can
borrow
Spending & BudgetO Entitlement
programsO Defense – 2nd
O Office of Management and BudgetO Congress passes
bills dealing with the spending
O Bills to continue departments
Foreign Policy & Nat’l DefenseForeign & Defense
PolicyDept. of State &
Defense
O Isolationism to Internationalism
O Foreign Policy – O President’s
Responsibilities
O Right of legationO Ambassadors – O Diplomatic Immunity – O Defense Department
O Civil ControlO Secretary of DefenseO Chief Civilian AidesO Chief Military AidesO Departments – O CIA, USIA, NASA, ACDA,
Selective Service
History of Foreign Policy
O Foreign Aid – O Security Through
AlliancesO United Nations
O Charter – membership, organization
O General AssemblyO Security councilO Economic & Social
Council, Trusteeship, International Court of Justice & Secretariat
IsolationistChina
WWI & WWIIUN
Cold War
Pick one essay from each chapter.
1.(17) What is the UN and what are three major departments within the UN. Be sure to include their functions.2. (17) Give me a summarized history of the US Foreign Policy.3. (17)Describe the Foreign/Defense Policy Agencies and what functions each one serves.4. (16) Describe how the government gets their money to fund all of its departments and agencies. Be sure to include where most of the money is spent and on what.
More Questions to choose from.
O 5. (16)What is nontax revenues and why does congress borrow money. Explain why you think that this is or is not a problem.
O 6. (16) What does the Federal government spend its money one? Explain how the budget is decided on in the government.
O 7. (15) What is the Federal Bureaucracy and what are some of the departments and Independent agencies involved? Explain your limitations if you work for the federal government.
