The Federal Bureaucracy In The Federal Government

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The Federal Bureaucracy is comprised of nearly every department, committee, and agency that makes up the Federal Government. The function of the bureaucracy is to implement laws and policies, define the rules and regulations of how a law works, and institute examinations, permits and licenses. Congress makes the laws and policies in a broad manner and the bureaucrats flesh out the details and minutia of the intent of that law’s maker. The bureaucrats of the specific department etc. may be appointed officials, civil service employees or other federal employees. The persons are typically specialized in a specific field that relates to the committee’s duties and responsibilities and possess more knowledge than the lawmakers, which allows policies …show more content…

According to www.wiki.answers.com, the bureaucracy is part of the executive branch and has powers derived from that. It has no single power, per se, however, since it has various departments, each department has its own mission with various powers allocated to each by policy, convention or law designated and defined by the department function. The overall indication of power is by its duties and responsibilities to develop the laws and institute the requirement of licenses, permits, fees and exams. These “powers” are controlled by Congress and in a small part by the President. The President’s control is with the ability to remove any appointed officials to the bureaucracy. Congress has the most control over the bureaucracy’s power; the ultimate control being the power of the purse. Congress authorizes the funds and then appropriates the funds for all departments. If Congress is not satisfied with the department’s performance, …show more content…

The Federal Register is a daily newspaper which contains Federal Agency Regulations, Proposed Rules and Public Notices, Executive Orders, Proclamations and various Presidential Documents. Its purpose is to inform the American people of their rights and obligations and provide access to Federal benefits and funding. That is a lot of new information to be published daily. This amount of information in this newspaper is overwhelming and much is undecipherable, even for lawyers; which makes it less user-friendly for most citizens. This is the format that the bureaucracy uses to communicate new license and permit requirements, and new regulations. John Stossel suggested that the bureaucracy has to add to this daily otherwise they are not considered as being productive. The Federal Register acts as the platform for introducing new rules and regulations that affect the average U.S. Citizen and it allows citizens to ask questions and comment on these new items. The drawback is the voluminous information to filter through to determine if the items affect the citizen or of interest to him. It appears that the newspaper is used so the Federal Government can declare it is providing the citizens with information of new regulations etc., and allowing the people the opportunity to ask questions and comment before it is finalized; it seems to be an

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