What are the advantages and disadvantages of cutting the size of bureaucracy as a way to decrease waste and inefficiency in government?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe cutting the size of government as the preferred strategy of many critics of the federal bureaucracy.
2, Provide one or more examples of the above, such as Clinton's order in 1992 to eliminate 100,000 jobs, freeze salaries of government workers, and reduce cost-of-living pay adjustments.
3, Explain one or more advantages of this approach, including its apparent effectiveness in decreasing the size of the federal government since the Ford administration.
4, Explain one or more disadvantages of this approach, including the negative effects on employee morale and the possibility that cuts will go too far and decrease the provision of important services to the public.
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Using the media or public appearances to gain support for programs and visiting disaster victims are aspects of the Governor's role as
a. chief executive. b. commander in chief/top cop. c. chief intergovernmental diplomat. d. chief of party. e. leader of the people.
Which of the following statements about the South African president's appointment powers is NOT true?
a. The president appoints the cabinet. b. The president appoints the deputy president. c. The president appoints members of the judiciary although his discretion in this regard is limited by constitutional provisions. d. The president's appointment powers have increasingly been used to reward political allies. e. The president appoints provisional governors.