What is decentralization?
a. the tendency of members of Congress to leave elected office in order to take jobs in the federal bureaucracy
b. a trend in which the president authorizes federal agency and department heads to exercise greater independence in their decision making
c. the tendency of members of Congress to defer to agency leadership in their oversight of federal bureaucracy
d. a reform for government agencies in which regional and local offices are allowed to manage their own performance without close supervision from headquarters
d
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What is a purpose of the civil service in the Office of Personnel Management?
a. to regulate consumer products to protect the public b. to protect competition in a free market system c. to provide a merit system for federal employees d. to select the best possible candidates for Congress
__________ is an aspect of the rational actor model that suggests presidents and other government officials are receptive to new information and readily adapt to changes in the environment in order to maximize the opportunity to promote appropriate and successful policies
a. Groupthink c. Incrementalism b. Organizational process d. Government learning