Which of the following is NOT true about the British civil service?
a. Two important positions in ministries are the permanent secretary (responsible for the daily administrative running of the department) and the principal private secretary (liaison between the minister and senior civil servants).
b. There is a concern that the growing importance of special advisors is eroding the
impartiality of civil servants.
c. Civil servants in Britain do much of the work of conceptualizing and refining legislation.
d. The size of the civil service has decreased with the ongoing modernization of Whitehall.
e. The majority of people at the top of Britain's ministries are traditional career civil servants.
a
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Which of the following is true of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) policy?
A. States determined whether a smaller or larger proportion of poor families were eligible. B. States under AFDC were given greater flexibility in administering welfare policies. C. States under AFDC need not spend any of their welfare dollars on monthly cash payments to families. D. It strengthened work requirements for recipients and limited the time that families can receive benefits. E. States under AFDC had the option to use both public and private agencies to administer welfare.
What is the largest single functional category of state spending in Texas?
a. health and human services b. general government c. education d. public safety and corrections e. business and economic development