governing power
MATCHING (1 POINT EACH) – Using the word bank provided place the number of the word next to the corresponding definition
(1) Government (2) Federalism (3) Joint Venture (4) Public-Private partnership
(5) Mandates (6) Hierarchy (7) Localism (8) Public Administration
(9) Coproduction (10) Bureaucracy (11) Governance (12) Formal Communication
(13) Categorical Grants (14) Statesman (15) Coprovision (16) Public Management
(17) Zealots (18) Block Grants (19) Climbers (20) Pure Privatization
1. Are loyal to narrow policies or concepts
2. A narrower connotation, focused on the day-to-day operations of organizations and their programs by following standard methods and procedures.
3. The legal entity that is charged by a constitution to make and enforce laws
4. Designed for a specific purpose
5. A division of governing power between national and regional authorities
6. Imposed on state and local authorities to provide specific services and regulations
7. The capacity of a political community to decide what politics it shall pursue using the powers of the state
8. Government partners with private a organization for joint control of a function or service
9. One or more government units and non-governmental entities blend resources and authority for a project over a sustained period of time.
10. Voluntary action by citizens in financing publicly provided goods and services
11. An arrangement of people exerting authority over another with the ability to command behavior and hold them accountable
12. Consists of offices arranged in a chain of command from the top executive to the most menial employee
13. the enterprise by which governments and their associated private partners serve the public purpose through delivery of goods and services
14. Government divestment of functions
15. Seek power, income and prestige
16. A service or a regulation should be based in as small a jurisdiction as possible
17. Can be applied to various projects
18. Aim to shape national policies
19. Follow the hierarchical structure of the organization
20. The active design and delivery of public goods and services by private individuals and organizations
TRUE AND FALSE (1 POINT EACH)
21. Not all governments have police power to guard the health, welfare, and safety of their people.
22. Government programs grow from a moral obligation to help those who cannot make politically potent demands
23. Citizens do not view government as the problem solver of last report
24. The complexity of government has four major dimensions
25. The success of many public policies depends on their conscientious compliance and support
26. Government refers to the cooperative governing process among many partners both within government and outside them.
27. There are fifteen cabinet departments in the major executive organizations of the national government.
28. Municipalities ae the basic providers of general government services
29. The executive branch of the US Government consists of the President, fourteen cabinet departments, non-cabinet line and staff agencies, government corporations and independent regulatory commissions.
30. The prevailing system in the nation’s first seventy years is known as federalism.
SHORT ANSWER (2 POINTS EACH BLANK) –
31. Only two functions were understood by the framers of the Constitution to be partially shared or concurrent: and .
32. Congress addressed poverty with the .
33. To integrate these programs and coordinate responses to disasters, DHS issued three documents:
(1) ___________________________
(2) ___________________________
(3) ___________________________
34. ____________________ encompasses the flows of funds between the national, state, and local authorities and the conditions that accompany them, along with the intergovernmental aspects of federal taxation.
35. Members of Congress prefer __________________, as their uses are more predictable.
36. List the four basic steps of the administration of a contract:
(1) _______________________________
(2) _______________________________
(3) _______________________________
(4) _______________________________
37. A common target for complaint is _______________ named for the color of the ribbon that wrapped official English documents in past centuries.
38. The ___________________ remains accountable to citizens for the privatized or networked service, it must pay attention to the political relationships involved.
39. _______________________, having an expressed religious character and mission, can participate in providing public goods and services under conditions limited by Supreme Court rulings.
40. A __________________________ arranges for one city to purchase police protection or garbage collection from another city or county.
41. _____________ ___ is the norm that a service or regulation should be based in as small a jurisdiction as possible, under the control of the people whom it most affects.
42. is a division of governing powers between national and regional authorities.
43. Since the 1980s, __________________ has become a label for several reform movements that engage nongovernmental partners in the provision of public services.
44. Organizational culture is composed of what three elements:
(1) ____________________________________
(2) ____________________________________
(3) ____________________________________
45. __________________ consists of the flow of money among the national, state, and local governments and the intergovernmental effects of federal taxation.
46. Contracting is preferable to “in-house” action when an agency can
(1) _________________________________________
(2) _________________________________________
(3) _________________________________________
(4) _________________________________________
47. The four arguments made for governmental collaboration with private sector organizations are:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
48. Bureaucracy is a form of organization that:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
49. is “voluntary action by citizens in financing publicly provided goods and services as a means of maintaining (or even increasing) current public service levels”
50. List the Four types of public servants
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
