1. The buddy/name request system.
2. Recruitment and retention in the bureaucracy.
3. The bureaucratic pathologies, including why the exist and why it is difficult to reform the bureaucracy.
We also discussed the following questions with a partner:
1. What makes the bureaucracy powerful?
2. What influences bureaucratic decision making?
3. How does Congress limit the bureaucracy?
4. How does the President limit the bureaucracy?
5. What are other limits on the bureaucracy?
Homework:
CE due tomorrow
Quiz next week
Read Ch. 14 by tomorrow