EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Presidential bureaucratic influence is felt through personnel selection, legislation, government structure, and the budget. Congressional bureaucratic influence results from legislative and investigative oversight functions, personnel selection and staffing, and the budget.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yet, not all bureaucracies are alike. In the U.S. government, there are four general types: cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, regulatory agencies, and government corporations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Bureaucracy All of the approximately 2, 000 federal government agencies, divisions, departments, and commissions are examples of bureaucracies. The most visible of those bureaucracies include the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Veterans Benefits Administration.

Detailed explanation-4: -So the bureaucracy has two masters: Congress and the president. Political authority over the bureaucracy is shared, then, according to the principles of separation of powers and federalism. On the national level, both Congress and officials in the executive branch have authority over the bureaucracy.