Government corporations are most likely to be created when a service is for the public good and
A) the government can make a profit from engaging in it.
B) healthy competition exists between government and the private sector.
C) there is the danger of corporate monopoly if the government fails to act.
D) large numbers of government employees are already trained in the service.
E) private industry cannot profitably provide the service.
Government corporations are best described as
A) businesses that have gone bankrupt and have been taken over by the government.
B) agencies that privately see to the personal needs of high-level bureaucrats.
C) business enterprises that the government has seized because of failure to pay taxes.
D) government agencies that provide services that could be provided by the private sector.
E) government partnerships with private industry.
While presidents don't have direct control over regulatory commissions, they can strongly influence their direction through
A) putting strings on their budget.
B) pre-allocating their budgets.
C) their appointments of new commissioners.
D) congressional oversight committees.
E) executive orders.
Regulatory commissions are usually run with an odd number of commissioners
A) to facilitate rotation in office.
B) to prevent tie votes.
C) by longstanding tradition dating back to the Middle Ages.
D) to prevent any area of the country from being overrepresented.
E) after the passage of the 1961 Bureaucratic Improvement Act.
The secretaries who head the departments in the executive branch also make up the
A) majority whip.
B) president's cabinet.
C) standing committee.
D) Supreme Court.
E) stand-alone independent agencies.
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