Bureaucracy Vs Red Tape Essay

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Even though bureaucracy and red tape are overwhelming the accumulation of federal, state, and local mandates make working with the Discussion Board 4 Govt 475 Federalism the vertical aspect of the separation of powers of Constitutional, federal, state, and local governments. Federalism is the idea of the coexistence of a federal and state government, with overlapping duties and authority. Federalism is a marked feature of American democracy. Dual federalism defines the first 150 years of federalism in America from approximately 1789 through World War II. By the 1930’s the New Deal produced new federal legislation executing numerous agendas and strategies geared toward revitalizing the economy. Thus began the expansion of the bureaucratic behemoth we are now experiencing in government. The federal government now regulates more of our everyday life than ever before. The advancement of federalism comprises Dual federalism, …show more content…

Bureaucrats should administer the public's will according to the modern administrative state through “good policy analysis and planning, appropriately developed management systems, and the new professional-technical expertise of the art, science, and practice of public administration” (Shafritz and Hyde 2012, Part III). To minimize waste and attribute to the highest degree of public accountability within public administration. The overlap of duties and authorities create the red tape so well known as bureaucracy no one wants to deal with are the result of the separation of powers built into the federalist concept of our government. With the marble cake approach there is an attempt to muddy the waters so the lines are not as easily distinguishable as a way for different bureaucrats to achieve their own personal interests. The Separation of Powers in the U.S. government are necessary to maintain the checks and balances within the

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