Bureaucracy
...ghts, and the defense of rights and claims through lawsuits as well as political action, are given central importance. Last of all, American bureaucracy are mainly privately owned compared the all the other countries where the companies are owned by the government. First, political authority over the bureaucracy is not in one set of hands but is shared among several institutions. The Constitution permits both the President and Congress to exercise authority over the bureaucracy. Every senior appointed official has a least two matters: one in the executive branch and the other in the legislative. This divided authority encourages bureaucrats to play one branch of government off against the other and to make heavy use of media. Second, most often agencies of the federal government share their functions with related agencies in state and local government. Third, the institutions and traditions of American life have contributed to the growth of what some writers have described as an "adversary culture," in which the definition and expansion of personal rights, and the defense of rights and claims through lawsuits as well as political action, are given central importance. Last of all, American bureaucracy are mainly privately owned compared the all the other countries where the companies are owned by the government. First, political authority over the bureaucracy is not in one set of hands but is shared among several institutions. The Constitution permits both the President and Congress to exercise authority over the bureaucracy. Every senior appointed official has a least t...