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Answer 5 Weekly Reading Questions Below:

Answers for each questions should be roughly 100 words, or one paragraph, in length. Please write in full sentence format and use your own words.

1. Define what is meant by "agency point of view." Why do bureaucrats tend to have an agency point of view?

2. Compare and contrast the patronage system and the merit system as methods of hiring government employees.

3. What is bureaucratic accountability?

4. What are independent agencies? Please provide 2 examples. What is a regulatory agency? Please provide 2 examples.

5. What are the major sources of bureaucrats' power? What mechanisms for controlling the power are available to the President and Congress?