Which statement explains why it is problematic to make a cultural argument about the benefits of different types of bureaucracies?
a. The relationship between a country's bureaucracy and its culture is constantly evolving.
b. Bureaucracies tend to develop their own institutional culture that is hard for outsiders to understand.
c. Bureaucrats tend to be more culturally sensitive than elected officials or workers in the private sector.
d. People in different countries could easily disagree about the role of bureaucracy for purely cultural reasons.
Question 2
Which of these examples best illustrates the way conservatives want bureaucrats to act?
a. An Internal Revenue Service agent referring to a specific line in the tax code when auditing an income tax return
b. A counter-terrorism expert in the Department of Homeland Security writing new security regulations for cell-phone companies
c. An Environmental Protection Agency administrator using a scientific study to create new maximum levels for carbon dioxide emissions
d. An employee of the Social Security Administration lobbying Congress to allow for inflation-adjusted changes to benefits payments
Example of an Explanation of Benefits statement.
Example of a patient statement.
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