“Subject to the Provisions of Subsection (B), an Employee May

question 7

Multiple Choice

“Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) , an employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, except an employee may not—
(1) use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election;
(2) knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a political contribution from any person…
(3) run for the nomination or as a candidate for election to a partisan political office; or
(4) knowingly solicit or discourage the participation in any political activity of any person who—
(A) has an application for any compensation, grant, contract, ruling, license, permit, or certificate pending before the employing office of such employee; or
(B) is the subject of or a participant in an ongoing audit, investigation, or enforcement action being carried out by the employing office of such employee..”
--Hatch Act, amended 1993
-What is a goal common to both the Pendleton Act and the Hatch Act?

• A)reducing the exercise of administrative discretion -Consider This: The overall goal of civil service reform has been to create a nonpartisan government service,free of patronage or party influence.
• B)reducing the influence of partisan politics on the federal bureaucracy
• C)increasing presidential control of the federal bureaucracy
• D)streamlining the policy implementation process

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