Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Political scientist John Gaus agreed with Woodrow Wilson that separating politics from administration could be done by enacting laws that gave elected officials control to guide policy that administrators would simply carry out.
2. Policymakers do not value a loose chain of command rather than more direct control over their subordinates.
3. Citizens and elected officials demand a lower standard of ethics than that expected in the private sector for political appointed public administrators.
4. Process accountability is concerned with how agencies perform their tasks.
5. Since different government agencies have varied cultures, it is difficult to maintain a standard set of professional norms that govern administrative behavior.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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