An IRS agent is charged with reviewing incoming tax returns for potential audits. Nonetheless, she spends most of her day talking with Congressional staffers on how to reform the convoluted federal tax code. This is an example of ______.

a. shirking
b. bureaucratic drift
c. agency capture
d. interagency rivalry


b. bureaucratic drift

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What will be an ideal response?

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is true of the Mayflower Compact?

A) It served as a draft of America's first national constitution. B) It declared British colonists' independence from their home country. C) It was a petition to the British Crown to remove taxation. D) It was essentially a bill of rights which became the first ten amendments to the Constitution. E) It was written by the Protestant Pilgrims who went on to settle in the New World.

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