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Are not organized to make a profit
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For the most part, bureaucracies in the United States are involved with the functions of carrying out governmental policies. Due to the nature of legislatures and executives in all levels of government, bureaucracies tend to favor legislatures and executives who are in favor of maintaining and expanding the size of government bureaucracies.
are not organized to make a profit, while private corporations are
In the United States of America, there are four different kinds of bureaucracies: departments, independent agencies, independent regulatory commissions, and government corporations. While departments were originally intended to be the largest and most important of government bureaucracies, many independent agencies are larger in terms of both staffs and budgets than many departments.
to slow things as much as possible,prevent progress
There are many bureaucracies in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.
Thers clues but the government hides them from us.
congress
The term "non-characteristic" is meaningless. If the question means to ask "What things are not characteristics of bureaucracies?", then anything other than what a bureaucracy is (organization of government where state officials and agencies process important information) is not a bureaucracy. For example: animals are not bureaucracies. Chieftains and tribal leaders do not have bureaucracies. You cannot eat a bureaucracy, etc.
The term "non-characteristic" is meaningless. If the question means to ask "What things are not characteristics of bureaucracies?", then anything other than what a bureaucracy is (organization of government where state officials and agencies process important information) is not a bureaucracy. For example: animals are not bureaucracies. Chieftains and tribal leaders do not have bureaucracies. You cannot eat a bureaucracy, etc.