We often think of bureaucrats as paper-pushing desk clerks, but bureaucrats fight fires, teach, and monitor how federal candidates raise money, among other activities. The job of a bureaucrat is to implement government policy, to take the laws and decisions made by elected officials and put them into practice.

What are bureaucrats and what did they do?

Collectively, these essential workers are called the bureaucracy. A bureaucracy is an administrative group of non-elected officials charged with carrying out functions connected to a series of policies and programs. In the United States, the bureaucracy began as a very small collection of individuals.

What powers do bureaucrats have?

At this point, it should be clear that the federal bureaucracy is possessed of all three powers of government. It possesses a legislative power through its rulemaking function, a judicial power through adjudication, and, by default as an executive actor, the executive power.