The top level of the bureaucracy is most directly responsible to

Bureaucracy is described as a large organization that is structured hierarchically to give out specific duties.  Bureaucracy can survive in both the public and private sectors. Public bureaucracies do not have a particular set of leaders, are not designed to make a profit and are not significantly effective or responding to change.

The Weberian model observed bureaucracies as logical, hierarchical organizations in which authority moves from the top down.

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.