This is a good description of The Administrative State: "a term used to describe the phenomenon of executive branch administrative agencies exercising the power to create, adjudicate, and enforce their own rules. Five pillars are key to understanding the main areas of debate about the nature and scope of administrative agency action: nondelegation, judicial deference, executive control of agencies, procedural rights, and agency dynamics." (Ballotpedia).

Bureaucracies are born of needs. Agencies are created to administer programs deemed necessary or valuable for the citizenry. They are, by and large, efficient tools for their purposes. Defense, disease control, public health, public works, public safety, etc. In short the "public good" or "general welfare." Every federal, State or local agency was created to address some public good or danger. So, it is a valid question to ask whether they are addressing a current need and whether they are pursuing the public interest and doing so efficiently and effectively. That, of course, is what government oversight is all about.