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14 Cards in this Set
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Civil service
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Body of employees in any government agency
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Competitive service
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Federal officials are appointed after they pass a written exam.
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Congressional oversight
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oversight by the United States Congress of the Executive Branch, including federal agencies.
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Discretionary authority
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Ability of agencies to choose courses of action and to make policies not set out in the statutory law.
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Excepted service
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Employees are hired in a nonpartisan fashion, not by an exam.
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Iron Triangle
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A description of the relationship between an agency, a committee, and an interest group; interests of all three groups are served.
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Issue networks
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network of people in high positions who regularly discuss and advocate public policy
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Lassiez-faire
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"hands-off" freely competative economy.
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Merit system
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process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job
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National Performance Review
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An attempt to make bureaucracies more efficient, to make less centralized management, more employee initiative, and fewer detail rules.
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Office of Personnel Management
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manages the civil service of the federal government.
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Patronage
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Use of state resources to advance the interests of groups in exchange for electoral support.
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Pendleton Act
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provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams, merit system instead of spoils.
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Red tape
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Too many complex rules and procedures must be followed to get something done.
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