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23 Cards in this Set
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a large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization
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Bureaucracy
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a person who works for a bureaucratic organization
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Bureaucrat
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the officials in the executive branch of a government and their policies and principles
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Administration
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an agency which supports the chief executive and other administrators by offering advice and other assistance in the management of the organization
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Staff agency
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an agency which performs the tasks for which the organization exists
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Line agency
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an organization of several agencies staffed by the President’s closest advisors
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Executive Office of the President
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a detailed financial document containing estimates of federal income and spending during the coming fiscal year
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Federal budget
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the 12-month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue collecting, and other financial management purposes
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Fiscal year
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all matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs
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Domestic affairs
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often called the Cabinet departments, they are the traditional units of federal administration
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Executive departments
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official in charge of a department of government
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Secretary
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head of Department of Justice
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Attorney general
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additional agencies created by Congress located outside the Cabinet departments
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Independent agencies
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agencies headed by a single administrator with regional subunits, but lacking Cabinet status
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Independent executive agencies
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-independent agencies created by Congress, designed to regulate important aspects of the nation’s economy, largely beyond the reach of presidential control
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Independent regulatory commissions
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having to do with powers that are to some extent legislative
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Quasi-legislative
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having to do with powers that are to some extent judicial
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Quasi-judicial
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corporations within the executive branch subject to the President’s direction and control, set up by Congress to carry out certain business-like activities
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Government corporation
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those civilian employees who perform the administrative work of government
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Civil service
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-the practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political supporters and friends
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Spoils system
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practice of giving jobs to supports and friends
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Patronage
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a record or list of names, often kept by an official appointed to do so
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Register
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supported by two parties
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bipartisan
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