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33 Cards in this Set
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A law passed in 1946 requiring federal agencies to give notice, solicit comments, and (sometimes) hold public hearings before adopting any new rules
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Administrative Procedure Act
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The practice of a legislative committee determining the amount an agency can spend on a yearly basis
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Annual Authorization
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Money formally set aside for a specific use
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Appropriation
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Legislation that originates in a legislative committee stating the max amount of money that an agency can spend
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Authorization Legislation
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A job description by an agency which is tailor-made for a specific person
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Buddy System
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A large Organization composed of appointed officers in which authority is divided among several managers
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Bureaucracy
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An informal understanding among fellow employees of an agency as to how they are supposed to act
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Bureaucratic Culture
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A request made by congressional committees to review certain agency decisions
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Committee Clearance
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The set of civil servants appointed on the basis of a written exam administered by the Office of Personnel Management or meeting criteria
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Competitive Service
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A bureaucratic pathology in which some agencies seem to be working at crosspurposes
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Conflict
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The ability of a bureaucracy to choose courses of action and make policies not spelled out in advance by laws
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Discretionary Authority
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A bureaucratic pathology in which two or more gov't agencies seem to be doing the same thing
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Duplication
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Law in 1966 giving citizens the right to inspect all govt records except those containing...
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Freedom of Information Act
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The bureaucratic pathology in which agencies tend to grow without regard to the benefits their programs confer or the costs they entail
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Imperialism
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Exclusive policy making network composed of govt agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group
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Iron Triangle
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Members of Washington-based interest groups, congressional staffers, university faculty, experts participating in think tanks, and representatives of the mass media who regularly debate govt policy on a certain subject
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Issue Network
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A belief in a freely competitive economy, without govt intervention
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Laissez-Faire
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Congressional veto of an executive during the specified period it must lie before Congress before it can take effect.
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Legislative Veto
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A job in the federal bureaucracy that is filled by a person whom an agency has already identified
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Name-Request Job
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A law passed in 1969 requiring agencies to issue an environmental impact statement before undertaking any major action affecting the environment
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National Environmental Policy Act
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A form of patronage under the excepted service given to high-ranking members of the regular competitive service, or to persons brought into the civil service at a high level who are advocates of presidential programs
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Noncareer Executive assignments
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A law passed in 1976 requiring agency meetings to be open to public unless certain specified matters are being discussed
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Open Meeting Law
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Congressional supervision of the bureaucracy
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Oversight
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Bureaucratic appointments made on the basis of political considerations
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Patronage
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A law passed in 1883 which began the process of transferring federal jobs from patronage to the merit system
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Pendleton Act
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A law passed in 1974 requiring govt files about individuals to be kept confidential
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Privacy Act
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A bureaucratic pathology in which complex rules and procedures must be followed to get things done
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Red Tape
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A form of patronage under the excepted service for a position of "confidential or policy-determining" character below the level of the cabinet and subcabinet
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Schedule C job
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A special classification for high-level civil servants that they can be hired, fired, and transferred more easily
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Senior Executive Service
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Another phrase for patronage; giving fruits of a party's victory, such as jobs and contracts
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Spoils System
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Money outside the Government budget
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Trust Fund
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A bureaucratic pathology in which an agency spends more than is necessary to buy some product or service
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Waste
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A law passed in 1989 which investigates complaints from bureaucrats claiming they were punished after reporting to Congress about waste, fraud, or abuse in their agencies
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Whistleblower Protection Act
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