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23 Cards in this Set
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Bureaucracy |
A hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality |
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Merit Principle |
The idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams and promotion ratings to produce administration by people with talent and skill |
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GS Rating |
A schedule for federal employees, ranging from GS 1 to GS 18. By which salaries can be keyed to rating and experience |
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Issue Network |
an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a single issue in government policy. |
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Independent Executive Agency |
The agencies that are not cabinet departments, regulatory commission or government corporation
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Administrative Discretion |
The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem. Discretion is greatest when routines or standard operating procedures do not fit the case |
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Command and Control Policy |
The typical system of regulation whereby government tells businesses how to reach certain goals, checks that these commands are followed and punishes offenders |
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Executive Orders |
Regulation originating with the executive branch. Executive orders are one method presidents can use to control the bureaucracy.
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Patronage |
A system in which jobs and promotions are awarded for political reason rather than for merit or competence.
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Hatch Act |
A federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at anytime
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SES Senior Executive Service |
An elite cadre of about 9000 federal government managers at the top of the civil service system.
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Government Corporation |
A government organization that like business corporations, provide a service that could be delivered by the private sector and typically charges for its servises
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Policy Implementation |
The stage of policy making between the establishment of a policy and the consequences of the policy for the people affected. Implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of a policy into an operating and ongoing program
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Street Level Bureaucrats |
A phrase coined by Michael Lipsky, referring to those bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public and have considerable administrative discretion.
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Incentive System |
An alternative to command and control, with market like strategies such as rewards used to manage public policies.
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Iron Triangles |
Subgovernments, a mutually dependent, mutually advantageous relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees. Iron Triangles dominate some areas of domestic policy making
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Civil Service |
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
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Office of Personnel Management |
The office in charge of hiring for most agencies of the federal government, using elaborate rules in the process
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Independent Regulatory Agency |
Created to protect the public by regulating key sectors of the economy.
Best known: Interstate Commerce Commission. Federal Reserve Board: Set monetary policies Monetary policies include setting back interest rates, controlling inflation, regulating the money supply, and adjusting bank reserve requirements |
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Pendleton Civil Service Act |
An act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage |
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Standard Operating Procedures |
Procedures for everyday decision making enables bureaucrats to bring efficiency and uniformity to the running of the complex organizations.
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Regulation |
Use of government authority to control or charge some practice in the private sector |
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Deregulation |
Lifting of government restriction on businesses, industries, and professional activities |
