Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Bureaucracy
|
the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel
|
|
|
Department
|
the largest subunit of the executive branch. The secretaries of the fourteen departments form the Cabinet
|
|
|
Federal Reserve System
|
a system of twelve Federal Reserve Banks that facilitates exchanges of cash, checks, and credit; regulates member banks; and uses monetary policies to fight inflation and deflation
|
|
|
Fiscal policy
|
the government’s use of taxing, monetary, and spending powers to manipulate the economy
|
|
|
Government corporation
|
a government agency that performs a service normally provided by the private sector
|
|
|
Implementation
|
the efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions
|
|
|
Independent agency
|
an agency that is not part of a Cabinet department
|
|
|
Iron triangle
|
the stable, cooperative relationship that often develops among a congressional committee, an administrative agency, and one or more supportive interest groups. Not all of these relationships are triangular, but the iron triangle is the most typical
|
|
|
Merit system
|
a product of civil service reform, in which appointees to positions in public bureaucracies must objectively be deemed qualified for those positions
|
|
|
Oversight
|
the effort by Congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies by overseeing or supervising how legislation is carried out by the executive branch
|
