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22 Cards in this Set
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A set of complex hierarchical departments, agencies, commissions, and their staffs that exist to help a chief executive officer carry out his or her duties. Bureaucracies may be private organizations of governmental units.
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Bureaucracy
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The firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party and their replacment iwth loyalists of the newly elected party
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Spoils system
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Jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support
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Patronage
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Reform meausre that created the Civial service commission to adminster a partial merit system. The act classified the federal service by grades, to which appointments were made based on the results of a competitive examination. It made it illegal for federal politicl appointees to be rquired to contribute to to a particular political party.
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Pendleton Act
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The system created by civil services laws by which many appointments to the ederal bureacracy are made.
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Civil service system
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The system by which federal civil service jobs are classified into grades or levels, to which appointments are made on the basis of performance on competitive examinations.
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merit system
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an agency created by Congress that is generally concerned with a specific aspect of the economy
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independent regulatory commission
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Major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of government operations. Departmental status usually indicates a permanent national interest in a particular governmental function, such as defense, commerce, or agriculture.
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Departments
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Business established by Congress to perform functions that can be provided by private businesses (such as US POSTAL SERVICE)
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Government corporation
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governmental unit that closely resembles a Cabinet department but has a narrower area of responsibility (such as the Central Intelligence AGency) and is not part of an Cabinent department
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independent executive agency
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Law enacted in 1939 to prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns. This act prohibited federal employees from making political contributions, working for a particular party, or campaigning for a particular candidate.
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Hatch act
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1993 liberalization of the Hatch Act. Federal employees are now allowed to run for office in non partisan elections and to contribute money to campigns in partisan elections.
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Federal Employees Political Activities Act
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The process by which a law or policy is put into operation by the bureaucracy
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implementation
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the relatively stable relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among an agency, interest grousp, and congressional committees or subcommittees.
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Iron triangles
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the loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in broad policy areas
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Issue networks
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the loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in broad olicy areas
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issue networks
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working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies
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interagency councils
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the ability of bureacrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional intentions
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administrative discretion
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A quasi-legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of a legislative act
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rule making
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rules that govern the operation of a particular government program that have the force of law
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regulations
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a quasi-judicial process in which a bureacratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way courts resolve disputes
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administrative adjudication
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Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. all executive orders must be published in the Federal Register.
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Executive order
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