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15 Cards in this Set
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Bureaucracy
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a large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
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Spoils System
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the practice of giving the fruits of a party’s victory to loyal members of that party
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Laissez-faire
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a freely competitive economy
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Discretionary authority
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the ability to choose courses or action and to make policies that are not spelled out in advance by laws.
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Competitive Service
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appointments only after a written examination has been administered by the Office of Personnel Management or met certain selection criteria devised by the hiring agency and approved by the OPM.
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Name-request Job
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one that is filled by a person whom an agency has already identified
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Iron Triangle
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the relationship among an agency, a committee, and an interest group
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Issue Network
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people in Washington-based interest groups, on congressional staffs, in universities and think tanks, and in the mass media who regularly debate government policy on a certain subject.
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Authorization Legislation
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originates in a legislative committee and states the maximum amount of money that an agency may spend on a given program.
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Appropriation
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money formally set aside for a specific use
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Trust Funds
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operate outside the regular government budget, and the appropriations committees have no control over these expenditures.
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Annual Authorizations
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Every year the legislative committees, as part of the reauthorization process, get to set limits on what these agencies can spend
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Committee Clearance
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the right to pass on certain agency decisions
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Legislative veto
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a requirement that an executive decision must lie before Congress for a specified period
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Red Tape
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complex rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done
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