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| A form of organization tha operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures |
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| Usually the largest organization in government; also the highest rank in federal hierarchy |
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| A government entity tha is independant of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
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| A government agency or commission with regulatory power whose independnece is protected by Congress |
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| A government agency that operates like a busn, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program |
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| Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible, mobile corps of senior career executives who work closely with presidential appointees to manage government |
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| A system of public employment based on rewarding paty loyalists and friends |
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| A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than poolitical patronage |
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| Federal statute barring federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds |
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| The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending |
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| Authority given by Congress to the federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws |
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| The portion of the federal budget that is spent on programs, Social security, that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut |
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| Programs such as unemployment insurance, disaster relief, or disablility payments tha provide benefits to all eligible citizins |
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entitlement programs
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| Providing automatic increases to compensation |
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