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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 her duties
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The firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party in order to replace them with
loyalists of the newly elected party |
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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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Reform measure that created the Civil Service Commission to administer a partial
merit system |
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| The legal system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected |
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| the system by which federal civil service jobs are clssified into grades or levels, and appointments are made on the basis of performance of competitive examinations |
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| Independent Regulatory Commission |
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| an agency created by Congress that is generallyconcerned with a specific aspect of the economy |
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| Major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of govt operations |
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| businesses established by Congress to perfom functions that can be provided by private businesses |
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| Independent Executive Agencies |
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| Governmental units that closely resemble a Cabinet department but have narrower areas of responsiblility and are not part of any cabinet department |
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| Independent Regulatory Commissions |
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| Agencies created by Congress to exist outside the major departments to regulate a specific economic activity or interest |
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| Prohibited civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns |
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| Federal Employees Political Activites Act (1993) |
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| a liberaliazation of the Hatch Act ; federal employees are now allowed to run for office in nonpartisan elections and to contribute money to campaigns in partisan elections |
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| the process by which a law or policy is put into operation by the bureaucracy |
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| the relatively stable relationships and patterns of interaction that occur amongst agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees |
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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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| working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy making and implementation across a host of govt agencies |
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| Administrative Discretion |
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| the ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional intentions |
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| a quasi legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of legislative act |
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| rules that govern the operation of a particular govt program |
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| Administrative Adjunction |
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| a quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similiar to the way courts resolve disputes |
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