Chapter 12-bureaucracy

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Bureaucrat

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A negative term to describe a career government employee

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Bureaucracy

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A for, of organizations that operates through impersonal, uniform regulations and procedures

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Department

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Largest organization in government with the largest mission and highest rank in federal hierarchy

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Independent stand alone agency

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A government agency that operates outside a traditional government department but under presidents control

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Independent regulatory commission

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A goverment agency with regulatory power who’s independence is protected by congress

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Goverment corporation

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A goverment agency that is designed like a business corporation, is created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program

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Senior executive service

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Established by congress in 1978 as a flexible mobile corps of senior career executives who closely work with presidential appointees

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Civil service

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Federal employees who work for government through a competitive, non political selection process

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Spoil system

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A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalist and friends

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Patronage

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The process of awarding favors to the party in power

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Merit system

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A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage

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Office of personal management

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An agency that administers civil service laws and regulations

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Merit system protection board

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An independent agency that oversees and protects merit in the federal government system

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Hatch act

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A federal statue barring federal employees from participating in certain kinds of politics and protection them from being fired through partisan grounds

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Implementation

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Process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic regulations

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Administrative discretion

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Authority given by congress to the federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgement in implementing laws

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Regulation

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A precise statement of how a law is implemented

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Rule making process

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The detailed process for drafting a regulation

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Federal register

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The official record of what federal bureaucracy does

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Uncontrollable spending

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The proportion of the federal budget that is spent on previously enacted programs that congress and the president are willing to cut ex. SSA

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Entitlement program

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Program such as unemployment insurance that will benefit all of those who are eligible

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Federal reserve board

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A variation of an independent regulatory agency with a chairman and a board that controls the flow of money that goes through the U.S. Economy

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Oversight

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Legislative or executive review of a particular goverment program or organization that can be a response to a crisis of some kind

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Central clearance

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Review of all executive branch testimony, reports, and draft legislation by the OMB to ensure the communication of the president and congress