Chapter 15 Flashcards
Pendleton service act
An act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage
Civil-service
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service
Merit principle
The idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams and promotion ratings to produce administration by people with talent and skill
Hatch act
The federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics
Office of personnel management
The office in charge of hiring for most agencies of federal government, using an elaborate rolls in the process
General schedule rating
A schedule for federal employees rating from GS one to GS 18, by which salaries can be keyed it to reading and experience
Senior executive service
And elite have about 9000 federal government managers who are mostly career officials but include some pole lyrical appointees
Independent regulatory commission
A government agency responsible for some sector of the economy making and enforcing rules to protect the public interest
Government Corporation
A government organization that provides a service that could be provided by the private sector and typically charges
Independent executive
The government not accounted for by cabinet departments independent regulatory commissions and government cooperations
Policy implementation
The stage of policymaking between the establishment of a policy and the consequences of the policy for people who it’s affects
Standard operating procedures
Procedures used by bureaucrats to bring the uniform to complex. Organize Asians
Administrative discretion
The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem
Street-level bureaucrats
A phrase referring to those bureaucrats who are in constant contact with people and have considerable administrative discretion
D regulation
The lifting of restrictions on business industry and professional activities for which a government rules have been established and that bureaucracies has been created to administer
