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| 11783493727 | President & Congress | Share political authority over the bureaucracy | 0 | |
| 11783528194 | Congress | Influences the Federal Bureaucracy by approving Presidential appointments, creating agencies, authorizing funds, & holding investigations | 1 | |
| 11783574119 | Constraints on the Bureaucracy | Red Tape, Divided Government, Implementation | 2 | |
| 11783593825 | President | Influences the Federal Bureaucracy by appointing cabinet members, executive orders, creates the budget, & reorganizes agencies | 3 | |
| 11783660015 | Bureaucracy | Large, complex organization of appointed, not elected officials | 4 | |
| 11783688667 | Merit Principle | Hiring and promotion based on qualities, no jobs for favors | 5 | |
| 11783712703 | Modern Bureaucracy | 1932-1945 New Deal, WWII, increase in programs and government work | 6 | |
| 11784005487 | Iron Triangles | A mutually dependent relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees. They dominate some areas of domestic policymaking. | 7 | |
| 11784056114 | Iron Triangle Example | House & Senate agriculture subcommittee, Department of Agriculture, & Tobacco farmer Interest group (Keep Tobacco=Keep Jobs) | 8 | |
| 11784100056 | Patronage | Rewarding supporters with jobs | 9 | |
| 11784136767 | Pendleton Act | Created in response to criticism of patronage, more jobs will be selected based on merit | 10 | |
| 11784168270 | Hatch Act | Agency employees can't participate in political activities (elections, campaigns, fundraisers, act.) | 11 | |
| 11784199139 | Red Tape | Maze of government rules, regulations, and paperwork that makes government overwhelming to citizens | 12 | |
| 11784209898 | Conflict | Agencies often work toward opposite goals | 13 | |
| 11784217573 | Duplication | Agencies appear to do the same thing, unchecked growth, agencies expand unnecessarily at high costs | 14 | |
| 11784239526 | Waste | Spending more than necessary | 15 | |
| 11784249115 | Lack of Accountability | Difficult to fire an incompetent bureaucrat | 16 |
