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| 7906912988 | Government Corp | Buisinesses established by Congress to perform functions that private businesses could provide. | 0 | |
| 7906937718 | Independent Regulatory Commission | An entity created by congress outside a major executive department that regulates specific interest or economic activity. | 1 | |
| 7906956351 | Independent executive agencies | Gov units that closely resemble a cabinet department but have narrow areas of responsibility and perform services rather than regulatory functions | 2 | |
| 7906970196 | Cabinet Departments | Major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of gov operations. | 3 | |
| 7906987557 | Hatch Act | 1939 act to prohibit civil servants from taking activists roles in partisan campaigns. Prohibited fed employees from making political contributions. | 4 | |
| 7907030243 | Pendleton Act | Reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open competitive exams | 5 | |
| 7907050579 | Merit System | System of employment based on qualifications, tests, and abilities. | 6 | |
| 7907061949 | Spoils System | Firing of public office holders of a defeated political party to replace them with loyalists of a new party. | 7 |
