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AP Government: The Federal Bureaucracy Flashcards

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9518093272BureaucracyAccording to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization and operates on the merit principle0
9518093273PatronageA patronage job is one that is given for political reasons instead of on merit or competence alone.1
9518093274Pendleton Civil Service ActEstablished in 1883 so that hiring and promoting would be based on merit, rather than patronage2
9518093275Civil ServiceA system of hiring and promoting based on the merit principle and is designed to create a nonpartisan government service3
9518093276Merit PrincipleAn idea that hiring and promotion should be based on people with adequate skills and abilities4
9518093277Hatch ActProhibits government employees from active participation in partisan politics, 19395
9518093278The Office of Personnel ManagementIn charge of hiring most agencies of the federal government6
9518093279GS (General Schedule) Ratinga schedule for federal employees, ranging from GS1-GS1, where salaries are judged by skill and experience7
9518093280Senior Executive ServiceEstablished by Civil Reform Act of 1978, an elite organization of 9,000 federal government managers who do not require senate confirmation8
9518093281Independent Regulatory CommissionGovernment agency responsible for making and enforcing rules to protect the public interest9
9518093282Government CorporationProvides a service that could be provided by the private sector and usually charges for its services10
9518093283Independent Executive AgencyThe part of government that is not accounted for by cabinet departments, independent regulatory commissions, and government corporations11
9518093284Policy ImplementationThe stage between forming the policy and experiencing the consequences of the policy by how it affects the people.12
9518093285Standard Operating ProceduresUsed by bureaucrats to bring uniformity to complex organizations (uniformity improves fairness and makes personnel interchangeable)13
9518093286Administrative DiscretionAuthority of administrative actors to choose responses to a given problem (discretion is greatest when routines or SOPs do not fit a case)14
9518093287Street-level bureaucratsRefers to the bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public and have considerable administrative discretion15
9518093288RegulationUse of government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector (regulation affects the daily lives of people and institutions)16
9518093289DeregulationLifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities for which government rules have been established and that bureaucracies have been created to administer17
9518093290Command-and-control PolicyTypical system of regulation where government tells business how to reach certain goals, checks that these commands are followed, and punishes offenders18
9518093291Incentive SystemBy Charles Schultz, a more effective and efficient policy than command-and-control, market like strategies are used to manage public policy19
9518093292Executive OrdersRegulation,s with the force of law, coming from the executive branch to control the bureaucracy20
9518093293Iron TrianglesA mutual dependent relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees21

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