1. Chapter 14 Vocabulary Review The Federal Bureaucracy

3. 1). A form of organization that operates through
1) A form of organization that operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures.
Bureaucracy

4. 2) A career government employee.
Bureaucrat

5. 3). Mutually dependent and advantageous
3) Mutually dependent and advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees.
Iron Triangles

6. 4). Use of governmental authority to control or
4) Use of governmental authority to control or change some practice in the private sector.
Regulation

7. 5). The lifting of government restrictions on
5) The lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities.
Deregulation

8. 6). A system of public employment based
6) A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Spoils System

9. 7) Providing automatic increases to adjust for inflation.
Indexing

10. 8) Passed in 1939, it forbade federal employees from running for public office, raising funds for candidates, or engaging in other party activities.
Hatch Act

11. 9) Jobs and promotions awarded for political reasons.
Patronage

12. Oversight 10) Legislative or executive review of a
particular government program or
organization. Can be in response to a crisis
of some kind or part of routine review.
Oversight

13. 11) The formal instructions that. government issues for implementing
11) The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.
Regulations

14. 12) A system of public employment in which
12) A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Merit System

15. 13) Review of all executive branch testimony,
13) Review of all executive branch testimony, reports, and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president’s program.
Central Clearance

16. 14) Hiring and promotion based on the merit and
14) Hiring and promotion based on the merit and nonpartisan government service.
Civil Service

17. 15). Alternative to Command-and-. Control Policy, with market like
15) Alternative to Command-and Control Policy, with market like strategies such as rewards used to manage public policy.
Incentive System

18. 16) The formal process for making regulations.
Rule-Making Process

19. 17) Usually the largest organization in
17) Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Department

20. 18) Regulations originating from the executive. branch
18) Regulations originating from the executive branch. They are one way method presidents can use to control the bureaucracy.
Executive Orders

21. Senior Executive Service
19) Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible, mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.
Senior Executive Service

22. Street Level Bureaucrats
20) Bureaucrats who have constant contact with the public and considerable administrative discretion.
Street Level Bureaucrats

23. Pendleton Civil Service Act
21) It set the merit system and established the Civil Service Commission
Pendleton Civil Service Act

24. Policy Implementation
22) The process of putting a law into
practice through bureaucratic rules or
spending.
Policy Implementation

25. Office of Personnel Management
23) Agency that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations.
Office of Personnel Management

26. Administrative Discretion
24) Authority given by Congress to the Federal
bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in
implementing the laws.
Administrative Discretion

27. Uncontrollable Spending
25) The portion of the Federal budget that is spent on programs, such as Social Security, that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut.
Uncontrollable Spending

28. Entitlement Programs 26) Programs such as unemployment insurance,
disability relief, or disability payments that
provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Entitlement Programs

29. Independent Executive Agencies
27) The government agencies not accounted for by cabinet departments, independent regulatory commissions, and government corporations.
Independent Executive Agencies

30. GS or General Schedule Ratings
28) The schedule for federal employees by which salaries are keyed to rating and experience.
GS or General Schedule Ratings

31. Command-and-Control Policy
29) The typical system of regulation where government tells businesses how to reach certain goals, checks that these commands are followed, and punishes offenders.
Command-and-Control Policy

32. Standard Operating Procedures
30) They ensure consistency and efficiency in bureaucratic decision making.
Standard Operating Procedures

33. Independent Regulatory Commission
31) A government agency or commission within the executive branch which is not part of a cabinet department and whose regulatory power whose independence is protected by Congress.
Independent Regulatory Commission

34. Government Corporation
32) A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation