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| Iron triangle: The three way alliance among ____, ____, and ____ to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests |
Legislators, bureaucrats, interest groups |
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| The replacement of government services with services provided by private firms |
Privitization |
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| Laws requiring that existing programs be reviewed regularly for their effectiveness and be terminated unless specifically extended as a result of these reviews |
Sunset legislation |
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| A law that requires all committee-based federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session |
Government in the Sunshine Act |
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| The initial central personnel agency of the national government, created in 1883 |
Civil Service Commission |
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| An act that established the principle of employment on the basis of merit and created the Civil Service Commission to administer the personnel service |
Pendleton Act |
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| The selection, retention, and promotion of government employees on the basis of competitive examinations |
Merit system |
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| The awarding of government jobs to political supporters and friends |
Spoils system |
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| An agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations |
Independent Regulatory Agency |
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| A federal agency that is not part of a Cabinet department but reports directly to the president |
Independent Executive Agency |
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| An administrative unit that is directly accountable to the president |
Line organization |
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| One of the 15 departments of the executive branch |
Cabinet Department |
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| a federal, state, or local government unit established to perform a specific function |
Administrative agency |
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| bureaucracies are like monopolistic business firms, lack of competition in either circumstance leads to inefficient and costly operations |
Monopolistic model |
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| bureaucracies seek to expand the size of their budgets and staffs to gain greater power |
Acquisitive model |
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| bureaucracies are rational, hierarchical organizations in which decisions are based on logical reasoning |
Weberian model |
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| a large organization that is structured hierachically to carry out specific functions |
bureaucracy |
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