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Chapter 14

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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
The replacement of government services with services provided by private firms
Privitization
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
A law that requires all committee-based federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session
Government in the Sunshine Act
The initial central personnel agency of the national government, created in 1883
Civil Service Commission
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
The selection, retention, and promotion of government employees on the basis of competitive examinations
Merit system
The awarding of government jobs to political supporters and friends
Spoils system
An agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations
Independent Regulatory Agency
A federal agency that is not part of a Cabinet department but reports directly to the president
Independent Executive Agency
An administrative unit that is directly accountable to the president
Line organization
One of the 15 departments of the executive branch
Cabinet Department
a federal, state, or local government unit established to perform a specific function
Administrative agency
bureaucracies are like monopolistic business firms, lack of competition in either circumstance leads to inefficient and costly operations
Monopolistic model
bureaucracies seek to expand the size of their budgets and staffs to gain greater power
Acquisitive model
bureaucracies are rational, hierarchical organizations in which decisions are based on logical reasoning
Weberian model
a large organization that is structured hierachically to carry out specific functions
bureaucracy
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