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| : The firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party and their replacement with loyalists of the newly elected party |
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| : Jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support |
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| : Authorized Civil Service commission to administer a partial merit system |
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| : The system created by civil service laws by which many appointments to the federal bureaucracy are made |
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| Federal civil service jobs are classified into grades or levels, to which appointments are made on the basis of performance on competitive examinations |
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| Independent regulatory commission |
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| : an agency created by Congress that is generally concerned with a specific aspect of the economy |
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| : Major Administration Units with responsibility for broad area of government |
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| : Business established by Congress to perform functions that can be provided by private businesses |
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| : Governmental unit that closely8 resembles a Cabinet department but has a narrower area of responsibility (such as the CIA) and is not part of any Cabinet Department |
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| : enacted in 1939 to prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns |
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| Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993: |
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| liberalization of the Hatch Act. Federal Employees are now allowed to run for office in nonpartisan elections and contribute to money campaigns |
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| The process by which a law or policy is put into operation by the bureaucracy |
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| The relatively stable relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among an agency, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees |
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| : The loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in broad policy areas |
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| working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy-making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies |
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| Administrative Discretion |
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| : The ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional intentions |
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| a quasi-legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of a legislative act |
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| : Rules that govern the operation of a particular government program that have the force of law |
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| Administrative Adjunction |
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| A quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way courts resolve disputes |
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| Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law |
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