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| bureaucracy | a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials |
| department | an executive organization that is closest to the President and more subject to his direct control |
| agency | an executive organization that is independent of the Presidential control and either performs a single function or regulates some aspect of society |
| independent regulatory commission | especially powerful agencies due to their authority and their independent status |
| government corporation | a public corporation that operates a quasi-business enterprise for the federal government |
| cabinet | a panel of advisors made up by the heads of the executive departments |
| New Deal | program during the 1930s in which the federal government first took a broad-scale interest in promoting social welfare |
| executive agencies | organizations that have a single function and report directly to the President |
| statutory laws | laws created by legislatures |
| United States Postal Service | the best known government corporation |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | the first government corporation |
| administrative-law judges | a special group of judges who preside over cases arising out of government agency decisions |
| regulation | the process of rule-making in which the agency charged with implementing the statute will take the statute and make rules to enforce it upon the publication of the law |
| deregulation | the processs of reducing the number of regulations |
| discretionary authority | the authority Congress gives the agencies to make decisions regarding the public without congressional accountability |
