| A | B |
|---|
| Acquisitive bureaucracies | organizations that are self-perpetuating and demand funding that will result in its continued existence |
| Bureaucracies | large administrative agencies reflecting a hierarchical authority, job specialization, and rules and regulations that drive them |
| Civil Service Reform Act (1978) | responsible for enforcing existing civil service laws, coordinating teh testing of applicants, setting up pay scales, and appointing people to federal jobs |
| Division of Labor | skilled workers each have a specialized function, resulting in increased productivity |
| Government Corporation | such as the TVA, which has a specific responsibility that facilitate a specific operation of the government |
| Hatch Act (1939) | limits the kind of political activity a federal employee may participate in |
| Independent Regulatory Agencies | quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial in nature and operation (FDA and EPA) |
| Iron Triangel Network | interrelationships among bureaucracies, Congress, and one or more outside clients of that agency |
| Monopolistic bureaucracies | organization where there is no competitive equal (Social Security Administration) that exists in the private sector. Citizens are forced to deal with that government agency |
| Pendleton Act | aka Civil Service Act of 1883; set up merit as the criterion for hiring, promoting, and firing federal employees |
| Quasi-judicial | a characteristic of independent regulatory agencies that gives them judicial power to interpret regulations they create |
| Quasi-legislative | a characteristic of independent regulatory agencies that gives them legislative powers to issue regulations |
| Red Tape | describes the difficulty it takes to get answers from a bureaucratic agency |
| REGO | reinventing government--A Clinton-Gore thing |
| Regulatory policy | policy that results in government control over individuals and businesses. Examples include protection of the environment and consumer protection |
