| A | B |
|---|
| A freely competitive economy | laissez-faire |
| Appointment of officials not based on the criteria specified by OPM | excepted service |
| Ruled the legislative veto unconstitutional | Chadha |
| A requirement that an executive decision lie before Congress for a specified period before it takes effect | legislative veto |
| A 1993 effort, led by Vice President Al Gore, to make the bureaucracy work better and cost less | National Performance Review |
| Refers to the tendency of agencies to grow without regard to the benefits their programs confer or the costs they entail | bureaucratic imperialism |
| Top-ranking civil servants who can be hired, fired, and rewarded in a more flexible manner than can ordinary bureaucrats | Senior Executive Service |
| A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | bureaucracy |
| Appointment of officials based on selection criteria devised by the employing agency and OPM | competitive service |
| Legislation that began the federal merit system | Pendleton Act |
| Governmental appointments made on the basis of political considerations | patronage |
| The right of committees to disapprove of certain agency actions | committee clearance |
| The ability of officials to make policies that are not spelled out in advance by laws | discretionary authority |
| Groups that regularly debate governmental policy on subjects such as health care or auto safety | issue networks |
| Government jobs having a confidential or policy-making character | schedule C |
| When state and local government are hired to staff and administer federal | government by proxy |
| Created the Senior Executive Service and recognized the need for flexibility in recruiting, assigning and salary | Civil Service Reform Act |
| Funds such as that of Social Security that operate outside the government budget | trust funds |
| A proposal by President Bush in 2002 which would consolidate 22 federal agencies and nearly 170,000 federal employees | Department of Homeland Security |
| The mutually advantageous relationship among an agency, a committee, and an interest group | iron triangle |
| Monies that are budgeted on a yearly basis; for example Congress may set yearly limits on what agencies can spend | annual authorizations |
| Created the Office of Special Counsel to investigate complaints from bureaucrats that they were punished after reporting to Congress about waste, fraud, or abuse in their agencies | Whistle Blower Protection Act |
| A legislative grant of money to finance a government program | appropriation |
| Legislative permission to begin or continue a government program or agency | authorization legislation |
| A job to be filled by a person whom a government agency has identified by name | name-request job |
| Complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done | red tape |
