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| Acquisitive bureaucracies | organizations that are self-perpetuating and demand funding that will result in the continued existence of the agency. |
| Bureaucracies | large administrative agencies reflecting a hierarchical authority, job specialization, and rules and regulations that drive them. |
| Civil Service Reform Act (1978) | law that replaced the Civil Service Commission with the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board |
| Division of labor | skilled workers each have a specialized function, resulting in increased productivity. |
| Government corporation | such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, created during the New Deal, having specific responsibilities that facilitate a specific operation of the government. |
| Hatch Act (1939) | law that places restrictions on the kind of political activity a federal employee may participate in. |
| Independent regulatory agencies | agencies that are quasi legislative and quasi judicial in nature and operation |
| Iron triangle network | the interrelationship among bureaucracies, the government, interest groups, and the public |
| Monopolistic bureaucracies | organizations where there is no competitive equal, such as the Social Security Administration, that also exists in the private sector |
| Pendleton Act | known as the Civil Service Act of 1883, it 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 | used to describe the difficulty it takes to get answers from a bureaucratic agency. |
| REGO | called for reducing the federal work force by 12 percent, updating information systems, eliminating wasteful programs and procedures, and cutting red tape. |
| Regulatory policy | policy that results in government control over individuals and businesses. Examples of regulatory policy include protection of the environment and consumer protection. |
