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Term | Definition |
Bureaucracy | a set of structures and procedures set by government or large organization to administer policies and procedures |
Bureaucrat | an employee in a beureacracy |
Cabinet departments | the largest units of the executive branch |
Regulatory Commissions | commissions include the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Federal Election Commission.Responsible to congress |
Independent Agencies | CIA, NASA. Outside of the cabinet department structure |
Executive office of the president | 13 entities including national security council and the office of Management and Budget |
Iron Triangle | serve one another in exchange for information, political support, and favors |
Social Security Act | This became the first federally funded pension program targeting all working Americans. It has come to symbolize the defining moment when the federal bureaucracy metamorphosed into a critical social service provider. |
Hoover Commission | intended to stabilize the federal bureaucracy and not let it get too big |
New Deal Reforms | Helped to expand the range of policies that the federal government was responsible for administering and overseeing |
Discretion | interpreting the intentions of congress in order to put the law into action |
Devolution | Delegating the responsibilities for implementation to local and state governments. |
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