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Political Science 13
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Administrative Law Judge | can administer oaths, seek evidence, take testimony, makes factual and legal determinations, and render decisions. |
| Budgetary Process | the process through which annual federal spending and revenue determinations are made. |
| Bureaucracy | is a system of organization and control that is based on three principles: hierarchy authority, job specialization, and formalized rules. |
| Hierarchy authority | refers to a chain of command whereby the officials and units at the top a bur have authority over those in the middle, who intern have control over those at the bottom. |
| Job specialization | specially defined duties for each job position and to a precise division of labor with in the organization. |
| Formalized rules | are established procedures and regulations by which a bureaucracy conducts its operations. (enables workers to make quick and consistent judgments because based on precise rules, not case-by-case ones. |
| (executive) Cabinet departments | 15 of them (i.e: Dep of Justice; lead by aut general / Dep of state / Dep of defense) |
| Clientele groups | people who benefit directly from gov't agency's programs. |
| Independent agencies (2 examples) | resemble the cabinet departments but typically have narrower are of responsibility. (CIA , NASA) |
| Regulatory agencies (2 examples) | created when congress recognizes the need for ongoing regulation of a particular economic activity. (FDA, EPA) |
| Government corporation (2 examples) | (similar to private corps) receive fed funds to help "defray" operating expenses, and their directors are appointed by the president and approved by the senate. (FDIC, US Postal Service) |
| Presidential Commissions (2 examples) | provide advice to the president and address key areas of policy.(Commission of Civil Rights and Commission of Fine Arts) |
| Pendleton Act | stopped "the spoils system" with "Merit" |
| Whistleblowing | the act of reporting instances of official mismanagement. |
| Patronage System (another name) | Spoils system |
| Administrative agencies chief task | POLICY IMPLEMENTATION (wide discretion in some areas) |
| Rule making | through the power of law agencies make rules. |
| Source of bureaucratic power | Expertise, Clientele groups, and Alliance with branches. |
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