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12 GOV Vocab CH 15

American Government Vocab CH 15

TermDefinition
Bureaucracy A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization through hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formal rules
fiscal year The 12-month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue collecting,and other financial management purposes.
EOP (Executive Office of the President) several agencies that exist to support the President and staffed by his closest advisors
domestic affairs All matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs.
executive departments Often called the Cabinet departments, they are the traditional units of federal administration.
attorney general The head of the Department of Justice.
independent agencies Additional agencies created by Congress located outside the Cabinet departments.
independent executive agencies Agencies headed by a single administrator with regional subunits, but lacking Cabinet status.
independent regulatory commissions Independent agencies created by Congress, designed to regulate important aspects of the nation’s economy, largely beyond the reach of presidential control
quasi-legislative Having to do with powers that are to some extent legislative.
quasi-judicial Having to do with powers that are to some extent judicial.
government corporations Corporations within the executive branch subject to the President’s direction and control, set up by Congress to carry out certain business-like activities.
civil service Those civilian employees who perform the administrative work of government.
spoils system The practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political supporters and friends.
patronage The practice of giving jobs to supporters and friends.
Bipartisan Supported by two parties.
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