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US Government 15
the vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization |
| bureaucrat | A person who works for a bureaucratic organization |
| administration | The officials in the executive branch of a government and their policies and principles. |
| staff agency | An agency which supports the chief executive and other administrators by offering advice and other assistance in the management of the organization |
| line agency | an agency which performs the tasks for which the organization exists |
| Executive Office of the President | An organization of several agencies staffed by the President's closest advisers. |
| federal budget | A detailed financial document containing estimates of federal income and spending during the coming fiscal year |
| 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. |
| domestic affairs | All matters not directly connected to the real of foreign affairs. |
| executive departments | Often called the Cabinet departments, they are the traditional units of federal administration. |
| secretary | An official in charge of a department of government |
| 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 importat aspects of the natin's economy, largely beyond the reach of presidential control |
| quasi-legislative | Having to do with powers that are to some exten legislative |
| quasi-judicial | Having to do with powers that are to some extent judicial |
| government corporation | 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. |
| register | A record or list of names, often kept by an official appointed to do so. |
| bipartisan | Supported by two parties. |
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