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gov ch. 7 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | vast, hierarchical organization of executive branch employees |
| Civil Service Commission | oversees the process of the merit system and prevented officials from requiring federal employees to contribute to political campaigns |
| Civil Service Reform Act | Altered how a bureaucrat is dismissed and limited preferences for veterans in hopes of balancing genders in federal employment and put upper-level appointment back in the hands of the president |
| compliance monitoring | making sure the firms and companies are subject to industry regulation and are following those standard and provisions |
| iron triangle | the relationship between an agency, a Congressional committee, and an interest group |
| issue networks | when committee staffers, academies, advocates, leaders of think tanks...collaborate to create specific policy on one issue |
| merit system | competitive, written exams for many jobs applicants |
| National Performance Review | organized to identify problems and offer solutions and ideas for government savings |
| Office of Personnel Management | runs the merit system and coordinates the federal application process for jobs and hiring |
| patronage | rewarding loyal party leaders with federal jobs |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | prevented constant reward to loyal party members |
| spoils system | when presidents appoint regional and local postmasters in many branch offices across the Nation expecting loyalty in return |
| Administrative Procedures Act | guides agencies in developing their rules and procedures and assures those citizens and industries affected by policy can have input |
| Code of Federal Regulations | more cleanly arranges the final regulation or law |
| Dept of Education | can cancel or lower student debt |
| delegated discretionary authority | the power to interpret legislation and create rules |
| Dept of Homeland Security | allows certain exemptions for immigrants |
| Dept of Transportation | ensures the Nation has the safest most efficient and modern transportation system in the world |
| Environmental Protection Agency | protects human health and the environment |
| Federal Election Commission | independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing federal campaign finance law |
| Federal Register | prints the record of how the regulation started, developed, and landed in its final form |
| independent regulatory agencies | can create industry specific regulations and issue fines and other punishments |
| notice and comment opportunity | provides the public an opportunity to comment on a proposal before it can issue a final rule |
| dept of veteran affairs | takes care of veterans and whatever problems they might have |
| securities and exchange commission | determining if financial firms should be disqualified from raising money because of illegal conduct |
| appropriations | funds set aside for certain purposes |
| authorization of spending | state the max amount an agency can spend on certain programs |
| compliance monitoring | making sure firms and companies subject to industry regulation are following those standards and provisions |
| Congressional oversight | a check and balance on the agencies themselves and competes with the president for influence over them |
| office of info and regulatory affairs | administers the regulatory review |
| power of the purse | allows Congress to determine the financial state of an agency and its success when it allocates money |
| administrative Procedures act | governs the process by which federal agencies develop and issue regulations |
| legislative veto | requires that certain agencies decisions must wait for a defined period of either 30 or 90 days |
| whistleblower protection act | prohibits a federal agency from retaliating or threatening an employee for disclosing acts that he or she believes were illegal or dishonest |
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