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Chapter 7: Bureaucracy

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Bureaucracy   a set of structures and procedures set by government or large organization to administer policies and procedures  
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Bureaucrat   an employee in a beureacracy  
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Cabinet departments   the largest units of the executive branch  
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Regulatory Commissions   commissions include the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Federal Election Commission.Responsible to congress  
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Independent Agencies   CIA, NASA. Outside of the cabinet department structure  
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Executive office of the president   13 entities including national security council and the office of Management and Budget  
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Iron Triangle   serve one another in exchange for information, political support, and favors  
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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.  
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Hoover Commission   intended to stabilize the federal bureaucracy and not let it get too big  
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New Deal Reforms   Helped to expand the range of policies that the federal government was responsible for administering and overseeing  
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Discretion   interpreting the intentions of congress in order to put the law into action  
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Devolution   Delegating the responsibilities for implementation to local and state governments.  
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