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AP GOV Bureaucracy Vocab 2020

Terms in this set (7)

All departments are headed by a secretary of state except which department?
Department Of Justice (Attorney General)
Spoils Sytem
Each new president appoints new directors for agencies with new administration
Whats the Pendleton Act (Civil Service Act(
Selection criteria was based on a merit system instead of party loyalty
Hatch Act
Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Whats an iron triangle
An alliance between an interest group, sub committee and government agency.
Independent Executive Agencies
governmental units that closely resemble a Cabinet department but have narrower areas of responsibility and perform services rather than regulatory functions
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Federal regulatory agencies that are independent, thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission.
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