Chapter 15 Bureaucracy

A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials

• Bureaucracy

• Distinctive Bureaucracy

• Central Congress

• Agencies

Washington pays state and local governments and private groups to staff and administer federal programs

• Government by Protection

• Government by Proxy

• Proxy Bureaucracy

• Protection of Columbia Law

An economic theory that government should not regulate or interfere with commerce

• Dirigisme

• Competitive Economy

• Laissez-faire

• Ineffi-faire

The extent to which appointed bureaucrats can choose courses of action and make policies not spelled out in advance by laws

• Arbitrary Authority

• Legislative Authority

• Congressional Authority

• Discretionary Authority

The government offices to which people are appointed on the basis of merit, as ascertained by a written exam or by applying certain selection criteria

• Federal Service

• Competitive Service

• Decentralization Service

• Civil Service

A job filled by a person whom an agency has already identified

• Name-request job

• Name-filling job

• Sentiment

• Census

A close relationship b/w an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group

• Three-Pointed Triangle

• Congressional Network

• Iron Triangle

• Issue Network

A network of people in Washington, D.C.-based interest groups on congressional staffs, in universities and think tanks, and in the mass media, who regularly discuss and advocate public policies

• Issue Network

• Congressional Network

• Client Network

• Oversight Network

Legislative permission to begin or continue a government program or agency

• Authorization Legislation

• Appropriation

• Trust Funds

• Legislative Veto

A legislative grant of money to finance a government program or agency

• Interest Funds

• Appropriation

• Trust Funds

• Grant Money