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A freely competitive economy. |
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Laissez-Faire |
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Appointment of officials not based on the criteria specified by OPM. |
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Excepted Service |
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A requirement that an executive decision lie before Congress for a specified period before it takes again. |
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Legislative Veto |
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A 1993 effort, led by Vice President Al Gore, to make the bureaucracy work better and cost less. |
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National Performance Review |
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Top-ranking civil servants who can be hired, fired, and rewarded in a more flexible manner than can ordinary bureaucrats. |
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Senior Executive Service |
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A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials. |
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Bureaucracy |
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Appointment of officials based on selection criteria devised by the employing agency and OPM. |
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Competitive Service |
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Refers to the tendency of agencies to grow without regard to the benefits their programs confer or the costs they entail. |
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Bureaucratic Imperialism |
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Legislation that began the federal merit system. |
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Pendleton Act |
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Governmental appointments made on the basis of political considerations. |
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Patronage |
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The right of committees to disapprove of certain agency actions. |
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Committee Clearance |
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The ability of officials to make policies that are not spelled out in advance by laws. |
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Discretionary Authority |
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Groups that regularly debate governmental policy on subjects such as health care or auto safety. |
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Issue Networks |
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Government jobs having a confidential or policy-making character. |
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Schedule C |
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Funds such as that of Social Security that operate outside the government budget. |
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Trust Funds |
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A proposal by President Bush in 2002 which would consolidate 22 federal agencies and nearly 170,000 federal employees. |
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Department of Homeland Security |
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The mutually advantageous relationship among an agency, a committee, and an interest group. |
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Iron Triangle |
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Monies that are budgeted on a yearly basis; for example Congress may set yearly limits on what agencies can spend. |
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Annual Authorizations |
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A legislative grant of money to finance a government program. |
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Appropriation |
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Legislative permission to begin or continue a government program or agency. |
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Authorization Legislation |
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A job to be filled by a person whom a government agency has identified by name. |
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Name-Request Job |
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Complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done. |
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Red Tape |
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The practice of giving the fruits of a party's victory, such as jobs and contracts, to the loyal members of the party. |
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Senior Executive Service |
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