POL 113- American Government and Politics

a large, complex, hierarchically structured administrative organization that carries out specific functions.

An individual who works in a bureaucracy. As generally used, the term refers to a government employee.

An agency of the government that is run as a business enterprise. Such agencies engage primarily in commercial activities, produce revenues, and require greater flexibility than most government agencies have.

A federal agency that is not located within a cabinet department.

A federal organization that is responsible for creating and implementing rules that regulate private activity and protect the public interest in a particular sector of the economy.

nonmilitary government employees

to render a judicial decision. in administrative law, it is the process in which an administrative law judge hears and decides issues that arise when an agency charges a person or firm with violating a law or regulation enforced by the agency.

A law enacted by a legislature to establish an administrative agency. Enabling legislation normally specifies the name, purpose, composition, and powers of the agency being created.

a three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests.

groups of individuals or organizations- which consist of legislators and legislative staff members, interest group leaders, bureaucrats, the media, scholars, and other experts- that support particular policy positions on a given issue.

an administrative agency rule that carries the same weight as a statute enacted by a legislature.

the application of technical skills to jobs without regard to political issues.

the process undertaken by an administrative agency when formally proposing, evaluating, and adopting a new regulation.

the transfer of the task of providing services traditionally provided by the government to the private sector.

in the context of government employment, someone who "blows the whistle" (reports to authorities or the press) on gross governmental inefficiency, illegal action, or other wrongdoing