POL 104, American Government

CHAPTER 11: BUREAUCRACIES

bureaucracy

five types of bureaucracies—EOP,* departments,* independent agencies, independent regulatory commissions, government corporations

the Fourth Branch

spoils or patronage system

civil service system*

Pendleton Act or Civil Service Act

Hatch Act

congressional oversight*

legislative veto

Congressional Review Act of 1996*

iron triangle (see also ch. 9)

issue networks*

administrative rules and regulations*

quasi-legislative function

quasi-judicial function

administrative law judges

Administrative Procedure Act (APA)*

United States Code (U.S.C.)

Federal Register

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

3/2017