One of 15 executive branch units responsible for a broadly defined policy area and whose top administrator is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
What is a Department
100
Legislation that opens up government functions and documents to the public
What are sunshine laws.
100
Also called outsourcing or privatizing
What is contracting out
100
The first step in public policy cycle
What is agenda setting
100
In the case of public servants, the situation in which they can personally benefit from a decision they make or an action they take in the process of doing their jobs
What is a conflict of interest
200
An executive branch unit created by Congress and the president that is responsible for a narrowly defined function and whose structure is intended to protect it from partisan politics.
What is an independent administrative agency
200
A law that provides the plan of action to address a given societal concern and identifies the executive branch unit that will put the plan into effect.
What is an authorization law.
200
People employed in a government executive branch unit to implement public policy
What is a bureaucrat
200
The second step in the public policy cycle after agenda setting.
What is policy formulation
200
Political appointees who work within a government agency to ensure the integrity of public service by investigating allegations of misconduct by bureaucrats
What are inspectors general
300
An executive branch unit outside of cabinet departments responsible for developing standards of behavior within specific industries and businesses, monitoring compliance with these standards and imposing sanctions on violators
What is an independent regulatory agency
300
A law that gives bureaucracies and other government entities the legal authority to spend money.
What is an appropriation law
300
People hired and paid by private for-profit and nonprofit organizations that implement public policy through a government contract.
What are shadow bureaucrats
300
The third step in the public policy cycle after agenda setting, and policy formulation and is the step that involved authorization laws.
What is policy approval.
400
An executive branch unit that sells a service and is expected to be financially self-sufficient
What is a government corporation
400
A clause in legislation that sets an expiration date for authorized program/policy unless Congress reauthorizes it.
What is a sunset clause.
400
Bureaucrats hired through the merit-based personnel system.
What are civil servants
400
What is the fifth step in the public policy cycle after agenda setting, policy formulation, policy approval and resource allocation; is the step where administrative discretion, administrative rule making and administrative adjudication come into play.
What is Policy Implementation
500
Combines two or more of the organizational units in the bureaucracy
What is a hybrid
500
A civil servant who discloses mismanagement, fraud, waste, corruption, and/or threats to public health and safety to the government.
What is a whistle-blower
500
A publication that lists the top jobs in the bureaucracy to which the president appoint people through the patronage system.
What is the plum book.
500
What is the 6th, and last, step in the public policy cycle after agenda setting, policy formulation, policy approval, resource allocation and policy implementation?