Basics
The process by which the bureaucracy puts laws into action through programs and regulations.
What is implementation?
This hiring system focuses on qualifications, exams, and expertise rather than political loyalty.
What is the merit system or merit-based hiring?
When Congress gives agencies the freedom to decide how best to implement laws, it is granting this type of authority.
What is discretionary authority?
This type of legislative power allows Congress to monitor and review how agencies enforce laws.
What is congressional oversight?
This key term is about the rules created by bureaucratic agencies that have the force of law.
What are regulations?
This network involves temporary coalitions of bureaucrats, interest groups, and experts working together on one policy issue.
What is an issue network?
This kind of law is created by agencies as they write rules and regulations that have the force of law.
What is administrative law?
This presidential tool allows the president to give agencies instructions on how to carry out federal laws.
This bureaucratic agency helps regulate pollution in the U.S.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This term describes the stable relationship among a bureaucratic agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee.
What is the iron triangle?
This agency is known for regulating corporate practices and enforcing rules against market manipulation like insider trading.
What is the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)?
This power gives Congress indirect control over the bureaucracy by granting or withholding funding.
What is the power of the purse?