Chapter 7 Government Vocabulary

What is the term for the ability of Congress to determine the financial state of an agency when it allocates money?

Whats the term for funds set aside for certain purposes?

What law guides agencies in developing rules and procedures and assures citizens of their input in creating them?

What term means the power to interpret legislation and create rules?

What organization is the independent regulatory agency that administers and enforces federal campaign finance law?

What law protects federal workers who report of disclose evidence of illegal or improper government action?

What is the term for form of checks and balances over government agencies?

What is the term for theorganization of executive branch employees that take care of the federal government’s business?

What organization prints the record of how a regulation started, was developed, and landed in final form?

What organization helps to serve and honor those who have, according to president Lincoln, “borne the battle”?

What organization was created to oversee federal appointments and prevent the requirement of campaign contributions?

What is the term for the relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group?

What term states that max amount that an agency can spend on certain programs?

Where the final printing of laws is placed.

What term means federal jobs given as rewards for loyal party leaders?

What means making sure that firms and companies that are subject to industry regulations are following those standards?

What group creates industry-specific regulations and issue fines and other punishments?

What organization works to protect human health and the environment?

What organization would tackle an issue like student debt?

What organization works to protect passengers boarding airplanes, among other areas of security?

What organization that identifies problems and offers solutions and ideas for government savings?

What organization helps make sure that the executive ideology is delivered in policy throughout the bureaucracy?

What is the term for experts and stakeholders that collaborate to create specific policy on one issue?

What organization works to increase the productivity and competitiveness of American workers and business?

What law was passed to limit the impact of the practice of patronage?

What law that promoted merit in bureaucrats while giving the president more power to remove poor performers?

What organization that oversees the merit system and coordinates the federal application process for jobs and hiring?