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A freely competitive economy.
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Laissez-Faire
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Appointment of officials not based on the criteria specified by OPM.
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Excepted Service
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A requirement that an executive decision lie before Congress for a specified period before it takes again.
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Legislative Veto
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A 1993 effort, led by Vice President Al Gore, to make the bureaucracy work better and cost less.
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National Performance Review
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Top-ranking civil servants who can be hired, fired, and rewarded in a more flexible manner than can ordinary bureaucrats.
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Senior Executive Service
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A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials.
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Bureaucracy
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Appointment of officials based on selection criteria devised by the employing agency and OPM.
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Competitive Service
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Refers to the tendency of agencies to grow without regard to the benefits their programs confer or the costs they entail.
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Bureaucratic Imperialism
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Legislation that began the federal merit system.
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Pendleton Act
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Governmental appointments made on the basis of political considerations.
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Patronage
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The right of committees to disapprove of certain agency actions.
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Committee Clearance
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The ability of officials to make policies that are not spelled out in advance by laws.
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Discretionary Authority
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Groups that regularly debate governmental policy on subjects such as health care or auto safety.
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Issue Networks
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Government jobs having a confidential or policy-making character.
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Schedule C
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Funds such as that of Social Security that operate outside the government budget.
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Trust Funds
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