Bureaucratic Structure + Relationships

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Across
  1. 2. A tight-knit, client-politics relationship between Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups
  2. 4. Appointing employees based on political affiliation, loyalty to one’s party, and/or personal connection
  3. 5. ________ of the president: Immediate staff to the president
  4. 9. Independent Regulatory _____: tasked with regulating specific economic activities or interests
  5. 10. a job given to someone already known by the agency
Down
  1. 1. _____ Service: service outside of (previous) service where employees do not face a qualifying examination.
  2. 2. large networks of groups and people who debate and influence policy
  3. 3. ___________ Agencies: exist outside the 15 Cabinet departments to perform specific tasks
  4. 6. The 15 major executive departments
  5. 7. _______ Culture: Political/social environments where governments are frequently challenged, scrutinized, and/or criticized by individuals and the public
  6. 8. ________ Service: The merit-based system of hiring bureaucrats through a qualifying examination