Ch. 4:2

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Across
  1. 5. a business owned and operated by the federal government
  2. 6. the collective agencies and employees of the executive branch
  3. 7. federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department
  4. 8. the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examination and merit
  5. 9. a group of advisors to the president that includes the heads of 14 top-level executive departments
Down
  1. 1. rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support
  2. 2. person hired into a federal position
  3. 3. hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications
  4. 4. a person appointed to a federal position by the president