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