Across
- 3. Service Commission/ The initial central personnel agency of the nation government
- 4. Legislation/ A statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the creation of an administrative agency
- 5. a large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions
- 7. System/ The awarding of government jobs to political supporters and friends
- 10. Recently the word has been used to describe temporary takeovers that are similar to bankruptcy proceedings
- 14. Organization/ in the federal government, an administrative unit that is directly accountable to the president
- 16. Act/ A law that requires all committee directed federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session
- 17. System/ the selection, retention and promotion of government employees on the basis of competitive examinations
- 18. Act/ An act that established the principle of federal government employment based on merit
Down
- 1. The replacement of Government services provided by private films
- 2. Department/ one of the fifteen major departments of the executive branch
- 6. Someone who brings gross governmental inefficiency or an illegal action to the public's attention
- 8. The act by which an industry being regulated by a government agency gains direct or indirect control over agency personnel and decision makers
- 9. Corporation/ An agency of government that administers a quasi-business enterprise
- 11. Regulatory Agency/ An agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations
- 12. Network/ May consist of legislators, and legislative staff members, interest groups leaders, bureaucrats, scholars and other experts, and media representatives that support a particular policy position or given issu
- 13. Legislation/ Laws requiring that existing programs be reviewed regularly for their effectiveness and be terminated unless specifically extended as a result of these reviews
- 15. Triangle/ A three way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests
