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The network of executive branch departments, agencies, and offices that carry out and enforce federal laws is known as the

Federal Bureaucracy

The practice of giving government jobs as rewards for political support rather than ability is known as the __________ system

Spoils (or Patronage)

The law that shifted the federal bureaucracy to a merit-based civil service system in 1883 was the __________ Civil Service Act.

Pendleton

An agency's flexibility to interpret and decide how to implement general laws passed by Congress is called bureaucratic __________.

discretion

Formal rules issued by federal agencies that carry the full force of law are published annually in the Federal __________.

Register

A mutually beneficial three-way alliance among a congressional committee, an executive agency, and an interest group is an iron __________.

triangle

Broader and more flexible webs of advocates, experts, and interest groups that form around specific policy topics are called issue __________.

networks

Congress checks bureaucratic power by controlling funding and agency budgets using the power of the __________.

purse

The auditing agency that investigates federal agency spending and efficiency for Congress is the __________.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

When a regulatory agency becomes overly influenced or controlled by the industry it is meant to regulate, this is called agency __________.

capture