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The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery[1] are created.
The phrase 'machinery of government' was thought to have been first used by author John Stuart Mill in Considerations on Representative Government (1861).[2] It was notably used to a public audience by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast in 1934,[3] commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments, including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, have adopted the term in official usage.
- ^ For example, a Number 10 Press Notice on 5 May 2006 was entitled Machinery of Government changes in announcing the creation of a new department of the British Government, accessed at "Number 10 press notices". www.Number10.gov.uk. 10 Downing Street. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2006. 12 June 2006
- ^ Stuart Mill, J.S. (1861) Considerations on Representative Government, Chapter V; editions include Kessinger, ISBN 0-7661-8898-1; text accessed at University of Texas at Austin [1] 12 June 2006
- ^ Roosevelt, F.D. Fireside Chat broadcast 30 September 1934 accessed at Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center [2] Archived 11 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine 12 June 2006