IRA - Attaché d'Administration de l'État key terms

The legally assigned authority for a body or official to undertake an act, distinguished from personal ability or enthusiasm.

An authorized allocation of a function or signature within its conditions, rather than unlimited transfer of every responsibility.

The allocation of public responsibilities to distinct public bodies under the applicable framework, distinguished from a local State service.

The organization of State administration through territorial services or representatives, distinguished from creating a separate autonomous local authority.

An act laying down rules within an authorized scope, distinguished from an individual decision concerning a particular person.

A decision concerning an identified person or situation, whose conditions differ from treating every administrative document as a general rule.

The relevant communication of an act to a person under the applicable procedure, distinguished from merely drafting it internally.

The legally relevant publication or availability of an act under its conditions, rather than any informal conversation about its contents.

The applicable permission or legal basis for an act, whose scope must be checked rather than inferred from convenience.

An obligation undertaken through the applicable process, distinguished from the later cash payment used to satisfy it.

A budget authorization relevant to payment during the applicable period, distinguished from every commitment or forecast future resource.

A grouping of programmes serving a public policy in the French State budget, relevant to the parliamentary voting structure.

A unit of specialization and management in the French State budget, linked to a defined ministry, objectives and results.

A defined measure used to assess activity or results, whose interpretation depends on the evidence and intended objective.

The purchase of works, supplies or services under the relevant public framework, requiring a defensible process rather than favoritism.

An interference between interests that can affect impartial judgment, requiring analysis and management under the applicable duties.

A public-service obligation relevant to conduct and equal treatment, distinguished from using an official role to impose personal preferences.

A duty governing the handling of information learned through official work, whose legal scope is not identical to unrestricted secrecy.

An organized record of information relevant to care and administration, accessible only under the appropriate purpose and authority.

The authorized process of establishing that information and actions concern the correct person, rather than relying on resemblance alone.

The grammatical complement directly affected by a verb, whose identity and position can matter to French past-participle agreement.

A difference expressed relative to the appropriate starting value, distinguished from the percentage that the final value represents.

The ability to follow relevant actions, sources and changes through a record, without assuming that recorded content is automatically true.

Referral through the appropriate responsibility route when a question exceeds the assigned role, rather than inventing a clinical or legal answer.