government agency
Public administrative body
A government agency is an organization within a government that carries out specific administrative functions—enforcing laws, delivering services, or regulating particular sectors.
Agencies operate at federal, state, or local levels: the Environmental Protection Agency, the state health agency.
The term often implies bureaucratic structure and specialized authority: Which agency handles building permits?
Distinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- divisionSplitting into parts
- officeProfessional work location
- branchDivision or woody limb
commission · administration · council · ministry · secretariat · headquarters · director · commissioner
Bureaucratic obstacles to action
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- formsVarieties or documents
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
compliance · protocol · hierarchy · officialdom · clerical · administrative · files · documents
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
law · decree · ordinance · directive · control · power · rule · regulatory
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
Comfort and prosperity
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
policing · firefighting · transportation · social work · public housing · veterans services · environmental protection · public parks
department
Distinct unit within organization
branch · commission · administration · council · ministry · secretariat · headquarters · director · commissioner · secretary
red tape
Bureaucratic obstacles to action
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- formsVarieties or documents
procedures · compliance · protocol · hierarchy · officialdom · clerical · administrative · files · documents · formality
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
statute · law · decree · ordinance · directive · control · power · rule · regulatory · sanctions
FBI
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
welfare
Comfort and prosperity
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
sanitation · policing · firefighting · transportation · social work · public housing · veterans services · environmental protection · public parks · child services
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, McCann, CDC, FCC
- government bodiesbureau, legislature, department, ministry, judiciary
- sourcesbook, encyclopedia, source, journals, magazine
- economic entitiesbusiness, company, corporation, firm, enterprise
- legal entitiescorporation, law firm, LLC, company, nonprofit
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
government agencyprivate company
Business without public shareholders
private enterprise · private corporation · private sector · commercial enterprise · privately held company
government agencygrassroots organization
Locally-led citizen group
volunteer organization · nonprofit organization · NGO · charity · social movement
agency, government, governor, governing, governed, gubernatorial, governance, governors, governess