government service
State sector work
Government service is work performed for or on behalf of a governmental body—federal, state, or local.
The term covers both the employment itself and the sector as a whole: She spent thirty years in government service.
It may also refer to specific functions governments provide to citizens: postal service, public health services.
Someone in government service is a civil servant or public employee.
- social workerHuman services professional
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
welfare program · public office · transportation department · urban planning · regulatory agency · compliance officer · veterans affairs · public works · policymaking · public sector · administrative agency · public administration · unemployment benefits · tax authority · town hall meeting · court system · jury duty · community outreach
- Kayasthascribes, record keepers, endogamy
- Tax Treatiesdouble taxation, mutual agreement, withholding tax, bilateral agreements, non-discrimination
government serviceprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
private sector · commercial enterprise · free enterprise · entrepreneurship · self-employment
government servicefree market
Commerce without state intervention
private enterprise · capitalism · free enterprise · market economy · laissez-faire
government serviceself-employment
Working for yourself
freelancing · entrepreneurship · private practice · sole proprietorship · gig work
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