governmental agencies
Public sector bodies
Governmental agencies are organizations established by governments to administer specific functions—regulatory, administrative, or service-oriented.
They operate at federal, state, and local levels: The EPA is a federal governmental agency.
The term often appears in bureaucratic or legal contexts, sometimes with connotations of red tape or institutional slowness: Getting permits requires dealing with multiple governmental agencies.
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationNational criminal investigation agency
- Federal Communications CommissionU.S. broadcast licensing body
- Department of Veterans AffairsFederal agency for ex-military
- Federal Trade CommissionAgency overseeing marketplace fairness
- Drug Enforcement AdministrationFederal anti-narcotics agency
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- government administrationpublic administration, ministries, civil servants, public officials, state administration
- research policyresearch funding, science policy, research ethics, grant funding, federal funding
governmental agenciesprivate companies
Businesses without public shareholders
private sector · corporations · private enterprise · commercial enterprises · multinational corporations
governmental agenciesgrassroots movements
Citizen-led collective action
community organizations · volunteer groups · neighborhood associations · social movements · ad hoc committees
governmental agenciesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
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