national agencies
Government-run regulatory bodies
National agencies are organizations established and operated by a country's central government to carry out specific functions—law enforcement, environmental protection, intelligence gathering, public health.
The term distinguishes federal-level bodies from state, local, or international ones: The investigation involved coordination between national agencies and local police departments.
- Federal Communications CommissionU.S. broadcast licensing body
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationNational criminal investigation agency
- Department of EducationFederal agency governing schools
- Department of StateU.S. foreign affairs agency
- government watchdogBody monitoring state actions
Internal Revenue Service · Federal Reserve System · public service · Peace Corps · Food and Drug Administration · United States Postal Service · federal building · Department of Homeland Security · Library of Congress · Forest Service · Department of Veterans Affairs · Smithsonian Institution · Federal Trade Commission · red tape · alphabet soup · United States Secret Service · Department of Energy · big government
- public entitiespublic bodies, state enterprises, public corporations, local authorities, public institutions
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staff turnover
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Nearby governmental bodies
state agencies · local governments · local government · global organizations · community organizations
national agenciesprivate companies
Businesses without public shareholders
private corporations · private sector · commercial enterprises · private contractors · corporate entities
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