public-sector
Government work sphere
Public-sector describes things related to government and its agencies, as opposed to private business: public-sector jobs, public-sector spending, public-sector unions.
The term appears most often in discussions of employment, budgets, and policy debates about the proper size and role of government.
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- policyAdopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
state · authority · ministry · agency · parliament · senate · council · cabinet
Administrative written tasks
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
formality · oversight · secretariat · bureaucrat · clerical · institutional · organizational · governmental
Status as state member
- votingFormally registering a choice
- electorateEligible voting body
- representativeOne who acts for another
- constituentMember of electoral district
ballot · referendum · grassroots · advocacy · petition · accountability · transparency · stakeholder
Stored organizational funds
- budgetPlan for spending
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- revenueBusiness income total
- expenditureMoney paid out
appropriation · subsidy · grant · levy · tariff · exchequer · deficit · surplus
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
- welfareComfort and prosperity
government
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- policyAdopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
regulation · state · authority · ministry · agency · parliament · senate · council · cabinet · democracy
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
hierarchy · formality · oversight · secretariat · bureaucrat · clerical · institutional · organizational · governmental · administrator
citizenship
Status as state member
- votingFormally registering a choice
- electorateEligible voting body
- representativeOne who acts for another
constituent · ballot · referendum · grassroots · advocacy · petition · accountability · transparency · stakeholder
treasury
Stored organizational funds
expenditure · appropriation · subsidy · grant · levy · tariff · exchequer · deficit · surplus · allocation
healthcare
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
highways
Major intercity roads
sewers · telecommunications · airports · ports · railroads · sanitation · zoning · utilities · roadworks · waterworks
public-sectorprivate-sector
Commerce outside state control
private · private enterprise · for-profit · free enterprise · privatized
public, section, sector, publish, publication, publicity, publishing, published, publisher