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  2. Independent agencies of the United States federal government

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    The Federal Reserve regulates private banking institutions, works to contain systemic risk in financial markets, and provides certain financial services to the federal government, the public, and financial institutions. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is one of the smaller Executive Branch agencies, with just over 100 ...

  3. Political appointments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hillary Clinton takes oath-of-office as United States Secretary of State. Bill Clinton also pictured. Administering the oath is Judge Kathryn A. Oberly.. According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is "any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head". [1]

  4. Board of directors - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the board of directors (elected by the shareholders) is often equivalent to the supervisory board, while the executive board may often be known as the executive committee (operating committee or executive council), composed of the CEO and their direct reports (other C-level officers, division/subsidiary heads).

  5. Special district (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Each district is governed by a board of directors, commissioners, board of supervisors, or the like. These boards may be appointed by public officials, appointed by private entities, popularly elected, or elected by benefited citizens (typically, property owners). Sometimes, one or more public officials will serve as an ex officio member on the ...

  6. Governing body - Wikipedia

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    The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken geopolitical system (such as a state) by establishing laws. Other types of governing include an organization (such as a corporation recognized as a legal entity by a government), a socio-political group (chiefdom, tribe ...

  7. Category:United States federal boards, commissions, and ...

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    This category is for boards, commissions and committees that do not fall under the jurisdiction any one of the three main branches of the United States federal government. For investigative commissions, or commissions convened in a conference or investigative formats, rather than as a formal ongoing agency, please see Category:United States ...

  8. Judge to review Trump's buyout offer to government workers ...

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    A U.S. judge will consider on Monday the fate of President Donald Trump's buyout offer to two million federal workers as Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented effort to dismantle government ...

  9. County commission - Wikipedia

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    A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States. A county usually has three to five members of the county commission. [1]