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The United States federal government chartered and owned corporations operate to provide public services. Unlike government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or independent commissions, such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others, they have a separate legal personality from the federal government.
Companies portal See also: Category:Corporations chartered by the United States Congress Government-owned companies in the United States , including those belonging to individual states and municipalities.
This is a non-exhaustive world-wide list of government-owned companies. The paragraph that follows was paraphrased from a 1996 GAO report which investigated only the 20th-century American experience. The GAO report did not consider the potential use in the international forum of SOEs as extensions of a nation's foreign policy utensils.
Companies portal; United States portal; Below are U.S. entities that are quasi-public, sometimes meaning they operate like (and are sometimes organized as) private organizations and are run by a board of directors or similar arrangement whose members are appointed by government entities.
Pages in category "Privately held companies of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 204 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Business organizations based in the United States" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Privatization is the process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency, charity or public service from the public sector (the state or government) or common use to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit) or to private non-profit organizations.
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation.SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goods at lower prices, implement government policies, or serve remote areas where private businesses are scarce.