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  2. Quango - Wikipedia

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    The term "quasi non-governmental organisation" was created in 1967 by Alan Pifer of the US-based Carnegie Foundation, in an essay on the independence and accountability of public-funded bodies that are incorporated in the private sector. This essay got the attention of David Howell, a Conservative M.P. in Britain, who then organized an Anglo ...

  3. List of federal agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The official United States Government Manual offers no definition. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the ...

  4. Category:Quasi-public entities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Independent agencies of the United States federal government

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    Headquartered in Washington, DC, with six regions comprising more than 60 field and home offices, the agency provides mediation and conflict resolution services to industry, government agencies and communities. The headquarters of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve System (often called "the Fed"), is the central bank of the United ...

  6. Quasi-corporation - Wikipedia

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    A quasi-corporation is [1] an entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation, but has not been granted separate legal personality by statute. [2] For example, a public corporation with limited authority and powers such as a county or school district is a quasi-corporation.

  7. Administrative state - Wikipedia

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    In the U.K., there is an abundance of terminology to describe U.K. governmental and semi-governmental agencies, including executive ministries, non-ministerial government departments (NMGD), non-departmental public body (NDPD), and quango, originally short for "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization", but which are in fact partly ...

  8. Quasi-legislative capacity - Wikipedia

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    Another distinctive feature of quasi-legislative activity is the provision of notice and a hearing. When an administrative agency intends to pass or change a rule that affects substantive legal rights, it usually must provide notice of this intent and hold a public hearing. This gives members of the public a voice in the quasi-legislative activity.

  9. Quasi-state - Wikipedia

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    A quasi-state (sometimes referred to as a state-like entity [2] or formatively a proto-state [3] [2]) is a political entity that does not represent a fully autonomous sovereign state with its own institutions. [4] The precise definition of quasi-state in political literature