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A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administration. [1] There is a notable variety of agency types.
City commission government is a form of local government in the United States. In a city commission government, voters elect a small commission, typically of five to seven members, typically on a plurality-at-large voting basis.
This is a category for official U.S. government; i.e., commissions, councils, conferences, etc., which are convened in a conference format or investigative format. This category can also be for committees of the legislative branch, meaning the US Senate or House of Representatives, for those committees which serve in a special investigative ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and opened January 19, 1975. The NRC oversees reactor safety and security, reactor licensing and renewal, radioactive material safety, and spent fuel management (storage, security, recycling, and ...
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 ...
City Commission, a form of local government (common in the United States) The European Commission, a body incorporating features of an executive branch of government and a civil service; Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group; Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry
The bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission stressed that public-private partnerships are key in advancing artificial general intelligence, but did not give any specific ...
An unrelated concept is a "constitutional commission", which is a commission created by the 1987 Constitution. These are governmental bodies that are independent of the three main branches of government. These constitutional commissions are the: Civil Service Commission; Commission on Audit; Commission on Elections