Government agency
Government agency
A Government agency (pronunciation: /ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/) is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of Government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency, an environmental agency or a social welfare agency.
Etymology
The term "Government agency" is derived from the words "Government", which comes from the Old French gouvernement, meaning "control, direction, administration", and "agency", which originates from the Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agens, agentis, the present participle of agere, meaning "to do, make, act".
Related Terms
- Public sector: The part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.
- Bureaucracy: A system of administration characterized by its size, complexity, and by the impersonal nature of its operations.
- Regulatory agency: A public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity.
- Independent agency: Agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President.
- Executive agency: A part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry-out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Government agency
- Wikipedia's article - Government agency
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