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US Government Manual, official freely downloadable PDFs of annual printed versions. Federal Agency Directory, online database maintained by the Louisiana State University Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO; A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies, USA.gov, the US government's official web portal ...
Law. Bureaucracy ( / bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi /; bure-OK-rə-see) is a system of organisation where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials. [1] Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. [2] Today, bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large ...
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of ...
Haiti (during Duvalier dynasty) Brunei. Zaire. Oligarchy. Oligarchy, meaning "rule of the few", is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by nobility, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control.
The federal government of the United States ( U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district and national capital of ...
List of countries by system of government. World's states coloured by systems of government: Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature. Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch. Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president.
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.
Administrative law of the United States. In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President. [1] : 6 In a narrower sense, the term refers only to those independent agencies that, while considered ...