Agency
Anagencyis anorganizationwhich acts on behalf of others. There arecommercialagencies, andgovernmentagencies.[1]Dictionary.com defines 'agency': "an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency".[2]Actors, models, authors, sportspeople all have agents or agencies.
Bureau[change|change source]
Abureauis agency within an agency. For example:
- TheUnited States Department of the Interioris responsible for preserving the land and forests, and state parks. An agency within the Interior Department, theBureau of Indian Affairshas the job of providing certain services tonative Americanand nativeAlaskantribes.
- TheUnited States Department of Homeland Security,tasked with protecting the country from foreign threats, uses theFederal Bureau of Investigationas a nationalpoliceforce againstterrorismandtreason.
World[change|change source]
United States[change|change source]
In theUnited States,government agencies include theUnited States Department of Homeland Security,which has the job of protecting U.S.citizens;theUnited States Department of Education,which sets certain rules for how U.S.schoolsare to be run; and theUnited States Department of the Treasury,which helps keep track of the nation'smoneysupply.
Sources[change|change source]
- ↑The use of "agency" for a government organisation is anAmericanusage.In theUnited Kingdom,the word is mostly used for commercial agencies.
- ↑"the definition of agency".www.dictionary.com.