Agency
Records Management
any department, division, board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, task force, instrumentality, or other separate unit of state or local government created or established by the constitution or by state law, county resolution, municipal ordinance, or pursuant thereto, including the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch of state or local government; it may also be used more loosely to refer to any entity or instrumentality that created a record for use as a tool in its work.
An organizational entity of government, either executive, legislative or judicial, that is defined by law and has decision-making authority. Can be an office, department, board, commission, or other separate unit.
Auto Insurance
A firm that solicits insurance for one or more insurance carriers. It also may issue policies and adjust losses.
- — Auto Insurance Glossary retrieved 2014-05-19
Homeowners Insurance
A firm that solicits insurance for one or more insurance carriers. It also may issue policies and adjust losses.
- — Homeowners Insurance Glossary retrieved 2014-05-16
Personal Finance
Includes any executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. § 105 - any executive department, Government corporation, or independent establishment in the executive branch; any military department as defined in 5 U.S.C. § 102; and the Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
Security
Any executive department, military department, government corporation, government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include: 1) the General Accounting Office; 2) the Federal Election Commission; 3) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or 4) government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities.