voting system electoral system | a legal system for making democratic choices |
occupational safety and health act federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
federal government | a government with strong central powers |
federal department federal office department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Federal Communications Commission FCC | an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FLETC | a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies |
Federal Bureau of Prisons BoP | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes |
Federal Judiciary | the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws |
Federal Aviation Agency FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
electoral college | the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president |
Federalist Party American Federalist Party Federal Party | a major political party in the United States in the early th century, founded by Alexander Hamilton, favored a strong centralized government |
board meeting committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
blue ribbon commission blue ribbon committee | an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue |
Federal Reserve Board | the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System |
committee commission | a special group delegated to consider some matter, a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours - Milton Berle |
committee citizens committee | a selfonstituted organization to promote something |
select committee | a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose |
vigilance committee | a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist |
welcoming committee | a committee to welcome new residents to a community |
standing committee | a permanent committee |
Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
steering committee | a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body |
ethics committee ethics panel | a committee appointed to consider ethical issues |
finance committee | a committee appointed to consider financial issues |
political action committee PAC | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates |
federal court | a court establish by the authority of a federal government |
agency federal agency government agency bureau office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
Security Intelligence Review Committee SIRC | an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies |
Federal Reserve System Federal Reserve Fed FRS | the central bank of the United States, incorporates Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and statehartered commercial banks and some trust companies, the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply |
Federal Reserve Bank reserve bank | one of regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region |
Federal Trade Commission FTC | an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition, enforces federal antitrust laws, educates the public about identity theft |
Federal Protective Service FPS | an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Freddie Mac FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae FNMA | a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages |
Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
Federal Housing Administration FHA | the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages |
federal savings bank FSB | a federally chartered savings bank |
Committee for State Security KGB Soviet KGB | formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia |
Federal Security Bureau FSB Federal Security Service | the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB, formerly led by Vladimir Putin |
federal district | a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation |
Comoros Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands |
Germany Federal Republic of Germany Deutschland FRG | a republic in central Europe, split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in |
West Germany Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Yaltopya Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
Serbia and Montenegro Union of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
Nigeria Federal Republic of Nigeria | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, gained independence from Britain in , most populous African country |
committee member | a member of a committee |