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 |
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 |
Federal Reserve Board | the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Federal Fed federal official | any federal law-enforcement officer |
Federal Federal soldier Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |
agent federal agent | any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau |
bill note government note bank bill banker's bill bank note banknote Federal Reserve note greenback | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank), he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes |
federal deficit | an excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue, federal deficits can cause inflation |
federal tax lien | lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable |
federal | national, especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal courts, the federal highway program, federal property |
federal | characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities, a federal system like that of the United States, federal governments often evolved out of confederations |
Union Federal | being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War, Union soldiers, Federal forces, a Federal infantryman |
federal | of or relating to the central government of a federation, a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government |