executive agency

1. is a type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office - an administrative unit of government
   subtypes:

   • aec, atomic energy commission - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
   • manhattan project - a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
   • council of economic advisors - an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President
   • national security council, nsc - a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
   • council on environmental policy - the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment
   • joint chiefs, joint chiefs of staff - the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
   • office of management and budget, omb - the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
   • united states trade representative, us trade representative - the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade
   is a part of: executive branch, executive office of the president - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws

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