independent agency meaning

• Noun: independent agency
  1. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments

  Derived forms: independent agencies

  Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

• independent:    Adjective: indepen ...
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• independent assortment:    [Medicine] n : for ...

Examples

1. implementation of independent agency : 12 months
2. the commission is a body corporate with perpetual succession and as an independent agency it reports directly to the parliament of western australia
3. according to the annual icac surveys conducted by an independent agency, 99 per cent of the respondents consider that the icac deserves their support
4. The independent agency created by the City Council is clearly superior.
5. Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and independent agencies.