Independent agencies of the United States government: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments}}

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{{US administrative law}}

In the [[United States government]], '''independent agencies''' are [[List of federal agencies in the United States|agencies]] that exist outside the [[United States federal executive departments|federal executive departments]] (those headed by a [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] secretary) and the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]].<ref name="Independent Agencies in the United States">{{cite book |last1=Breger |first1=Marshall J. |last2=Edles |first2=Gary J. |date=2015 |title=Independent Agencies in the United States: Law, Structure, and Politics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbblBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199812127}}</ref>{{rp|page=6}} In a narrower sense, the term refers only to those independent agencies that, while considered part of the [[Executive branch of the United States|executive branch]], have [[administrative law|regulatory]] or [[rulemaking]] authority and are insulated from presidential control, usually because the president's power to dismiss the agency head or a member is limited.