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Federal Charter School Program controversies
The federal Charter School Program controversies cover fraud, waste, and weak oversight in a Department of Education grant program that has awarded nearly $4 billion since 1995.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the independent U.S. agency regulating interstate and international communications by radio, TV, wire, satellite, and cable. Created by the Communications Act of 1934, led by five commissioners, amended by the 1996 Telecom Act.
Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal
The Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, BGE) is Germany's wholly federal radioactive waste disposal company, established by legislation in force 30 July 2016.
Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre
The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) is the UAE federal agency that produces official national statistics and monitors the country's performance in global competitiveness reports.
Federal Constitution of the United Provinces of Central America
The Federal Constitution of the United Provinces of Central America, formally the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Central America, was the federation's founding charter, decreed in 1824.
Federal Correctional Complex, Butner
FCC Butner is a four-institution Federal Bureau of Prisons complex in Butner, North Carolina, with FCI Butner Low, Medium I, Medium II, and the FMC Butner medical center, holding about 3,878 men.
Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury: low-security federal prison complex in Danbury, Connecticut, the state's only federal prison; three facilities (men's FCI, women's Federal Satellite Low, women's camp); opened 1940, women's prison 1994, men's again 2014; 2020 COVID-19 hotspot and Martinez-Brooks v. Easter litigation.
Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin
FCI Dublin was a low-security federal women's prison in Dublin, California, opened 1974, converted 2012, closed 2024 after a staff sexual-abuse scandal, prosecutions, a $116 million settlement, and court-ordered monitoring.
Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield
FCI Edgefield, a medium security Federal Bureau of Prisons prison for male inmates in Edgefield, South Carolina, opened 1998, with a minimum security satellite camp, capacity 1,472, ACA accreditation, and a CDL apprenticeship program.
Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood
FCI Englewood (Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood) is a low-security federal prison for men in Littleton, Colorado, built in 1938, with a detention center and a camp suspended in 2024; it is a Sex Offender Management Program institution.
Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville
The Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville is a medium-security federal prison for men run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, near Otisville in Orange County, New York.
Federal Council (Switzerland)
The Federal Council (Bundesrat, Conseil fédéral) is Switzerland's seven-member collegial executive and collective head of state, elected by the Federal Assembly for four-year terms; president rotates annually, decisions by consensus, no parliamentary removal, four-party magic formula since 1959.
Federal crime in the United States
Federal crime in the United States: conduct punishable under acts of Congress rather than state law, requiring an enumerated constitutional basis such as the Commerce Clause, with roughly 3,000 to over 5,000 distinct federal offenses.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a US government agency that insures bank deposits up to $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, funded by bank assessments.
Federal district
Federal district: a constitutionally distinct territory hosting a federation's capital, outside any member state. Examples include Washington DC, Canberra, Brasília, and Abuja; typically fewer powers than states, often limited local representation.
Federal districts of Russia
Federal districts of Russia (федеральные округа): eight presidentially supervised groupings of federal subjects created by Decree No. 849 on May 13, 2000, headed by appointed envoys, expanded and reshaped in 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is the independent U.S. agency enforcing federal campaign finance law (FECA) for House, Senate, and presidential races. Created by the 1974 amendments, opened 1975, reshaped by Buckley v. Valeo; six bipartisan commissioners, without a quorum since April 2025.
Federal elections in Germany
German federal elections elect the Bundestag, Germany's federal parliament, at least every four years; each voter casts a constituency vote and a decisive party vote.
Federal Electoral Institute
The Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE) was Mexico's autonomous public organization in charge of federal elections from 1990 to 2014, when it was replaced by the National Electoral Institute.
Federal Electoral Tribunal
Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF), Mexico's specialized electoral court, successor to TRICOEL (1987) and TRIFE (1990); created 1996, final arbiter of presidential and congressional election disputes.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, coordinates federal preparedness, response, and recovery for disasters and terrorism as a US Department of Homeland Security component established in 1979.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a US federal agency created in 1933 to make grants to state governments for relief during the Great Depression, led by Harry Hopkins.
Federal Express Flight 705
Federal Express Flight 705 was a 1994 cargo flight from Memphis on which off-duty flight engineer Auburn Calloway attacked the crew, who subdued him and landed safely.
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) is Germany's integrated financial regulator, created in 2002 by merging the banking, insurance, and securities supervisory offices.
Federal funds rate
The federal funds rate, also called the Fed funds rate, is the interest rate on overnight loans between US banks, set as a target range by the Federal Open Market Committee.
Federal government of Mexico
The federal government of Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is the national government of a federal republic under the 1917 Constitution, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches, 32 states, and a 2024 reform electing judges by popular vote.
Federal Government of Somalia
Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya: central government established 2012 under a provisional federal constitution after 1991 state collapse. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (since May 2022), PM Hamza Abdi Barre, bicameral parliament, member states, final 2026 constitution, HIPC debt relief.
Federal government of the United States
Federal government of the United States: the national government under the U.S. Constitution, with legislative, executive, and judicial branches, checks and balances, and shared federal-state authority in courts, regulation, and fiscal policy.
Federal Hall
Federal Hall is a National Park Service memorial at 26 Wall Street in New York City, where George Washington took the oath of office as first president in 1789.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), created in 1966, is a US Department of Transportation agency that helps states design, build, and maintain the nation's highways.