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Federal Open Market Committee
The Federal Open Market Committee is the twelve-member Federal Reserve committee that sets the federal funds rate target and directs open market operations, deciding American monetary policy.
Federal pardons in the United States
Federal pardons are presidential acts of clemency under Article II, Section 2 for federal offenses except impeachment, covering pardon, amnesty, commutation, remission, and reprieve, administered through the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney.
Federal Party
The Federal Party (Partido Federalista) was the first political party in the Philippines, founded in Manila in December 1900 to campaign for annexation by the United States.
Federal Party (Argentina)
The Federal Party (Partido Federal) was the Argentine political force that united federalist factions under Juan Manuel de Rosas, defending provincial autonomy against unitario centralization until the early 1870s.
Federal Police (Germany)
Federal Police (Bundespolizei, BPOL), Germany's nationwide federal police force under the Interior Ministry, founded 1951 as Bundesgrenzschutz; handles border, railway, aviation, and sea policing with about 55,000 staff, distinct from the 16 Landespolizeien and the BKA.
Federal Police (Mexico)
The Federal Police (Policía Federal, PF) was Mexico's national preventive and investigative police, formed from the 1999 Policía Federal Preventiva, reorganized in 2009, and disbanded in 2019 when its functions and personnel transferred to the National Guard.
Federal Protective Service (United States)
Federal Protective Service (FPS), a DHS federal law enforcement agency protecting about 9,000 federally owned and leased buildings with roughly 13,000 contract guards, funded by fees, under 40 U.S.C. 1315 authority.
Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board is an independent Canadian tribunal that administers collective bargaining, grievance adjudication, and staffing complaints for the federal public service and Parliament.
Federal Radio Commission
The Federal Radio Commission, created by the Radio Act of 1927, licensed stations, allocated frequencies, and controlled power until the Communications Act of 1934 replaced it with the FCC.
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center
The Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) is a United States interagency center, created in 1987, that coordinates federal radiological monitoring during nuclear or radiological incidents.
Federal Railroad Administration
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is a US Department of Transportation agency created in 1966 that regulates railroad safety and administers grants for freight and passenger rail.
Federal Reference Method
A Federal Reference Method (FRM) is an EPA-designated method for sampling and analyzing ambient air, defining how US states measure compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Federal regions of Iraq
Federal regions of Iraq are self-governing units under the 2005 constitution; the Kurdistan Region (KRG) is the only one, with other governorates empowered but never forming regions by referendum.
Federal Register
The Federal Register is the official daily journal of the U.S. government, published since 1936 by NARA's Office of the Federal Register, carrying rules, proposed rules, notices, and Presidential documents.
Federal Reporter
The Federal Reporter (F., F.2d, F.3d, F.4th) is West's series of reporters of published U.S. federal appellate decisions, begun in 1880 in the National Reporter System and the de facto official reporter of the courts of appeals.
Federal republic
A federal republic is a state in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central government and self-governing regional units, with elected rather than monarchical leadership.
Federal Republic of Central America
The Federal Republic of Central America (República Federal de Centroamérica), first the United Provinces of Central America, was a five-state federation (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) existing 1823–1839/1841, with an 1824 US-modeled constitution and Morazán as dominant president.
Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve, known as the Fed, is the central bank of the United States, created by Congress in 1913 to set interest rates and stabilize banking.
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act, also known as the Glass-Owen Act, is the 1913 United States statute that created the Federal Reserve System, the country's central bank.
Federal Reserve Bank
A Federal Reserve Bank is one of 12 regional banks that, with the Board of Governors, make up the Federal Reserve System, the US central bank created in 1913.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, established in 1914, serving the Sixth District covering Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks of the United States central bank, serving the First Federal Reserve District.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks created in 1913, serving the Seventh District from Chicago with a branch bank in Detroit.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks, serving the Fourth District, covering Ohio and parts of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks, serving the Eleventh District covering Texas, northern Louisiana, and southern New Mexico.
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is one of the twelve regional Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, serving the Tenth District from Kansas City, Missouri.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, supervising banks in the Ninth Federal Reserve District.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, known as the New York Fed, is a regional Federal Reserve bank that executes US monetary policy, opened in 1914.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, serving Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania.
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, serving the Fifth District from headquarters in Richmond, with branches in Baltimore and Charlotte.