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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco serves the Twelfth District, nine western states and Pacific territories, and is led by President Mary C. Daly.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, established in 1914, conducts central bank operations for the Eighth District and operates the FRED economic database of over 840,000 series.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is the seven-member governing body of the Federal Reserve System, whose members serve staggered fourteen-year terms and are chaired by Kevin Warsh.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) is a free online database of hundreds of thousands of economic time series, maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since 1991.
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a banknote issued by the Federal Reserve Board and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in denominations from $1 to $100.
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is an independent federal agency, created in 1986, that administers the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees and uniformed services members.
Federal Road Safety Corps
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is Nigeria's lead agency for road traffic administration and safety management, established by the federal government in February 1988 to prevent crashes on federal highways.
Federal Security Service
Federal Security Service (FSB, ФСБ России), Russia's domestic security and counterintelligence agency and main KGB successor, created April 1995 from the FSK; handles counterterrorism, border security, and SORM surveillance, distinct from the SVR.
Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1
Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 (Altiplano, formerly La Palma) is Mexico's flagship maximum-security federal prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, opened 1991, capacity 836, holding cartel leaders; site of El Chapo's 2015 tunnel escape.
Federal State of Austria
Federal State of Austria (Bundesstaat Österreich, Ständestaat): the authoritarian one-party Fatherland Front state, 1 May 1934 to 13 March 1938, under Dollfuß and Schuschnigg, ending with the Anschluss; distinct from the modern federal Republic of Austria.
Federal states of Austria
Federal states of Austria (Bundesländer): the nine autonomous provinces named in Art. 2 B-VG, each with a Landtag, provincial government and Landeshauptmann, sharing legislative and executive power with the federation.
Federal subjects of Russia
Federal subjects of Russia are the constituent units of the Russian Federation: 89 per its constitution (83 widely recognized), in six types including 22 republics, formally equal but asymmetric in practice and centralized since 2000.
Federal tax revenue by state
Federal tax revenue by state: IRS-collected gross federal taxes attributed to each state, dominated by individual income and payroll taxes (87% in FY2024), led by California, Texas, and New York.
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), now Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, is a federal tertiary hospital in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, founded in the 1930s as a WWII casualty post and upgraded to a teaching hospital in December 2011.
Federal territory
Federal territory: a federation subdivision run by the national government, usually housing the capital, such as Washington D.C., Canberra, Brasília, and Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, created by Decree No. 6 of 1976.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), independent US agency created September 26, 1914 under the FTC Act; enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws via Section 5 and the Clayton Act, with Bureaus of Consumer Protection, Competition, and Economics.
Federal Trade Commission Act
The Federal Trade Commission Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1914 that declares unfair methods of competition unlawful and created the Federal Trade Commission.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ), Brazil's first federal university, founded 7 September 1920 by Decree 14.343 from medicine, engineering, and law schools; renamed Universidade do Brasil in 1937 and UFRJ in 1965, main campus on Ilha do Fundão.
Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico
Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico: U.S. citizens on the island, citizens since the 1917 Jones Act, cannot vote for President and lack voting representation in Congress under the Insular Cases doctrine, though they vote locally and in primaries.
Federal Way
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma, incorporated February 28, 1990, population about 101,000, known for parks, cultural diversity, and Link light rail.
Federal Work-Study Program
The Federal Work-Study Program, or FWS, is a U.S. federal student aid program offering part-time jobs to students with financial need, created in 1964 and administered by colleges.
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, is the US law signed by Eisenhower that funded the Interstate Highway System.
Federal-Mogul
Federal-Mogul was an American automotive parts maker founded in 1899 and headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, with $7.8 billion in 2017 revenues before its 2018 acquisition by Tenneco.
Federalisation of the European Union
Federalisation of the European Union: the process by which the EU, a treaty-based union of member states with confederal roots, takes on federal characteristics; scholars describe it as a federal union with unmatched joint decision-making but weak federal government in defense and social policy.
Federalism
Federalism divides constitutional power between national and subnational governments, each acting directly on citizens. Contrasted with unitary and confederal systems; 25 of 193 UN states are federal, covering 40 percent of world population.
Federalism in India
Federalism in India: the constitutional division of power between the Union and India's 28 states, also called quasi-federal or centralized federalism. Article 1's "Union of States", Seventh Schedule lists, Article 356, Finance Commission, and debates over simultaneous elections.
Federalism in Quebec
Federalism in Quebec: the place of Quebec in the Canadian federation and its federalist tradition. Covers the 1982 patriation, Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, distinct society, and asymmetric arrangements on immigration and health.
Federalism in the Philippines
Federalism in the Philippines: the Duterte-era proposal to replace the unitary 1987 Constitution with a federal system of states or federated regions, via the 22-member ConCom draft of 2018, which was never ratified.
Federalism in the United Kingdom
Federalism in the United Kingdom is a proposed but never adopted constitutional model; the UK remains a unitary state with reversible devolution to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, no arrangements for England, and no codified constitution dividing sovereignty.
Federalism in the United States
Federalism in the United States: constitutional division of power between the federal government and the 50 states, from enumerated powers and the Tenth Amendment through dual, cooperative, and New Federalism eras, Spending Clause limits, and current Supreme Court trends.