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Government operationsCovered in this article is every penny spent in every operation and process of government at any level, as reported from the 99% unaudited annual financial statements and operational reports of the governments of the world.
Prevent wasteToday, one goal of a government owned corporation is usually to attempt to avoid the perceived worst excesses of centralised governmental planning and control (compare nationalisation, command economy) by placing such an entity at "arm's length" and adopting/adapting some of the perceived efficiencies/democratisation of corporate structure and governance such as separate Boards of Directors with independent (external) members. External reviewSome governments let external analysts review the operations and financials just like Wall Street analysts review public companies. An import element of that review is to hold regular, perhaps quarterly, public conference calls between management and analysts. Which are recorded for anyone to hear. This is however so far (2004) a rare occurance. Government-owned corporationsServicesGovernment subsidiaries may produce services like:
GoodsGovernment subsidiaries may produce goods like:
Local governmentAt the level of local government, territorial or other authorities may set up government corporations such as "Local Authority Trading Enterprises " (LATEs). Commonwealth of NationsSee also: crown corporation, state-owned enterprises of New Zealand In monarchical commonwealth countries country-wide government corporations often use the style "crown corporation". Notable exceptions include both the state-owned enterprises and the crown entities in New Zealand. Examples of crown corporations include the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada and Air Canada before it underwent privatisation. Cabinet ministers (ministers of the crown ) often control the shares in such public corporations. United StatesMain article: United States government operations In the United States, businesses that are government owned include Amtrak and the United States Postal Service. Many states have government owned businesses for operations as well. Generally speaking, a statute passed by a legislature specifically sets up a government owned company in order to undertake a specific public purpose with public funds or public property. By businessFrom the US Treasury Financial Statements for the year ended September 30, 2004 Department of AgricultureThe Department of Agriculture ...
Department of DefenseThe Department of Defense ...
Department of EducationThe Department of Education operates ...
Department of Health & Human ServicesSee also: social security (United States) The Department of Health & Human Services ...
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Social Security AdministrationThe Social Security Administration (SSA) manages the United States' social insurance program, consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors benefits.
U.S. Postal ServiceThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...
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PrivatizationMain article: privatization In Japan, Japan Post is partially owned by the government, but is about to get sold to the public during the following years (following 2004). Japan Railway (JR), NTT and Japan Tobacco was formally owned by the government. See alsoExternal linksUnited StatesAll levelsFederal levelThe contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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