A government is the organization, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects.

Typically, the term "government" refers to the civil government of a sovereign state which can be either local, national, or international. However, commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also governed by internal bodies. Such bodies may be called boards of directors, managers, or governors or they may be known as the administration (as in schools) or councils of elders (as in forest). The size of governments can vary by region or purpose.

Growth of an organization advances the complexity of its government, therefore small towns or small-to-medium privately operated enterprises will have fewer officials than typically larger organizations such as multinational corporations which tend to have multiple interlocking, hierarchical layers of administration and governance. As complexity increases and the nature of governance becomes more complicated, so does the need for formal policies and procedures.

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Anti- Government Nonsense : Kaieteur News
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:30:37 GM

Just to be clear, this is not about anti-. government. thoughts on . government. nonsense. It is about the . government's. thoughts on anti-. government. nonsense. Make sense? No, it does not. And that is exactly my point. ...

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At a press event at its headquarters this morning, Google announced Google Apps for . Government. --a new version of its Google Apps productivity suite that's been certified by the US . government. as meeting its security requirements.

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Actually it was emancipation that was forced onto the country by the . government. , during the Reconstruction Period (1866-1877). Federal troops enforced equality throughout the South, and were highly unpopular. Then the Feds withdrew the ...

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  • epractice.euepractice.eu
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    The portal created by the European Commission offers a service for the professional community of eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth practitioners.
  • CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsCIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
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    List of government officials and their titles, updated weekly. Also includes the head of the central bank, ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York.
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Reuters Revenue fell 14 percent to $2.67 billion, including an expected decrease of $468 million for North America Government & Defense business. ... KBR Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results: Revenue of $2.7 Billion; $0.66 ... MarketWatch (press release) KBR 2Q Profit Jumps 58%; Co Raises Full-Year Forecast >KBR Wall Street Journal
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ABC Online Japan has hanged two convicted criminals in the first executions since the election of the centre-left government . ... Minister attends hangings, orders review The Australian Japan justice minister orders executions Financial Times

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What extend should a government be encouraged to do business?
Q. In Malaysia, there are many areas where the government has investments through its investment arm or through the ruling party's investment arm. Do we vote for a certain political party to form a government so that it can be rich and the people be poor or deprived of the fruits of economy? I totally disagree with too much investment by the government. The people should be allowed to participate in such investments. Not just the ruling government and its cronies. This is not democracy. This is day light robbery.
Asked by bornfreemalaysian - Wed May 26 23:06:20 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Best government is small government. Even in democracy, we vote for whatever party or whatever person. That doesn't give them right to over taxes us. Governement run business is bad idea because govenment's business can run even in negative profit. This mean bad business system just keep living suck up taxespayer's money.
Answered by Seeker - Wed May 26 23:15:48 2010

What happens when the government runs out of money, and becomes bankrupt?
Q. The U.S. Federal Government is in major extreme almost unsolvable debt, State governments sometimes go broke resulting in a shut down of services. So what happens when a state government goes bankrupt for a long period of time, say 6 months to a year? What if the Fed can't give grants, and loans to keep state services open?
Asked by advait0 - Sun Nov 25 01:54:22 2007 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Bankruptcy of government will lead to anarchy since when government officials are no longer paid, they will stop working and will abandon their offices paralyzing entirely the government operations.
Answered by FRAGINAL-NOYPI - Sun Nov 25 03:36:26 2007

How will the Republcians small government talking point hold up with BP asking for big government help?
Q. If we are going to have our government smaller then the biggest companies like Republicans want why did BP not rent boats, planes, choppers, etc from a private rental companies? Republcians should be flaming mad that BP called on big Obama`s government for help.
Asked by middleclassman - Tue Jun 1 17:20:09 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I completely agree. Whenever I hear Republicans complaining that "Obama is killing the Gulf" or "Why isn't Obama doing anything about the spill?" I laugh at the complete idiocy of the statement, as BP, an oil company, should fix the spill, not the Federal government. It's horribly hypocritical of Republicans to say things like this.
Answered by Ace - Wed Jun 2 01:17:01 2010

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A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.

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  • Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty.
    • Barnhill, John Basil (1914). "Indictment of Socialism No. 3" (PDF). Barnhill-Tichenor Debate on Socialism. Saint Louis, Missouri: National Rip-Saw Publishing. pp. p. 34. Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
  • The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.