Agency

FIPS 200

Any executive department, military department, government corporation, government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include: (i) the Government Accountability Office; (ii) the Federal Election Commission; (iii) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or (iv) government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities. (44 U.S.C., SEC. 3502)

NIST SP 800-18r1

See Executive Agency.

NIST SP 800-32

Any department, subordinate element of a department, or independent organizational entity that is statutorily or constitutionally recognized as being part of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

NIST SP 800-37

See Executive Agency.

NIST SP 800-53AdF

See Executive Agency.

NIST SP 800-53r1

An executive department specified in 5 U.S.C., Sec. 101; a military department specified in 5 U.S.C., Sec. 102; an independent establishment as defined in 5 U.S.C., Sec. 104(1); and a wholly owned Government corporation fully subject to the provisions of 31 U.S.C., Chapter 91.

NIST SP 800-53r2

See Executive Agency.

NIST SP 800-59

The term 'agency' means any executive department, military department, government corporation, government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include -

(a) the General Accounting Office;

(b) Federal Election Commission;

(c) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or

(d) Government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities. (44 USC 3502 (1))