In the United States federal government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense, the term
The headquarters of the Federal Reserve System
A USPS truck in the snow
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is a quasi independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpo
Independent agencies of the United States federal government
…rulemaking responsibilities or authorities by Congress. The Paperwork Reduction Act lists 19 enumerated "independent regulatory agencies", such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr, the inaugural chairman of the SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., near Washington Union Station
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938