Agency

An agency is a governmental or quasi-governmental organization established to perform a specific function or provide a particular service, such as regulating industries, enforcing laws, or providing public information.

Why it’s in the news: Agencies are in the news due to their recent policy changes, public statements on significant events, and new testing initiatives involving emerging technologies.

Latest on Agency

• UN refugee agency's funding shortfall is impacting refugees worldwide, its chief says
• Will Africa's new credit rating agency earn the trust of investors?
• House Dems want DOL’s benefits agency to answer for ‘drastic’ enforcement cuts
• Weather-roiling El Nino hits record strength, Japan weather agency says
• EU’s cyber agency and research centre are testing Chinese AI models
• Tanker hit by multiple projectiles in Gulf off Qatar, maritime agency says
• Agencies that spent years arguing they *need* backdoor access to encrypted systems because they can't otherwise investigate threats are now watching their own logic collapse — the threats they were trying to reach are becoming detectable through conventional means.

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