Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: A government or state agency , often an appointed commission , is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions , such as an intelligence agency . There is a notable variety of agency types . Although usage differs , a government agency is normally distinct both from a department or ministry , and other types of public body established by government . The functions of an agency are normally executive in character , since different types of organizations ( such as commissions ) are most often constituted in an advisory role -- this distinction is often blurred in practice however . A government agency may be established by either a national government or a state government within a federal system . The term is not normally used for an organization created by the powers of a local government body . Agencies can be established by legislation or by executive powers . The autonomy , independence and accountability of government agencies also vary widely ., The Machinery of Government (sometimes MoG) means the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery are created., Foreign Policy is an American news publication, founded in 1970 and focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy. It produces content daily on its website, and in six print issues annually., Law enforcement is any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. Although the term may encompass entities such as courts and prisons, it is most frequently applied to those who directly engage in patrols or surveillance to dissuade and discover criminal activity, and those who investigate crimes and apprehend offenders, a task typically carried out by the police or another law enforcement agency. Furthermore, although law enforcement may be most concerned with the prevention and punishment of crimes, organizations exist to discourage a wide variety of non-criminal violations of rules and norms, effected through the imposition of less severe consequences., An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information and intelligence in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives., The military, also called the armed forces, are forces authorized to use deadly force, and weapons, to support the interests of the state and some or all of its citizens. The task of the military is usually defined as defense of the state and its citizens, and the prosecution of war against another state. The military may also have additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within a society, including, the promotion of a political agenda, protecting corporate economic interests, internal population control, construction, emergency services, social ceremonies, and guarding important areas. The military can also function as a discrete subculture within a larger civil society, through the development of separate infrastructures, which may include housing, schools, utilities, food production and banking., Public administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal... is to advance management and policies so that government can function." Some of the various definitions which have been offered for the term are: "the management of public programs"; the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day"; and "the study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies.", National security is a concept that a government, along with its parliaments, should protect the state and its citizens against all kind of "national" crises through a variety of power projections, such as political power, diplomacy, economic power, military might, and so on., Subject: government agency, Relation: part_of, Options: (A) armed forces (B) body (C) crises (D) government (E) law (F) may (G) military (H) police (I) population (J) public administration (K) publication (L) society (M) state (N) system (O) the collection (P) variety (Q) war (R) website
Output (English): public administration