Social Regulation to reduce risks to health and safety and make the nation or state a cleaner, safer, and healthier place in which to live and work. Social Regulation to eliminate discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic group, gender, age and other characteristics. Distribution of benefits. Executive power, but also judicial and legislative powers. Some agencies engage in regulation of the economy while others engage in distribution of government benefits.
Many independent commissions are regulatory.
Commission or Executive Department Executive Department or component therein headed by a single administrator serving at the pleasure of the chief executive and more accountable to the chief executive. Commissions are set up as independent entities by legislatures and are administered by bipartisan commissioners appointed by the chief executive but on a fixed term basis. These departments are often governed by several statutes that are charged with administering by Congress or the legislature. Commissions are also creatures of statute and generally created to execute a particular statute or program, e.g., Federal Trade Commission Act . A significant portion of the legal problems of business and individuals have to do with their relationships with state and federal administrative agencies.