- Government operations
This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world
government s of all levels.ize of economic footprint
The scale to which government should exist and operate in the world is a matter of debate. Government spending in
developed countries varies considerably but generally makes up between about 30% and 70% of their GDP. One major exception is the United States, where central government spending takes up less than 20% of GDP.Fact|date=February 2007ervices
Government agencies may produce services like:
*Communications
*Education (e.g.community college )
*Emergency services
*Entertainment (e.g.Canadian Broadcasting Corporation )
*Entitlements
*Financial services
*Financing
*Fire fighting
*Healthcare
*Insurance
*Law
*Law enforcement
*Police
*Postal service
*Transport (e.g.government transportation )Goods
Government agencies may produce goods like:
*Coal
*Electrical infrastructure
*Oil (e.g.Pemex )
*Roads ,bridge s,tunnels
*Sewers
*Steel
*Water infrastructure Local government
At the level of
local government , territorial or other authorities may set up government corporations such as "Local Authority Trading Enterprise s" (LATEs).Commonwealth of Nations
"See also:
crown corporation ,state-owned enterprises of New Zealand "In monarchical commonwealth countries country-wide government corporations often use the style "
crown corporation ". Notable exceptions include both thestate-owned enterprises and thecrown entities inNew Zealand . Examples of crown corporations include theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) inCanada andAir Canada before it underwent privatisation.Cabinet ministers (ministers of the crown ) often control the shares in suchpublic corporations .United Kingdom
United States
In the
United States , businesses that are government owned includeAmtrak and theUnited States Postal Service . Manystate s have government owned businesses for operations as well. Generally speaking, astatute passed by a legislature specifically sets up a government owned company in order to undertake a specific public purpose with public funds or public property.Privatization
Privatization is the transfer of ownership from the
public sector (government) to theprivate sector (business).ee also
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Government
*Government debt
*Government ownership
*Public sector
*State-owned enterprise External links
United States
All levels
* [http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/ Current Report: Financial Report of the United States: Publications & Guidance: Financial Management Service]
Federal level
* [http://fms.treas.gov/annualreport/ Current Report: Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United States Government (Combined Statement): Publications & Guidance: Financial Management Service]
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