executive functions
31executive council — noun Date: 1775 1. a council constituted to advise or share in the functions of a political executive 2. a council that exercises supreme executive power …
32executive privilege — noun Date: 1940 exemption from legally enforced disclosure of communications within the executive branch of government when such disclosure would adversely affect the functions and decision making processes of the executive branch …
33executive session — noun Date: 1840 a usually closed session (as of a legislative body) that functions as an executive council (as of the United States Senate when considering appointments or the ratification of treaties) …
34executive agency — ‘Next step’ agencies were created following the publication of the Ibbs Report (1988), as part of a programme of reform of the Civil Service designed to promote managerial efficiency. They carry out some of the administrative functions of… …
35Health and Safety Executive — Non departmental public body Crown status: Unknown Legal basis: Health and Safety …
36West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive — Type Passenger Transport Executive Industry Public transport Founded 1969 (Transport Act …
37Northern Ireland Housing Executive — The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is the public housing authority for Northern Ireland. It is the enforcing authority for those parts of housing orders that involve houses with multiple occupants, houses that are unfit, and housing… …
38Northern Ireland Executive — Logo of the Northern Ireland Executive Government overview Formed 2 December 1999 Jurisdiction …
39Passenger transport executive — In the United Kingdom, passenger transport executives (PTEs) are local government bodies which are responsible for public transport within large urban areas. They are accountable to bodies called integrated transport authorities (ITAs) which were …
40Text Executive Programming Language — In 1979, Honeywell Information Systems announced a new programming language for their time sharing service named TEX, an acronym for the Text Executive processor. TEX was a first generation scripting language, developed around the time of AWK and …
