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Commission or commissioning may refer to:
Business
- Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
- Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
- A contract for performance or creation of a specific work
Project validation
- Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture:
- Building commissioning, a quality assurance process during and following building construction
- Project commissioning, a process of assuring that all components of a facility are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the requirements of the owner or client
Military use
- Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers
- Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power; contrast with Warrant officer and Non-commissioned officer
- Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty
Civilian government
Executive agencies
A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory authority that operates under the authority of a board of commissioners. The independence of these bodies can vary a great deal.
- Electoral Commission - United Kingdom
- Federal Election Commission - United States of America
- Forestry Commission - United Kingdom
- Independent agencies of the United States government - United States of America
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - United States of America
- Planning Commission - several countries
- Referendum Commission - Republic of Ireland
- Revenue Commissioners - Republic of Ireland
- Securities and Exchange Commission - United States of America
Executive branches
An executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government:
- Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century
- City Commission, a form of local government (common in the United States)
- The European Commission, a body incorporating features of an executive branch of government and a civil service
Other uses in government
- Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group
- Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry
Other uses
- Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings
- The Commission (mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States
- Commissioned (gospel group)
- Commission of a crime, in law
See also
- Commissioner
- Decommission (disambiguation)
- The Commission (disambiguation)
- Letters patent, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity
- Clinical commissioning group, 221 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare
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