### Question
What does agency mean?


### Answer
**Agency** has the following meaning in *5 U.S.C. § 306*:

> an Executive agency defined under section 105, but does not include the Central Intelligence Agency, the Government Accountability Office, the Panama Canal Commission, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission

#### Citation:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 306*
  - Heading: **PART I-THE AGENCIES GENERALLY > CHAPTER 3-POWERS**

