### Question
How is the term government agency defined?


### Answer
The term **government agency** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 666* as the following:

> a subdivision of the executive, legislative, judicial, or other branch of government, including a department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board, and bureau, and a corporation or other legal entity established, and subject to control, by a government or governments for the execution of a governmental or intergovernmental program

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 666*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 31-EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT**

