Regulator
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| Government agencies tasked with trying to make markets work in the public interest by e.g. protecting the environment, preventing fraud etc. Often (especially in US) these are subjects of "regulatory capture" whereby they are effectively controlled by the exact same commercial groups they are nominally in charge of regulating. |
Regulatory Agencies on Wikispooks
| Wikispooks page | Logo | WWW | Description |
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| EPA |  | http://www.epa.gov | |
| Food and Drug Administration |  | http://www.fda.gov | |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | http://isc.independent.gov.uk | Nominal overseer the UK's main intelligence intelligence agencies such as MI5, MI6, GCHQ, JIC, DIS. Probably completely captured. | |
| Solicitors Regulatory Authority | http://www.sra.org.uk | ||
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |  | http://www.sec.gov | The US government's agency to regulate the financial sector, generally thought to be completely captured by the larger financial interests. |
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| "Independent Police Complaints Commission" | |
| Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority | |
| European Medicines Agency | Issued guidance that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine were only to be used in clinical trials or emergency use programs. |
| Independent Office for Police Conduct | |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | Nominal overseer the UK's main intelligence intelligence agencies such as MI5, MI6, GCHQ, JIC, DIS. Probably completely captured. |
| International Maritime Organization | |
| National Nuclear Security Administration | |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
| Ofcom | |
| Office for Judicial Complaints | |
| Ofqual | |
| Ofsted | |
| Press Complaints Commission | |
| Solicitors Regulatory Authority | |
| UK/Atomic Energy Authority |
