Commission or commissioning may refer to:

Business and contracting

* 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 * 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

Government

Civil

* A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory authority which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including: ** Independent agencies of the United States government *An executive (government), 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 government, 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 * Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group * Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry *Commissioning, the process of identifying an area's need for public services and then designing and securing the services to meet the need **Clinical commissioning groups, 135 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare **Commissioning support units, which provide regional support for Clinical commissioning groups

Military

* Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers ** Officer (armed forces), Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power; contrast with warrant officer and non-commissioned officer ** Purchase of commissions in the British Army * Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty

Other uses

* Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings * The Commission (American Mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States * Commissioned (gospel group) * Perpetration, Commission of a crime, in law

Business and contracting

Government

Civil

Military

Other uses

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