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Board Of Finance (other)
Board of Finance or Finance Board may refer to: * Federal Housing Finance Board in the United States * Campaign Finance Board of New York City in the United States * Local boards of finance throughout New England in the United States * Board of Finance of imperial China between the Tang and Qing dynasties See also * Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ... * Committee on Finance (other) {{dab ...
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Federal Housing Finance Board
The Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) was an independent agency of the United States government established in 1989 in the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis to take over management of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs or FHLBanks) from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB), and was superseded by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in 2008. The FHFB managed the nation's Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs). The eleven regional FHLBs are privately held government sponsored enterprises that ensure the supply of funds to local lenders that, in turn, finance loans for home mortgages. Operations The FHFB was headquartered in Washington, D.C., and led by a five-member board. Four board members were appointed by the President for seven-year terms, and the fifth member was either the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary's designee. The FHFB was entirely funded by fees assessed to Federal Home Bank Loans, and did not directly receive taxpayer funds. ...
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New York City Campaign Finance Board
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is an List of New York City agencies#Non-mayoral, independent New York City agency that serves to provide campaign finance information to the public, enable more citizens to run for office by granting public matching funds, increase voter participation and awareness, strengthen the role of small contributors, and reduce the potential for actual or perceived corruption. The agency's history dates back to the mid-1980s, when Mayor of New York City, New York City Mayor Ed Koch introduced a series of ethics reforms in response to several high-profile corruption scandals. These reforms included the Campaign Finance Act, which was adopted on February 29, 1988, by the New York City Council. In 1988, the New York City Charter Revision Commission proposed and passed a public referendum that established the Campaign Finance Board. The CFB was established with the mission of reducing the influence of large private contributions in the political ...
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Board Of Finance (New England)
The Board of Finance, also known as the Budget Committee, Finance Committee, Ways and Means Committee, Appropriations Committee, Advisory Committee or Warrant Committee, is a body that reviews local government budgets in towns or school districts that use the town meeting form of government. Whether the board is appointed or elected, and whether it is merely advisory or has authority over the budget, depends on state and local laws. Its role is to act as a balance against the select board or school board, which usually set the budget and present it to the public at town meeting. Typically the Board of Finance is seen as being more cost-conscious than the governing body - that is, it prefers smaller budgets. In many towns, the budget is split between general government, administered by the select board and the school district administered by the board of education. The school district include one town or several towns, which join into a "regional" (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ne ...
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Board Of Finance (imperial China)
The Ministry or Board of Revenue was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China. Name The term "Ministry" or "Board of Revenue" is an English gloss of the department's purview. It is also similarly translated as the or . In Chinese, the various names of the department never referred to the government's monetary income. Instead, prior to the Sui dynasty, it was known as the ''Dùzhī'' from its role in overseeing government expenses. Under the Sui, it was known as the "Ministry of People" (''Mínbù'') from its role overseeing the census and its associated taxation. From the Tang to the Qing, it was known as the "Households Department" (''Hùbù''), again from its role in overseeing a census reckoned in households and its associated taxation. Administrative level *Tang dynasty & Song dynasty: subordinate to the Department of State Affairs *Yuan dynasty: subordinate to the Secretariat *Ming dynasty: originally subordinate to the Secretariat, ...
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Ministry Of Finance
A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", "finance", "financial affairs", "economy" or "economic affairs". The position of the finance minister might be named for this portfolio, but it may also have some other name, like "Treasurer" or, in the United Kingdom, "Chancellor of the Exchequer". The duties of a finance minister differ between countries. Typically, they encompass one or more of government finances, economic policy and/or financial regulation, but there are significant differences between countries: * in some countries the finance minister might also have oversight of monetary policy (while in other countries that is the responsibility of an independent central bank); * in some countries the finance m ...
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