federal home loan mortgage corporation
- n a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
federal housing administration
- n the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
federal agent
- n any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
federal aviation agency
- n an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
federal bureau of investigation
- n a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
federal bureau of prisons
- n the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
federal communications commission
- n an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite