quango
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- noun
- /ˈkwæŋɡoʊ/
- UK
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quango
- The environmental quango received funding from the government to promote sustainability initiatives in the community.
And I'm also saying that we have lost sight of who is responsible when something goes wrong, People are moved to another quango, are retired early or paid off.
- And I'm also saying that we have lost sight of who is responsible when something goes wrong, People are moved to another quango, are retired early or paid off.
- And there's a lot more power vested in quangos like the Bank of England or the Migration Advisory Committee or the Climate Change Committee.
Examples
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When we hear great public institutions -- quangos, museums and campaign groups -- waxing lyrical about the EU, we have to remember, the EU gives them vast amounts of our money.
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These improvements happened not because some government bureaucracy or quango mandated them, or because technology manufacturers are overflowing with magnanimity, but because it served the interests of businesses to serve the interests of their customers.
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And I'm also saying that we have lost sight of who is responsible when something goes wrong, People are moved to another quango, are retired early or paid off.
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They've added quangos in the last six months, more quangos.
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And there's a lot more power vested in quangos like the Bank of England or the Migration Advisory Committee or the Climate Change Committee.
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In the real world, it's a rare and happy occasion when government manages to produce something well, so even the Europeans often delegate such tasks to 'quangos' or just contract them out to companies.
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Along the way, he had pleasant stops in an assortment of Japanese quangos (Japangos?), overseas assignments, and government agencies.
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If this protest is successful, and if the oversight board is seen to be a success, it could pave the way for subsequent general strikes aimed at instituting civilian review boards over other governmental bureaucracies and quangos, starting with the national joke, Met Office.
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Many experts believe that quangos can improve efficiency in public services by operating independently from direct government control.
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The local quango is tasked with managing public resources without being directly overseen by government officials.
Synonyms
An organization funded by the government but working independently like an NGO
A public organization that works independently from any government department
How Independent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word quango comes from the short form of the phrase quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization, where quasi- means 'almost' and autonomous means 'independent'. That's why a quango is an organization that gets money from the government but runs itself, not as part of the government.