Editing Commission (section)

==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
* Public service commissioning, the process of identifying an area's need for [[public service]]s and then designing and securing the services to meet the need
**[[Clinical commissioning group]]s, 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