Word by Word Definitions. persistentplay. : existing for a long or longer than usual time or continuously: such as. : retained beyond the usual period. : continuing without change in function or structure.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), principal investigative agency of the federal government of the United States. The bureau is responsible for conducting investigations in cases where federal laws may have been violated, unless another agency of the federal government has been specifically delegated that duty by statute or executive fiat.
IRS Not So âIndependentâ. The Internal Revenue Service is not exactly an âindependent agency,â as President Obama claimed during a May 13 press conference. In fact, it is a bureau of the Treasury Department, an executive agency within the federal government. And it is the president who nominates the head or chief executive of the IRS, and who has the authority to remove the individual in that post at his or her will.