92 Public Administration

921110 Executive Offices

921120 Legislative Bodies

921130 Public Finance Activities

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in public finance, taxation, and monetary policy. Included are financial administration activities, such as monetary policy; tax administration and collection; custody and disbursement of funds; debt and investment administration; auditing activities; and government employee retirement trust fund administration.

Administering income maintenance programs are classified in Industry 923130, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs);

Regulating insurance and banking institutions are classified in Industry 926150, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors.

Performing central banking functions, such as issuing currency and acting as the fiscal agent for the central government are classified in Industry 521110, Monetary Authorities-Central Bank.

921140 Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined

This industry comprises government establishments serving as councils and boards of commissioners or supervisors and such bodies where the chief executive (e.g., county executive or city mayor) is a member of the legislative body (e.g., county or city council) itself.

Serving as offices of chief executives are classified in Industry 921110, Executive Offices.

Serving as legislative bodies are classified in Industry 921120, Legislative Bodies.

921150 American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments

This industry comprises American Indian and Alaska Native governing bodies. Establishments in this industry perform legislative, judicial, and administrative functions for their American Indian and Alaska Native lands. Included in this industry are American Indian and Alaska Native councils, courts, and law enforcement bodies.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing funding for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal programs through commercial activities, such as gaming, are classified in the industry of the commercial activity.

Government establishments providing public administration of American Indian and Alaska Native affairs are classified in Industry 921190, Other General Government Support.

921190 Other General Government Support

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in providing general support for government. Such support services include personnel services, election boards, and other general government support establishments that are not classified elsewhere in public administration.

Illustrative Examples:

Civil rights commissions
Personnel offices, government
Civil service commissions
Supply agencies, government
General services departments, government

Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as offices of chief executives and their advisory committees and commissions are classified in Industry 921110, Executive Offices;

Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as legislative bodies and their advisory committees and commissions are classified in Industry 921120, Legislative Bodies;

Government establishments primarily engaged in providing administration of public finance, tax collection, and monetary policy programs are classified in Industry 921130, Public Finance Activities;

Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as combined executive and legislative offices are classified in Industry 921140, Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined.

Establishments primarily engaged in serving as American Indian or Alaska Native tribal leadership are classified in Industry 921150, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments.

922110 Courts

This industry comprises civilian courts of law (except American Indian and Alaska Native tribal courts). Included in this industry are civilian courts, courts of law, and sheriffs' offices conducting court functions only.

Government establishments primarily engaged in operating military courts are classified in Industry 928110, National Security.

Establishments primarily engaged in operating American Indian or Alaska Native tribal courts are classified in Industry 921150, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments.

922120 Police Protection

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in criminal and civil law enforcement, police, traffic safety, and other activities related to the enforcement of the law and preservation of order. Combined police and fire departments are included in this industry.

Government establishments primarily engaged in prosecution are classified in Industry 922130, Legal Counsel and Prosecution;

Government establishments primarily engaged in collection of law enforcement statistics are classified in Industry 922190, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities;

Government establishments primarily engaged in providing police service for the military or National Guard are classified in Industry 928110, National Security;

Government establishments primarily engaged in providing police service for tribal governments are classified in Industry 921150, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments;

Government establishments primarily engaged in enforcing immigration laws are classified in Industry 928120, International Affairs;

Sheriffs' offices conducting court functions only are classified in Industry 922110, Courts.

Private establishments primarily engaged in providing security and investigation services are classified in Industry 56161, Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services.

922130 Legal Counsel and Prosecution

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in providing legal counsel or prosecution services for the government.

Illustrative Examples:

Attorney generals' offices
Public defenders' offices
District attorneys' offices
Public prosecutors' offices

Government establishments primarily engaged in collecting criminal justice statistics are classified in Industry 922190, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.

922140 Correctional Institutions

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in managing and operating correctional institutions. The facility is generally designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and/or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court.

Illustrative Examples:

Correctional institutions, public administration
Penitentiaries, public administration
Detention centers, public administration
Prisons, public administration
Jails, public administration

Government establishments primarily engaged in operating halfway houses for ex-criminal offenders and delinquent youths are classified in Industry 623990, Other Residential Care Facilities.

Establishments primarily engaged in managing or operating correctional facilities owned by others are classified in Industry 561210, Facilities Support Services.

922150 Parole Offices and Probation Offices

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in judicially administering probation offices, parole offices and boards, and pardon boards.

Private establishments primarily engaged in providing parole or probation services are classified in Industry 624190, Other Individual and Family Services.

Government establishments primarily engaged in providing probation, parole, and pardon activities as an integral part of a central administrative corrections' office are classified in Industry 922140, Correctional Institutions.

922160 Fire Protection

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in firefighting and other related fire protection activities. Government establishments providing combined fire protection and ambulance or rescue services are classified in this industry.

Forest firefighting are classified in Industry 115310, Support Activities for Forestry;

Providing combined police and fire protection services are classified in Industry 922120, Police Protection;

Providing firefighting services as a commercial activity are classified in Industry 561990, All Other Support Services.

Providing ambulance services without fire protection service are classified in Industry 621910, Ambulance Services.

922190 Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in public order and safety (except courts, police protection, legal counsel and prosecution, correctional institutions, parole offices, probation offices, pardon boards, and fire protection). These establishments include the general administration of public order and safety programs. Government establishments responsible for the collection of statistics on public safety are included in this industry.

Illustrative Examples:

Consumer product safety commissions, public administration
Emergency planning and management offices, government
Disaster preparedness and management offices, government
Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government

Serving as civilian courts of law (except American Indian and Alaska Native tribal courts) are classified in Industry 922110, Courts;

Criminal and civil law enforcement, police, traffic safety, and similar activities related to the enforcement of law are classified in Industry 922120, Police Protection;

Providing legal counsel to or prosecution services for their governments are classified in Industry 922130, Legal Counsel and Prosecution;

The confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and juvenile offenders sentenced by a court are classified in Industry 922140, Correctional Institutions;

Judicially administering probation offices, parole offices and boards, and pardon boards are classified in Industry 922150, Parole Offices and Probation Offices.

Firefighting and other related fire protection activities are classified in Industry 922160, Fire Protection.

923110 Administration of Education Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the central coordination, planning, supervision, and administration of funds, policies, intergovernmental activities, statistical reports and data collection, and centralized programs for educational administration. Government scholarship programs are included in this industry.

Illustrative Examples:

Education offices, nonoperating, public administration
State education departments
Education statistics centers, government
University regents or boards, government

Schools and local school boards are classified in Subsector 611, Educational Services.

923120 Administration of Public Health Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of public health programs and services, including environmental health activities, mental health, categorical health programs, health statistics, and immunization services. Government establishments primarily engaged in conducting public health-related inspections are included in this industry.

Illustrative Examples:

Communicable disease program administration, public administration
Mental health program administration, public administration
Coroners' offices, public administration
Public health program administration, nonoperating, public administration
Health program administration, public administration

Operating hospitals (i.e., government or military) are classified in Subsector 622, Hospitals;

Providing health care in a clinical setting (i.e., military or government clinics) are classified in Subsector 621, Ambulatory Health Care Services.

Inspecting food, plants, animals, and other agriculture products are classified in Industry 926140, Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities.

923130 Administration of Human Resource Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of programs for public assistance, social work, and welfare activities. The administration of Social Security, disability insurance, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation programs are included in this industry.

Administering veterans' programs are classified in Industry 923140, Administration of Veterans' Affairs;

Operating state employment job service offices are classified in U.S. Industry 561311, Employment Placement Agencies.

Operating programs for public assistance, social work, and welfare are classified in Subsector 624, Social Assistance.

923140 Administration of Veterans' Affairs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration of programs of assistance, training, counseling, and other services to veterans and their dependents, heirs, or survivors. Included in this industry are Veterans' Affairs offices that maintain liaison and coordinate activities with other service organizations and governmental agencies.

Government establishments operating veterans' hospitals are classified in Subsector 622, Hospitals;

Establishments providing veterans' insurance are classified in Subsector 524, Insurance Carriers and Related Activities.

Establishments operating civic and social organizations for veterans are classified in Industry 813410, Civic and Social Organizations.

924110 Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) the administration, regulation, and enforcement of air and water resource programs; (2) the administration and regulation of solid waste management programs; (3) the administration and regulation of water and air pollution control and prevention programs; (4) the administration and regulation of flood control programs; (5) the administration and regulation of drainage development and water resource consumption programs; (6) the administration and regulation of toxic waste removal and cleanup programs; and (7) coordination of these activities at intergovernmental levels.

Illustrative Examples:

Environmental protection program administration, public administration
Waste management program (except sanitation districts) administration, public administration
Pollution control program administration, public administration
Water control and quality program administration, public administration

Operating water and irrigation systems are classified in Industry 221310, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems;

Administering sanitation districts are classified in Industry 926130, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities;

Operating sewage treatment facilities are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Providing waste collection, treatment, disposal, and/or remediation are classified in Subsector 562, Waste Management and Remediation Services.

924120 Administration of Conservation Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, regulation, supervision, and control of land use, including recreational areas; conservation and preservation of natural resources; erosion control; geological survey program administration; weather forecasting program administration; and the administration and protection of publicly and privately owned forest lands. Government establishments responsible for planning, management, regulation, and conservation of game, fish, and wildlife populations, including wildlife management areas and field stations; and other administrative matters relating to the protection of fish, game, and wildlife are included in this industry.

Operating parks are classified in Industry 712190, Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions;

Operating forest property are classified in Subsector 113, Forestry and Logging;

Geophysical surveying and/or mapping are classified in Industry 541360, Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services;

Surveying and/or mapping (except geophysical) are classified in Industry 541370, Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services;

Weather forecasting are classified in Industry 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services;

Operating fish and game preserves are classified in Industry 712130, Zoos and Botanical Gardens.

Serving as urban planning commissions are classified in Industry 925120, Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development.

925110 Administration of Housing Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration and planning of housing programs.

Operating government rental housing are classified in Subsector 531, Real Estate;

Conducting building inspections and enforcing building codes and standards are classified in Industry 926150, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors.

Buying, pooling, and repackaging mortgages or home loans for sale to others on the secondary market are classified in U.S. Industry 522294, Secondary Market Financing.

925120 Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development

926110 Administration of General Economic Programs

926120 Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, regulation, licensing, planning, inspection, and investigation of transportation services and facilities. Included in this industry are government establishments responsible for motor vehicle and operator licensing, the Coast Guard (except the Coast Guard Academy), and parking authorities.

Operating airports, railroads, depots, ports, toll roads and bridges, and other transportation facilities and systems are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing;

Operating parking lots and parking garages are classified in Industry 812930, Parking Lots and Garages;

Operating automobile safety inspection and emission testing facilities are classified in Industry Group 8111, Automotive Repair and Maintenance;

Building and/or maintaining roads and highways are classified in Industry 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction;

Providing air traffic control services are classified in U.S. Industry 488111, Air Traffic Control.

Operating weigh stations are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.

926130 Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, regulation, licensing, and inspection of utilities, such as communications, electric power (including fossil, nuclear, solar, water, and wind), gas and water supply, and sewerage.

Government establishments primarily engaged in operating utilities are classified in Subsector 221, Utilities.

926140 Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of agricultural programs for production, marketing, and utilization, including educational and promotional activities. Included in this industry are government establishments responsible for regulating and controlling the grading and inspection of food, plants, animals, and other agricultural products.

Administering programs for developing economic data about agriculture and trade in agricultural products are classified in Industry 926110, Administration of General Economic Programs;

Administering programs for the conservation of natural resources are classified in Industry Group 9241, Administration of Environmental Quality Programs.

Administering food stamp programs are classified in Industry 923130, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs).

926150 Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the regulation, licensing, and inspection of commercial sectors, such as retail trade, professional occupations, manufacturing, mining, construction, and services. Included in this industry are government establishments maintaining physical standards, regulating hazardous conditions not elsewhere classified, and enforcing alcoholic beverage control regulations.

Illustrative Examples:

Alcoholic beverage control boards, public administration
Labor management negotiations boards, government
Banking regulatory agencies, public administration
Licensing and permit issuance for business operations, government
Building inspections, government
Licensing and permit issuance for professional occupations, government
Insurance commissions, government
Securities regulation commissions, public administration

Regulating, administering, and inspecting transportation services and facilities are classified in Industry 926120, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs.

Regulating, administering, and inspecting communications, electric, gas, and other utilities are classified in Industry 926130, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities.

927110 Space Research and Technology

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration and operations of space flights, space research, and space exploration. Included in this industry are government establishments operating space flight centers.

Private establishments primarily engaged in providing space freight transportation are classified in U.S. Industry 481212, Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation;

Government establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing aerospace vehicles and parts are classified in Industry 33641, Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing.

Government establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing space satellites are classified in Industry 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing.

928110 National Security

This industry comprises government establishments of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, primarily engaged in national security and related activities.

Illustrative Examples:

Air Force
Military police
Army
Military training schools (except military service academies)
Marine Corps
National Guard
Military courts
Navy

Operating college level military service academies are classified in Industry 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.

Regulating and administering water transportation, such as the U.S. Coast Guard and the Merchant Marine are classified in Industry 926120, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs.

928120 International Affairs

This industry comprises establishments of U.S. and foreign governments primarily engaged in international affairs and programs relating to other nations and peoples.

Private-sector trade associations and councils are classified in Industry 813910, Business Associations.

Government establishments administering international trade, such as trade commissions and councils, are classified in Industry 926110, Administration of General Economic Programs.