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Agency
(Context: Enterprise Architecture, General)
1. "Executive branch agency" or "agency" means any agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, public institution of higher education, or instrumentality of state government in the executive department listed in the appropriation act. However, "executive branch agency" or "agency" does not include the University of Virginia Medical Center, a public institution of higher education to the extent exempt from this chapter pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.) or other law, or the Virginia Port Authority.
2. Any agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Virginia listed in the appropriation act. For purposes of Enterprise Architecture standards, "agency" includes the administrative functions (does not include instructional or research functions) of institutions of higher education, unless exempted by language contained in a specific requirement/standard.
3. "Agency" means an administrative unit of state government, including any department, institution, commission, board, council, authority, or other body, however designated.
Reference:
1. Code of Virginia Code - Article 1. General Provisions
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