Commission

In-Commission or commissioning may refer to:

• Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
• Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
• A contract for performance or creation of a specific work
• Commissioning (disambiguation), a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture

• 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 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, 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 and then designing and securing the services to meet the need
• Clinical commissioning groups, 135 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare
• Commissioning support units, which provide regional support for Clinical commissioning groups

• Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers
• 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

• Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings
• The Commission (American Mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States
• Commissioned (gospel group)
• Perpetration, in law
• Committee, a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization

• Commissioner
• Board of Navy Commissioners
• Decommission (disambiguation)
• The Commission (disambiguation)
• Letters patent, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity