The Federation of Students operates seven businesses, eight student services and encompasses nearly 200 clubs.

"So this is how the great Federation and its Starfleet operates, eh, Captain?"

The Federation operates as a conduit within the network of member organizations.

"The Federation doesn't operate that way."

I've got a lot to tell you about how the Federation operates.

I say the high points, because the Federation military operates under a set of strictures more complicated than anything on Earth.

She went on, telling me her pet theories about how the Federation really operated.

You know how the Federation operates.

The Federation of Multicultural Programs, based in Brooklyn, operates 21 group homes serving about 200 developmentally disabled people.

That's not how the Federation operated, of course, but he wondered whether the G'kkau were capable of that kind of subtlety.