The third, the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago, is proceeding with the uniting of virtually all its global media operations at a stand-alone agency, Starcom Worldwide.

The Ministry of Fisheries was established as a stand-alone agency in 1995, after a major governmental review of fisheries legislation, as well as ongoing reforms in the New Zealand State Sector.

Bronner Slosberg Humphrey in Boston has opened a stand-alone agency in San Francisco, Sansome Group, that will service two important accounts, Charles Schwab & Company and L.A. Cellular.

Even Democratic leaders expressed misgivings about folding the Office of the United States Trade Representative, a stand-alone agency with just 227 employees, into a large bureaucracy, saying it could harm American trade policy.

As part of a continuing strategic realignment, Omnicom no longer needs "stand-alone agencies," said Stuart Q. Hyatt, an Omnicom spokesman.

In 2009, the 15miles brand spun out of TMPDM, making 15miles a stand-alone, digital-media agency.

He recalled that William J. Casey, as Director of Central Intelligence, had wanted to use such contributions to create a "stand-alone, self-financing" agency capable of conducting secret operations around the world.

The rest are either stand-alone agencies or are located within the office of the county prosecutor.

For instance, the House bill addresses the consumer protection goals by establishing a stand-alone agency that would be subject to annual budget appropriations by Congress.

But the F.B.I. still opposes establishing a stand-alone agency.