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quango Definition

quango (kwaŋ′gō)

noun

Chiefly Brit. a public advisory and administrative organization, as a board, composed of private citizens appointed by the government which provides funds for operation

Etymology: qu(asi-)a(utonomous) n(on)g(overnmental) o(rganization)

quango Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: Yet the money is handed out by appointed quangos.
  • create: Nevertheless, we do not want to create more quangos for the sake of it.
  • call: Today the lines, signals and stations are owned by a massively subsidized quango called Network Rail.
  • need: Why do we need a quango at our level?
  • establish: We would strongly oppose establishing a new quango with or without other public bodies.
  • have: According to a Parliamentary Answer I obtained last month, since 1997 we have had 29 new quangos established in Scotland.

Adjective modifier

  • unelected: There has been no great bonfire of unelected quangos, indeed far from it.
  • non-elected: And the control of this will pass to some shady non-elected quango.
  • unaccountable: The Forestry Commission controls vast tracts of hill land yet there is concern that it is an unaccountable quango.
  • regional: Hence we have centralizing of local services into the control of pseudo regional quangos.
  • various: And I will be attempting to stop the various left-wing quangos telling the police what to do, how to do their job.
  • new: Setting up new quangos does not guarantee good performance.

Modifies a noun

  • state: The Labor government is putting an end to the Tory quango state in Wales.
  • member: Missing Information The personal information on quango members to be found on the web-site is extremely limited.

Noun used with modifier

  • government: The warning came from a government quango that no longer exists based on work by a service provider engulfed by a takeover.
  • education: Welsh education quango slammed The National Audit Office has slammed Wales ' biggest quango for failing in its handling of educational projects.
  • health: Hospital Doctor reports anger among the BMA and grass-roots doctors over Government plans to merge health service quangos.
  • conservation: The conservation quango is facing this crisis with a budget cut by 5 % in real terms.
  • NHS: John Reid promised to half the number of NHS quangos to save £ 500m.
  • funding: Together with another lottery funding quango, the New Opportunities Fund, it is being replaced by the Big Lottery Fund.