<P> The organization of the public sector (public ownership) can take several forms, including: </P> <Ul> <Li> Direct administration funded through taxation; the delivering organization generally has no specific requirement to meet commercial success criteria, and production decisions are determined by government . </Li> <Li> Publicly owned corporations (in some contexts, especially manufacturing, "state - owned enterprises"); which differ from direct administration in that they have greater commercial freedoms and are expected to operate according to commercial criteria, and production decisions are not generally taken by government (although goals may be set for them by government). </Li> <Li> Levels of Public sector are organized at three levels: Federal or National, Regional (State or Provincial), and Local (Municipal or County). </Li> <Li> Partial outsourcing (of the scale many businesses do, e.g. for IT services) is considered a public sector model . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Direct administration funded through taxation; the delivering organization generally has no specific requirement to meet commercial success criteria, and production decisions are determined by government . </Li> <Li> Publicly owned corporations (in some contexts, especially manufacturing, "state - owned enterprises"); which differ from direct administration in that they have greater commercial freedoms and are expected to operate according to commercial criteria, and production decisions are not generally taken by government (although goals may be set for them by government). </Li>

Where does the public sector get its money from