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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States.

A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories.

Historically, this included cities such as Rome, Athens, Carthage, and the Italian city-states during the Renaissance—but today only a handful of sovereign city-states exist, with some disagreement as to which are city-states.

A great deal of consensus exists that the term properly applies to Singapore, Monaco, and Vatican City.

An employment website is a website that deals specifically with employment or careers.

Many employment websites are designed to allow employers to post job requirements for a position to be filled and are commonly known as job boards.

Other employment sites offer employer reviews, career and job-search advice, and describe different job descriptions or employers.

Through a job website a prospective employee can locate and fill out a job application or submit resumes over the Internet for the advertised position.

The public sector is the part of the economy concerned with providing various governmental services.

The composition of the public sector varies by country, but in most countries the public sector includes such services as the military, police, infrastructure (public roads, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, telecommunications, etc), public transit, public education, along with health care and those working for the government itself, such as elected officials.

The public sector might provide services that a non-payer cannot be excluded from (such as street lighting), services which benefit all of society rather than just the individual who uses the service.

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.

Employees work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does or which sector she or he is working in.

Employees in some fields or sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payment or stock options.

In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment.

Benefits can include health insurance, housing, disability insurance or use of a gym.

Employment is typically governed by employment laws or regulations or legal contracts.