United States Information Agency

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent agency, created in 1953 and known from 1978 to 1982 as the International Communication Agency, that administers the government's overseas information and cultural programs. USIA

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United States Information Agency Cultural  

1. A federal agency responsible for spreading information favorable to the United States around the world.

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Example Sentences

Then came jobs as a writer and editor, first at the United States Information Agency in Washington and then for the history magazine American Heritage.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

After Johnson was sworn in, he offered the job to Yoichi Okamoto, who had worked at the United States Information Agency and had met Johnson while he was still Kennedy’s Vice President.

From Time • Jan. 18, 2017

He later joined the United States Information Agency as an editor stationed in Beirut, before leaving his career behind to focus on writing in the late 1950s.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2017

When his interest took him to Washington, he said, he was sent not to the State Department but to “some agency called the United States Information Agency that I had never heard of.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016

Because an understanding of the truth about America is one of our most powerful forces, I am recommending a substantial increase in budgetary support of the United States Information Agency.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)