interagency

[ in-ter-ey-juhn-see, in- ]

adjective

1. made up of, involving, or representing two or more government agencies:

   interagency cooperation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interagency¹

First recorded in 1965–70; inter- + agency

Example Sentences

This obscure interagency process created the two changes that gave NIH officials greater discretion to fund gain-of-function research projects.

From Washington Post

The report also showed extensive interagency coordination and sharing of facial recognition systems and information.

From MIT Technology Review

When we come back into cell-service range, we check the interagency fire map and learn that the fire, most likely set by a spark from someone’s car, burned 5,000 acres in four hours, ripping through dry grass and sage.

From Outside Online

The department will also be working closely with its interagency partners to ensure as smooth a travel experience as possible for the passport holder.

From Washington Blade

Obama established an interagency office called the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which enabled coordination between HUD, the Department of Transportation and the EPA to ensure that they were investing in ecologically efficient programs.

From Washington Post

Other interagency partners included the FBI and the Army Criminal Investigation Command.

From The Daily Beast

At one point last year they appeared to have prevailed in the interagency wrangling.

From The Daily Beast

In the succeeding weeks, compromise options were worked out in lower-level interagency meetings.

From The Daily Beast

Donilon will chair the most important interagency committee—the deputies group—and most of the others will attend its meetings.

From The Daily Beast

Without a high performing interagency team, our government cannot be effective, regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.

From The Daily Beast

An interagency task force has just reported to me on a series of measures we need to take to increase coal production and exports.

From Project Gutenberg

Interagency coordination and cooperation must be raised to a new level of sophistication.

From Project Gutenberg