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interagency

interagency

1 4.8
Two or more agencies work together on the same task
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsi/
  • Formal
translation icon : interinstitucional
  • MI-SART is an interagency, coordinated effort dedicated to preparing, planning, responding, and recovering during animal emergencies in Michigan.

So, you know, interagency approval, you might say, but it's, it's all in house right there.

Examples

  • First, the key component in any service delivery model is interagency collaboration.

    Academic text (1993)
  • One parent discussed the effects of an interagency collaborative family support project on her family.

    Academic text (2000)
  • It's just a little interagency cooperation.

  • The media promoted an interagency focus by reporting on the diverse aspects of the emergency.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The best course of action to deal with the collapse of North Korea is for the ROK Army to lead the multinational and interagency stability operation and support operation.

    Blog text (16)
  • Each program was staffed by an interdisciplinary, interagency team of professionals and paraprofessionals that worked cooperatively to implement goals.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The program has evolved into an interagency collaboration that integrates home and school visitation with the medical home model in the provision of medical, mental health, and educational and vocational services to teenagers and their children.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The US Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating an interagency task force to combat the opioid crisis.

  • To improve public services, the city developed an interagency program that combines efforts from various governmental departments.

  • The success of the disaster response depended on an interagency collaboration that brought together multiple agencies for effective action.

Synonyms

interorganizational
vsinteragency
6.7

Involving two or more organizations working together

is limited to cooperation among government bodies and official departments

Compounds

1 6.4

Help from one government department to another with things like transport or paperwork

How Collaborative

joint
571 3.5
interagency
  • Formal
1 4.8
cooperative
119 3.5
consultative
  • Formal
5 7.1
one-person
58 3.3

Surface Forms

interagency positive

Morphology

interagency = agency (transparent) = inter + agency

The productive prefix 'inter-' ('between/among') combines directly with the noun 'agency' yielding the straightforward meaning 'between agencies'.

Etymology

The word interagency comes from the prefix inter- 'between' and agency 'a group that acts'. So an interagency activity is one that happens between two or more agencies working together.