intergovernmental

Examples of intergovernmental in the following topics:

• Federal Mandates

  • An intergovernmental mandate refers to the responsibilities or activities that one level of government imposes on another by constitutional, legislative, executive, or judicial action.
  • According to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), an intergovernmental mandate can take various forms.

• The United Nations

  • The United Nations is the most important and influential international, intergovernmental organization.
  • The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental, international organization consisting of all 193 states in the world, whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achievement of world peace.

• World War I and the League of Nations

  • The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Talks that ended the First World War.

• Obama vs. the Lobbyists?

  • Lynn III, a lobbyist for Raytheon, to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of Defense; to Jocelyn Frye, former general counsel at the National Partnership for Women and Families, to serve as Director of Policy and Projects in the Office of the First Lady; and to Cecilia Muñoz, former senior vice president for the National Council of La Raza, to serve as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Executive Office of the President.