regulatory agency
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Government body formed or mandated under the terms of a legislative act to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act, and in carrying out its purpose.
Framework senses
- §1
- Government body formed or mandated under the terms of a legislative act to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act, and in carrying out its purpose.
- §1
- a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Government body formed or mandated under the terms of a legislative act to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act, and in carrying out its purpose.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column