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regulatory agency

nounid 3814·updated May 12, 2026
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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.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
3.2.2 ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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Variants

synonym
regulatory authority
alternatephrasing
Regulatory Agency
plural
regulatory agencies
possessive
regulatory agency's
pluralpossessive
regulatory agencies'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§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.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§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

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