Definition of "governmentwide" [governmentwide]

• Extending throughout a government (adjective)

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• "A new and better balance is needed -- a balance that can be achieved by a less precisionoriented classification system that provides for greater agency flexibility and is more supportive of agency missions without undermining the long-term governmentwide interests that originally prompted establishment of the system."
• "He then instructed Kissinger to create a "governmentwide" counterterrorism committee -- and seemed to offer an unusual explanation as to why. ""
• "The president needs an independent source of advice, a separate set of ears that are not connected with any federal agency, so he can get governmentwide, objective counsel."