WordNet
n. a department of the federal government of the United States [syn: federal office, department of the federal government]
Usage examples of "federal department".
It's times like this that I get down on my knees and thank God we have a federal Department of Transportation.
How's she going to get out of this goddamned rat-infested building, drive all the way to Washington, and then convince the federal department of health that she's found a way to cure the plague?
Senator George McGovern USDA Millennium Lecture and Dedication, FDCH Federal Department and Agency Documents, September 29, 1999.
The largest single federal department, formally recognizing suicide as a critical challenge to the good and welfare of their personnel, took a great leap forward by institutionalizing suicide prevention.
I've been developing transgenic fish with the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans lab in Vancouver.
No, Captain Potter, unless you publish your intent with the federal Department of Interplanetary Claims, it can't be said to exist.