A predecessor agency refers to an organization or department that existed before the current one. It means the agency that was in place before the present one. Full definition
Despite this criticism, John Feerick, a former dean of Fordham Law School who chaired both Mario Cuomo's Moreland Commission on Government Integrity and a different JCOPE predecessor agency that was created after Grandeau's was dissolved, said the job of a commissioner can be unforgiving. (politico.com)
In the U.S., DDB predecessor agency Doyle Dane Bernbach took on the account in 1959 and the New York office was behind award - winning work whose witty and self - depreciating style helped turn the Beetle into the best - selling imported car in America by the 1960s. (adage.com)
JCOPE has taken a host of enforcement actions against lobbyists and low - level state employees, but the sheer number over 58 months — 111, at least according to what's posted on the agency's website — is still below the 151 taken by its much - maligned predecessor agency, the Commission on Public Integrity, in its fewer than four years of existence. (politico.com)