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OGD
GeneralOther Government Department
In plain English
Any federal department that isn't yours. Used when something depends on a decision you don't control.
Common context
Horizontal files. Often a polite way of saying the delay isn't ours.
Example
“We're waiting on an OGD.”
Means
Another department has to move first, and we can't make them hurry.
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