Sentence:  coordinate , correlate , and publish information with a view to advancing the development of low-cost saline water conversion projects ; and cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies , with State and <WSD>local</WSD> departments , agencies , and instrumentalities , and with interested persons , firms , institutions , and organizations . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government