The phrase "administration designated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific designation or assignment made by an administration, often in a formal or official context.
Example: "The administration designated a new committee to oversee the project."
Alternatives: "administration appointed" or "administration assigned".
In 1995, the Clinton administration designated Hamas a terrorist group.
In July, the administration designated six detainees who it said President Bush had deemed eligible for military tribunals.
The Trump administration designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization on April 8.
In the aftermath of the Bali bombing that killed more than 180 tourists, the Bush administration designated an Islamic militant group, Jemaah Islamiyah, as a terrorist organization.
In 1997, the Clinton administration designated the group as a foreign terrorist organization; the European Union declared it a terrorist organization in May of last year.
In three other cases, the administration designated terrorism suspects as enemy combatants who may be detained by the military indefinitely without charge.
In 2002, Gov. Mike Leavitt suggested that the Bush administration designate a portion of the Swell as a national monument, but changed his mind after local residents opposed the idea.
On Monday, 130 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, demanding that the Obama administration designate China as a currency manipulator in a report due to Congress next month.
Many towns in southern Somalia, including Merca, Chisimayu, Qoryooley and Buulo Mareer, are now firmly in the hands of the Shabab, the most militant wing of the Islamists and a group the Bush administration has designated a terrorist organization.
The Islamist fighters, part of a group called the Shabab, which the Bush administration has designated a terrorist organization, quickly took over Merka's police station and government buildings, residents said.
But even as American officials profess confidence that they can arm one segment of the opposition without empowering fighters from rebel groups like Jabhat al-Nusra, which the administration has designated as a terrorist organization, they face a daunting task in preventing arms from falling into the hands of extremists.
