The phrase "authorities directly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to actions or communications that involve authorities in a straightforward or immediate manner.
Example: "The report was submitted to the authorities directly to expedite the review process."
Alternatives: "officials directly" or "regulatory bodies directly".
Instead, customs officials were hoping people with a claim to ownership would contact the authorities directly.
The defamation bill will continue the bar on public authorities directly suing their critics for defamation.
Newcastle had considered money poured into 330 local authorities directly and also through schemes such as the new homes bonus and the council tax freeze.
Though the government stopped short of forcing it on local authorities, directly elected mayors were a core part of George Osborne's strategy.
Ms. Stokes said there was a special center in Richmond to review such claims that could contact federal immigration authorities directly to ascertain an applicant's status.
Since Ms. Estemirova's death, human rights advocates here have mostly stepped back from confronting the authorities directly with reports of abuses, Mr. Sadykov said.
Wada does not have the authority directly to ban a country from the Olympics but can recommend sanctions to the IOC.
Israeli officials have suggested that if the truce talks break down completely, they will see little alternative to attacking Mr. Arafat's governing Palestinian Authority directly.
ReprintsAfter the bombing, Israel blamed Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority directly, and demanded "security co-operation", meaning, notably, the re-arrest of militants whom it had recently released.
Only after the Turkish occupation of the Balkans was civil authority directly assumed by the Orthodox church hierarchy in the Middle East.
A journalist is dead ReprintsAfter the bombing, Israel blamed Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority directly, and demanded "security co-operation", meaning, notably, the re-arrest of militants whom it had recently released.
