But at a federal level, investigations into illegal coordination between official campaigns and outside groups are exceedingly rare.
Days later, the F.B.I. began investigating possible coordination between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.
Senepa is boosting coordination between migration officials, hotels, universities, and clinics; two Paraguayan nationals who returned from Africa with malaria in June were treated rapidly.
The committee's legislation also adds new disclosure requirements that will illuminate and, hopefully, eliminate improper coordination between elected officials, political committees and independent expenditure committees.
Some ethics experts said that coordination between elected officials and outside groups raised questions about influence, and highlighted the gray area between lobbying for issues and running for office.
Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina, issued a statement on Friday calling for "strong state and local public health authorities, tools to rapidly detect and track disease, and robust investment in the development of medical countermeasures," along with "improved coordination between health officials and law enforcement".
Other factors that would have an impact include coordination between health officials and law enforcement to improve access for undocumented migrants who are seeking treatment for tuberculosis.
The Defense Department officials said that concerns about abuse had been a factor, but that the main reason for the order had been a desire to improve coordination between military intelligence officials and the C.I.A. in the questioning of so-called high-value detainees, most of them former Iraqi officials.
The White House assessment also claimed there was "reliable information indicating coordination between Syrian military officials before the attack".
Montgomery County Council member George Leventhal (D), who was the council president when the $500,000 for the effort was approved, said that good coordination between all the officials involved was a key element of the effort's success. .
