The director shall cooperate with any department or agency of state government in any manner, including the exchange of employees, calculated to improve administration of the institutions. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.83 ] 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159 ; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §26 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §403