Sentences with phrase «agency mission for»

Recently, this basic theory of the universe was again confirmed by the Planck satellite, a European Space Agency mission for which NASA provided detector and cooler technology.

Not exact matches

When asked for comment on Tiangong - 1's threat to ongoing NASA missions, the space agency told Business Insider it «actually doesn't track any debris.»

A spokeswoman for the EPA declined to comment, but a top official said in an internal memo that EPA leaders «will do everything in our power to protect our ability to support the mission of the agency in protecting human health and the environment.»

However, the space agency's Mars 2020 rover is expected to launch in July 2020, meaning it should arrive more than a decade earlier and gather samples for a future return mission.

Importantly, Siddall and his management team also wrote a new mission statement that emphasized the agency was about satisfying housing «needs,» not wants — a key distinction for an organization that long saw boosting homeownership as part of its mandate.

The missions that are publicly known span a few categories for which the space agency requested missions.

Just days before the Guardian piece with Walker's statement was published, NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt, who declined to be interviewed again for this story, told Business Insider that he thought NASA climate research was safe from political tampering because it was too intimately connected to the agency's other critical earth science missions.

The International Energy Agency that previously warned of lower for longer oil prices and warned last year that the oil price recovery was threatened by the possibility of weak demand now has changed its tune and is now saying that it is «mission accomplished» for OPEC as oil stocks shrink at a record pace.

In the past, no - bid contracts awarded for urgency reasons were reserved for federal agencies working on military missions.

In May 1997, a US advisory mission to the Yeltsin government of Russia, administered by Harvard University, was abruptly shut down after an investigation by the US Agency for International Development.

Our mission as a digital agency is to drive measurable growth for clients using inbound marketing and sales.

The agency was looking for domestic vendors interested in, or capable of, developing commercial payload landing services for future missions to the lunar surface.

The agency's mission includes oversight of work - related benefits and rights and improving working conditions for people at all levels of the U.S. labor force.

Lily Tse left agency life to become an entrepreneur, and now she's on a mission to help people purchase beauty products that are good for you and good for the environment.

«It is not for us to declare on behalf of the Vienna agreement countries that it is «mission accomplished», but if our outlook is accurate, it certainly looks very much like it,» the Paris - based energy agency wrote.

When the agencies not affiliated with either EFMA or IFMA are taken into consideration, overall overseas mission income, when adjusted for inflation, increased in this six - year period from $ 317 million to $ 404 million.

Following on the British government's decision in favour of promoting English rather than Oriental or Vernacular education in India, and to seek the help of private agencies in the task, the Missions started Christian colleges for imparting education in Western culture and modern science with the teaching of English literature at the centre of secular courses and spiritually interpreted by the teaching of Christian Scripture.

In Dublin, for example, there is a science and technology agency that, as part of its mission, attracts new business to Ireland.

The watchword for such conservatives was biblical inerrancy, and this became the dominant theme in their successful effort to transform the theological seminaries and mission agencies of the denomination.

Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis Passed Mini Stimuli Began Asia «Pivot Increased Support for Veterans Tightened Sanctions on Iran Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants Passed Credit Card Reforms Eliminated Catch - 22 in Pay Equality Laws Improved Food Safety System Expanded National Service Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission Improved School Nutrition Expanded Hate Crimes Protections Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill Pushed Broadband Coverage Expanded Health Coverage for Children Helped South Sudan Declare Independence Killed the F - 22

Catholic News Agency: NASA worker's lawsuit charges discrimination over intelligent design A NASA mission specialist allegedly demoted for his beliefs about intelligent design is suing Jet Propulsion Laboratories in a civil trial to begin in Los Angeles March 7.

She is a nurse by trade, but is now serving on the mobilization team for an international missions agency where she encourages the next generation to pursue God with their whole hearts.

The missions agency has paid for counseling for some of the victims, issued a formal public apology, removed anyone who obstructed the investigation, and changed its policies.

Christians give to blind missions for cataract surgeries, to this and to that... Which relief agency is not full of Christians if not officially than as simply co-workers?

«One of the things God has put on my heart is that my generation needs to take personal responsibility for the agencies and the mission boards of the SBC and not just think of them as the SBC's, but think of them as ours,» Greear told BP after he was first nominated.

Evangelical and fundamentalist mission agencies have grown in proportion, while mainline bodies have focused more on assisting indigenous ministries, supplying social services, lobbying for social justice through political channels, and even turning the cultural conduit around by sponsoring reverse missionary programs.14 Viewed from only the American context, it appears that mainstream Protestantism has suffered a serious decline in its missionary efforts.

In order for Indian - Christian theology to benefit from the intercommunity (with Dalits and Adivasis) resistive - liberative momentum of minorities in India, as well as the intracommunity discernment of Christians (that aspects of this activity manifest the agency of Jesus Christ), it must reclaim and revitalize its two traditional domains of mission and liturgy.

A mission agency in Turkey was subsequently accused of embellishing the details of the murders as part of its appeal for donations.

Engineers at the start - up evangelical missions agency, headquartered in the flat, rural expanses of northern Florida, roll their exotic vehicle from its hangar for critical tests.

The Northern Baptist Convention (NBC) was formed in 1907, in great part to alleviate the fratricidal warfare for funds between the national mission agencies.

Perhaps a visit to a training center for missionaries like Moody Bible Institute or to the head office of a mission agency would have helped balance things better.

This plan for helping mission agencies to be more competent to meet the terrific problems confronting the peoples for whom the missionaries work was adopted only after warm debate, and not with entire unanimity.

We accomplish our mission by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packaging food for distribution through a countywide network of social service agencies and programs; and through public awareness, education and community advocacy.

The FIBCA's mission is to serve as an advocate for the FIBC industry with regulatory agencies around the world.

Trying to take on the full scope of childhood can seem too sprawling a mission for any one government agency or foundation, let alone any teacher or mentor or social worker.

Tulsa Family Doulas is a full service agency for metro Tulsa, Oklahoma and most of northeast Oklahoma whose mission is to increase confidence in birth and in parenting for every family we serve.

Tasked with directing the communications, fundraising and events efforts for the agency, She's inspired by the OA&FS mission and welcoming spirit.

The Joint Distinguished Park and Recreation Agency Accreditation Committee is part of the Illinois Association of Park Districts whose mission is to provide «outstanding park and recreation opportunities, preserve natural resources and improve the quality of life for all people in Illinois.»

In the mid-1990s, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE, then the lead agency for Part C early intervention) assembled representatives from the early intervention field, many of whom were members of the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI - AIMH) a nonprofit association whose mission is to promote infant mental health principles and practices across systems of care.

Agencies and associations that care about children need to go beyond their mission of serving children's needs and also ensure a healthy organization with good people, productive processes, and a strong vision for the work they do.

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) with the mission of coordinating employment opportunities and creation of jobs for the youth has engaged 62,825 people countrywide, under different employable modules as at October this year.

Pardon my cynicism, but I spent 3 decades with the Department of Health, Andy's poster child for runaway, out of control metastisizing of one State agency with one very important mission into a bazillion boards, commissions, off - budget private corporations (HRI) etc., etc. etc. ad nauseum.

The DEC has become a Ground Zero in the ongoing battle between the governor and the public employee unions over layoffs ever since its former commissioner, Pete Grannis, was fired for insubordination after the leaking of a memo he wrote warning further cuts at the agency would render it unable to fulfill its core missions.

Recognizing that there is also a need for additional funding for fire companies to carry out their mission, I want to remind local fire departments and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants are available.

For the past few years, some members of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency have been far too interested in overreaching policies, diverging from the central mission of the ECIDA.

In a 12 - page missive sent last week, Laufer told JCOPE officials the Campaign for One New York would no longer comply with a subpoena the ethics commission sent, arguing it was outside the scope of the agency's mission and had nothing to do with an inquiry begun a year ago into whether or not the non-profit should have registered as a lobbying group in 2015.

The Port Authority has been managing its real estate interests, with the divestiture of the World Trade Center retail project to Westfield for $ 1.4 billion as a prime example, as part of our commitment to refocus on our core transportation mission, taking into account impacts on its financial position,» the agency said in a statement.

The Executive Director of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), Kofi Kapito, has called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to demand better services for Ghanaians from foreign missions.

Return to Mars The UK's involvement with Martian exploration has not ended with Beagle 2 and the British Space Agency is a key participant in the forthcoming ESA ExoMars missions to the Red Planets planned for 2016 and 2018.

Explaining further, the minister said that the mission was working with a technical team for the evacuation exercises made up of representatives of relevant agencies.