Sentences with phrase «national policy agency»

According to reports from Nikkei and The Yomiuri Shimbun, the National Policy Agency (NPA) reported roughly ¥ 76.5 million ($ 710,848) in fraud - related thefts between January and July.

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To come up with these new rules, NYDFS officials went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and borrowed the cybersecurity policies and practices that the U.S. Government requires all federal agencies to adhere to.

In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin discussed Britain's «unfriendly and provocative» policy at a session of the national security council, RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying.

You have to purchase a separate policy, which you can find on through Utah insurance agencies selling National Flood Insurance Program policies.

CAPP's strategy then tied this approach to «political engagement» with the federal government to ensure «streamlined policies» for the industry, specifically naming the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

At the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Joyce — a nearly three - decade veteran of the National Security Agency who helps coordinate policy strategy in regards to cybersecurity

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average worker.

The Washington Post counts 37 high - level Trump aides or advisers who've resigned or been fired, including a chief of staff, multiple agency heads, and — importantly, given the administration's need to build a bench for its future — deputy directors of the National Economic Council, the National Security Council, and the Domestic Policy Council, as well as multiple deputy chiefs of staff.

After learning that the Canada Revenue Agency is auditing  the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives  on the grounds that it allegedly engages in politically partisan, biased and one - sided research activity,  a number of university professors  have drawn up an open letter asking the Minister of National -LSB-...]

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

More Californians Preparing for Severe El Nino Flood Risk: Residents Purchase 28,000 New Flood Insurance Policies in California: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released new data on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Policies, showing an increase of more than 20,000 new NFIP Policies written in California during the month of November 2015...

4.65 The Committee recommends the Productivity Commission considers, in its review of national competition policy, the appropriateness of separating the functions and powers of the ACCC with the effect that separate agencies are responsible for the approval of mergers and the assessment of whether concentration is subsequently excessive.

The NASBE Center for Safe and Healthy Schools encourages state and local government agencies, national associations, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions interested in school health policy to link to the State School Health Policy Datpolicy to link to the State School Health Policy DatPolicy Database.

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The AAU adopts a national policy precluding sports agents, agencies and representatives from membership in the AAU.

Also, all governments, agencies, donors should invest in these interventions to bridge the gaps shown in the policy at national level urgently to enable women to breastfeed and foster improved child development globally.

The proposed rule would require all local educational agencies participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and / or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to meet expanded local school wellness policy requirements consistent with requirements set forth in Section 204 of the HHFKA.

Each local educational agency that participates in the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs is required by federal law to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction.

All sectors involved in developing and policies and programmes to deliver on fuel poverty targets should attend including representatives from local government and RSLs; central government; the energy industry; Green Deal installer organisations; health agencies; voluntary and not for profit agencies at a national and local level.

The onus should be on the EU to justify their intended policy of taking over control of national budgets, not on the Conservatives to defend their belief - a belief shared by a majority in the UK - in national economic control, rather than control by an outside agency.

Though merely a state attorney general, Cuomo's national clout re appraisal policy was enhanced by support for the code from OFHEO, the agency overseeing Fannie and Freddie.

Dr. Issahaku is an International Development Economist with several years of experience in economic policy management and development, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning Analyst.

Various groups hoping to commercialize drones are challenging that policy, and a March ruling by a National Transportation Safety Board administrative law judge left the agency's power to fine drone operators in question.

«Strong, conservative fiscal policies of cutting spending and limiting our debt have created a strong financial foundation that allows us to invest in our community and grow our tax base,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «The three national credit agencies have once again confirmed our conservative approach by maintaining our stellar credit ratings.»

In a paper published in Marine Policy yesterday, Tom Polacheck, a senior researcher at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian national research agency in Hobart, presents a case study of how a paper from CSIRO submitted to a subgroup of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission had to be pulled owing to political concerns.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

«NEPA [the National Environmental Policy Act] says that agencies must consider and analyze any major federal action that may have a significant impact on the human environment,» he said.

On the other hand, you still have to say something to your inquisitive relatives and friends, so I did come up with a few choice things in answer to the «What are you going to do when you're done» question: science policy; educational policy; working for funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, or the Packard Foundation; teaching at a minority - serving institution; university administration.

As Congress develops public policy, I will continue to engage and seek counsel from our world class scientists and technicians working at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute on Standards and Technology, and other federal agencies.

Its funding priorities are determined every year based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan, which is a midterm national S&T policy revised every five years, explains Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), one of the major research funding agencies.

In this role, he will establish national data - wide policies to bring data sets together, work with agencies to create best practices for data management, and recruit talent in data science for public service.

«We're aware of the research undertaken by the US air force and have been working for some time with UK and European authorities and agencies to understand and mitigate the issues,» says Brendan Kelly, policy chief at National Air Traffic Services in the UK.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, has decided to double down on its implementation of a congressionally mandated policy aimed at reducing research misconduct among NSF - funded scientists, despite a new report that notes problems with the agency's approach.

The study, which is being conducted under the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program, is the first time the EPA has undertaken its own water analysis in response to complaints of contamination in drilling areas, and it could be pivotal in the national debate over the role of natural gas in America's energy policy.

History lesson With the advent of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the CEQ was set up to ensure that the federal government adequately conducted the newly required environmental impact statements, resolved disputes on environmental subjects among agencies as well as states, and generally ensured that NEPA's goal of «productive harmony» among human economic pursuits and the natural environment came to pass.

It includes numerous policy recommendations and a laundry list of projects by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other federal agencies that would require additional funding.

Robert Walker, the Pennsylvania Republican who chairs the House of Representatives Science Committee, wants to create a Department of Science, merging NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Geological Survey, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and parts of the Department of Energy into a mega cabinet aAgency, the US Geological Survey, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and parts of the Department of Energy into a mega cabinet agencyagency.

The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to conduct environmental impact statements on threats or boons to «the quality of the human environment» as well as the natural environment.

That will make it easier for Trump to push through his policy priorities and nominees for key positions — including the leaders of science agencies such as NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for a current vacancy on the Supreme Court.

While he has offered few details on policies for biomedical research, Trump said last year that he has heard «terrible» things about the US National Institutes of Health; he has also derided NASA as a «logistics agency for low - Earth orbit activity ``, and said he would expand the role of the commercial space industry in the US space programme.

Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) all federal agencies must carry out analyses when proposing actions that might affect wildlife or the environment.

«Now in China we have 13 nuclear power reactors in operation,» said Zhang Guobao, former vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission — the government agency charged with setting energy and industrial policy — via a translator during a visit to NDRC headquarters in Beijing this past November.

More prestigious still are national and international committees formed to make policy recommendations or set long - term scientific strategy for scientific agencies.

Geoff Brighty works at the National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operationaNational Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operationanational centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operational level.

The fight over mandating free access to papers based on research funded by taxpayer dollars is again heating up in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, lawmakers discussed expanding the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) «public access» policy to other science - funding agencies.

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies an approach for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate policy options for making premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) more affordable for those who have limited ability to pay.

The bill is designed to be a follow - on to the now - expired America COMPETES Act, which set policy for an array of U.S. science agencies, including DOE and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

A few science agencies haven't yet announced their public - access policies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey.

So we have had very good technical discussions on the right policies for NSA [National Security Agency] data collection.»

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), which has identical versions in the House of Representatives and the Senate, would expand to other research agencies the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) 4 - year - old policy requiring investigators it funds to submit copies of their peer - reviewed manuscripts for posting in a public database.