Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal government agencies»

Interestingly, the RIM PlayBook has been awarded the prestigious FIPS 140 - 2 certification by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, which means the tablet is safe for use by U.S. federal government agencies — the only tablet in the world to be so awarded.

Still, a PlayBook is one of the most secure tablet around, a fact brought out by it being declared suitable for use by the U.S. federal government agencies.

Last week, RIM announced the United States government had granted the BlackBerry PlayBook «FIPS 140 - 2 certification,» making it the first tablet approved for use by employees of U.S. federal government agencies.

Canadian based Research in Motion announced today that the Playbook Tablet has been given security certification to be used by U.S. federal government agencies.

Action is needed to stem the tide of the U.S. federal government agencies that allow these chemicals to contaminate our food supply, and protect the companies who are earning billions of dollars in producing GMO seeds and toxic herbicides and pesticides.

Action is needed to stem the tide of the U.S. federal government agencies that allow these chemicals to contaminate our food supply, and protect the companies who are earning billions of dollars in producing GMO seeds and toxic herbicides and pesticides.

This is the start - up's first partnership with a U.S. federal government agency.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a U.S. federal government agency, is suing student loan servicer Navient for «failing borrowers at every stage of repayment.»

Not exact matches

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.

Sept. 30 marks the final day of fiscal year 2015 and members of Congress are working to pass a bill that would allow U.S. federal agencies to continue spending money, thus avoiding the second federal government shutdown in two years.

The U.S.'s increasing debt - driven mode of growth will erode the federal government's solvency, the agency said.

Meet Sharon Virts - Mozer, the founder and CEO of FCi Federal, which provides «back office» services to federal government agencies like the State Department and U.S. CoastFederal, which provides «back office» services to federal government agencies like the State Department and U.S. Coastfederal government agencies like the State Department and U.S. Coast Guard.

Debt obligations issued by agencies of the U.S. federal government or by private agencies, called government - sponsored enterprises (GSEs), which are federally chartered, but publicly owned by their stockholders

an independent agency of the federal government, created in 1933, charged with preserving and promoting public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions up to applicable limits; by identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails; further information on the FDIC and FDIC coverage may be found at fdic.gov

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of securities markets and facilitating capital formation.

Along with the NSA, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and branches of the U.S. military have agreements with such companies to gather data that might seem innocuous but could be highly useful in the hands of U.S. intelligence or cyber warfare units, according to the people, who have either worked for the government or are in companies that have these accords.

FedLoan Servicing was established by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) to support the U.S. Department of Education's ability to service student loans owned by the federal government.

The company will provide monthly data to the U.S. Federal Reserve, industry associations and government agencies across the globe but that data will not be made public.

The Franklin U.S. Government Money 529 Portfolio is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Government Money 529 Portfolio is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and it is possible to lose money by investing in the government agency and it is possible to lose money by investing in the portfolio.

This is also why U.S. government agencies like the Federal Reserve are trying desperately to prevent other such documents from being disclosed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wine Institute today announced a restructuring of its Federal Relations and International Public Policy Departments to streamline its work with U.S. government agencies, the U.S. Congress, and foreign governments and international organizations.

Rosa Aliberti Rosa has worked on diverse labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour cases; workplace investigations; severance, employment, and non-compete agreements; has drafted and responded to discrimination complaints before government agencies, including the U.S. EEOC and NYS Division of Human Rights; and, has assisted in federal and state court litigations.

The U.S. Attorney's office says more than $ 9.6 million in assets seized in an international internet gambling takedown is being distributed to law enforcement agencies in New York and Florida as well as the federal government.

Lawmakers also were considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the federal government from dumping dredging material in the Long Island Sound.

Connecticut's legal conflicts with the federal government over air quality issues escalated again last weekwhen the state joined New York in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce ozone pollution rules.

Large Newspaper — Circulation of 150,000 or more Gold Award: Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Yasmeen Abutaleb and the Reuters team Reuters «The Uncounted» series Sept. 7, Nov. 18, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, 2016 Fifteen years after the U.S. government declared antibiotic - resistant infections to be a grave threat to public health, a Reuters investigation, «The Uncounted,» found that infection - related deaths are going uncounted because federal and state agencies are doing a poor job of tracking them.

The assessment is produced through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a collaboration of 13 federal agencies and departments with authors from the government and a wide swath of academia.

In the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, the U.S. government enacted new security policies that increased the likelihood that scientists would face scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, and other federal agencies.

Adashi noted that the U.S. government's response in the wake of WannaCry was fragmented among many agencies, although just the day before President Donald Trump had issued a sweeping executive order instructing federal agencies to embark on a number of actions to ensure greater cybersecurity.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

Since the 1940s, when the U.S. government began to invest seriously in civilian research, the work has been done largely at the nation's universities and paid for through competitive, temporary grants awarded to individual professors by federal funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

The National Research Council, one of The National Academies in Washington, D.C., (scientific advisory bodies for the federal government) charges that the 18 government bodies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tasked with assessing chemical safety, have failed to prove that the diminutive particles are not dangerous.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have again shown their low regard for the Census Bureau, voting to use it as a bank to fund other federal agencies and telling people they don't have to fill out a survey that allows the government to track the country's changing demographics.

When given the opportunity to select multiple government agencies or individuals that bore at least some responsibility for failing to prevent the bombing, federal agencies were assigned the greatest blame with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security found at fault by 56 percent and 50 percent of respondents, respectively, followed by the Central Intelligence Agency at 42 pfederal agencies were assigned the greatest blame with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security found at fault by 56 percent and 50 percent of respondents, respectively, followed by the Central Intelligence Agency at 42 pFederal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security found at fault by 56 percent and 50 percent of respondents, respectively, followed by the Central Intelligence Agency at 42 percent.

U.S. federal agencies have taken the lead in funding research in computational neuroscience, and the majority of government funding comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

In addition to his commitment to updating federal chemical safety regulations, Dooley has led efforts urging Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the best available science and technology are at the foundation of government science and risk assessment programs.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson Center finds the Defense Department and its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk research.

Shell was nominated by President Obama last year to the post of chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the independent federal agency that oversees U.S. government non-military international broadcasting.

Syl Sobel, an attorney and a former newspaper reporter, is currently the director of communications for the Federal Judicial Center — the agency responsible for education, training, and policy research for the judicial branch of the U.S. government.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state control over school finances, California school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed by other branches of state government.

NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Education, and nearly every other state, federal, and local government agency contract with for - profit firms to support, provide, and evaluate service delAgency, the U.S. Department of Education, and nearly every other state, federal, and local government agency contract with for - profit firms to support, provide, and evaluate service delagency contract with for - profit firms to support, provide, and evaluate service delivery.

The Food and Drug Administration, in short FDA, is the oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency in the U.S. federal government.

The federal government, which is administered by several agencies that include the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the U.S. National Park Service, the Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in some cases the Utah State Department of State Parks, owns approximately 64 percent of the state of Utah The Bureau of Land Management manages approximately 36 percent of the land, making it the largest single landowner in the state.

Additionally, David has over 10 years of experience working for a government consulting firm providing communications, project management and technical assistance expertise to numerous state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (Office of Apprenticeship, Office of National Response, Business Relations Group, Job Corps), U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, NC Department of Public Instruction and North Carolina Partnership for Children.

AFC also urged U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore to withdraw their letter from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and quit their attempt to use federal agencies to undermine a state - based school choice program.

DOT needs to maintain a collaborative effort across modal administrations, with other vested Federal agencies, State and local governments, and non-governmental organizations to promote safe, accessible, comfortable, and connected multimodal networks in communities throughout the U.S. NHTSA and the other modes within DOT that share a common objective to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety must continue collaborative efforts under the DOT Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinating Committee.

On September 18, 1997, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum for heads of Executive Departments and Independent Agencies on Hispanic Employment Initiatives (HEI) in the Federal government.

The CMV Safety Belt Partnership is a collaboration among the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, other government agencies, and industry specific private - sector organizations designed to encourage safety belt use by commercial motor vehicle drivers.

This FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification provides confidence to a variety of security - conscious organizations, including U.S. government agencies, companies in regulated industries and other organizations dealing with sensitive information, that data stored on smartphones running BlackBerry 6 can be properly secured and encrypted.