Sentences with phrase «agencies sweeping powers»

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Dell's condemnation comes soon after Theresa May, the British home secretary, earlier this month unveiled a draft piece of legislation that proposes to grant UK spy agencies and law enforcement sweeping surveillance powers.

Still reeling from the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Broward County law enforcement agencies are leading the state by far in using sweeping new powers to take away guns from dozens of citizens they claim are dangerous.

NYC's largest police union hit the Civilian Complaint Review Board with a sweeping lawsuit that accuses the agency of making an unprecedented illegal «power grab» in its bid to nail cops.

The latter three programs are funded with sweeps from dedicated funds and transfers from the New York State Energy and Research Development Agency and the New York Power Authority.

Cuomo initially wanted the corporation to be able to terminate the contracts of projects but lawmakers balked at giving the new agency such sweeping powers.

In both cases, it's clear the agencies were demanding sweeping powers to maximise their room for manoeuvre in the future.

The city's largest police union hit the Civilian Complaint Review Board with a sweeping lawsuit Tuesday that accuses the agency of making an unprecedented illegal «power grab» in its bid to nail cops.

PATRIOT gave sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that such powers were not abused.

Sweeping deregulation plan targets consumer protection agency — A hearing in Congress showcased the Financial CHOICE Act, with proposals to strip the major powers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau... (See CFPB)

The final U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) is a sweeping and complex rule affecting most power generation in the couPower Plan (CPP) is a sweeping and complex rule affecting most power generation in the coupower generation in the country.

«Environmentally concerned voters will finally get what they paid for by giving their political support to President Obama when, Monday morning in Washington, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy unveils the draft of sweeping new regulations on existing power plants.»

As well as making it easier for the authorities to track individual's internet and mobile phone usage, the new law confers sweeping new surveillance powers on numerous government departments, allowing agencies including police and security services, the tax office, health authorities, benefits agencies and many others, to use malware and other equipment interference techniques to covertly monitor private conversations and access stored data.

PATRIOT gave sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that such powers were not abused.