Sentences with phrase «agency enforcement activities»

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Stoyanov's team provides «technical assistance» to foreign law enforcement agencies, it said, but it was «not aware of any activities where Mr Stoyanov would have shared information with any organization that wasn't specifically tied to an active cyber-criminal investigation.»
Under the Freedom Act, the NSA and law enforcement agencies can no longer collect telephone calling records in bulk in an effort to sniff out suspicious activity.
U.S. federal law enforcement agencies are scrutinizing whether bitcoins are being used increasingly in criminal activity such as the now - defunct Silk Road illegal drug marketplace.
This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.
Contact the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for information about driving tests or vehicle testing schemes, activities and enforcement policy or general driving and vehicle safety advice.
Up until the latter half of the last century, their terrorist activities were undertaken with the tacit approval of a significant percentage of the population and sometimes with the explicit support of law enforcement agencies in the southern states.
We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities.
Disclosures Founding Moms will not disclose any of your personal information to third parties without your permission except in the following circumstances: (i) to investigate and defend Founding Moms against any third party claims or allegations or otherwise to protect Founding Moms from liability, (ii) to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, (iii) to assist government enforcement agencies, respond to a legal process or comply with the law, (iv) to exercise or protect the rights, property or personal safety of the users of the Service and / or (v) to protect the security or integrity of the Service.
After a meeting called at the behest of President John Mahama, the Council advised the general public to be cautious, curious, and report any suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies.
The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed has tasked law enforcement agencies in the region to intensify their surveillance efforts and clamp down on the activities of arms smugglers.
The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, is asking law enforcement agencies to clamp down on the activities of rampaging youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), to lessen the tensions in the area.
«We will continue to request that they treat all courthouses as sensitive locations, and will continue to raise these issues with ICE officials as we continue to ensure that any activity by outside law enforcement agencies does not cause disruption or compromise court operations,» said Chalfen.
His spokesman said Smith «has committed no illegal activity whatsoever, nor has he been contacted by any law - enforcement agency in this matter,» the paper said.
Shehu said they warned the media against activities of some unregistered groups that had lately been active in trying to undermine critical institutions, such the law - enforcement agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Horner said reformers» collective wish list includes changes to government contracting, including pay - to - play activities, and greater appropriations for enforcement agencies such as the state Board of Elections, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and the Authorities Budget Office.
Our citizens are therefore urged to be vigilant; report any suspicious movement and activities to the law enforcement agencies
These five measures, as outlined by the NPP flagbearer, include providing the requisite leadership to tackle corruption; the scrupulous enforcement of the teachings of the Public Procurement Act (Act 663); the establishment by Act of Parliament of an Office of Independent Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption; the devotion of more resources to enhance the capacity of anti-corruption agencies; and supporting all moves to give Parliament greater oversight capability over the activities of the Executive.
Lobbyist Scott Levenson is under investigation by three law - enforcement agencies over a wide range of questionable activities during the last campaign cycle, The Post has learned.
The law enforcement agencies tracked down the defendants in part by using social media, where they allegedly posted about criminal activity.
Since it was put into field testing, the Prepaid Card Reader has resulted in approximately $ 1 million dollars being seized by state and local law enforcement agencies from suspected criminal activity.
To report suspicious activity, contact your local law enforcement agency.
Require immigration agents and local law enforcement agencies to collaborate with school officials to mitigate the negative impact of impending immigration raids and small - scale enforcement activities on students.
Is it any wonder that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies can not keep up with the criminal activities of those milking the system?
DOT may make available to another agency or instrumentality of any government jurisdiction, including State and local governments, listings of names from any system of records in DOT for use in law enforcement activities, either civil or criminal, or to expose fraudulent claims, regardless of the stated purpose for the collection of the information in the system of records.
To accomplish these activities, the Administration works with Federal, state, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier industry, labor safety interest groups, and others.
Some limited personnel under contract to FMCSA or state agencies responsible for carrying our enforcement activities or supporting the EMIS system also have access via specifically assigned ID's and passwords.
Since 2014, she has worked as an attorney with the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, where she coordinates with federal agencies to ensure consistent enforcement of civil rights statutes and Executive Orders prohibiting discrimination in federally conducted and assisted programs and activities and participates in investigations and lawsuits related to the failure to provide language access services.
The agency requests $ 851 million to continue its mission to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity.
Drivers deemed eligible to participated in the Pilot will be entered in to FMCSA's Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) which provides multiple agencies, namely CBP and Federal and State roadside commercial vehicle inspectors, who conduct commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities and monitor hazardous materials shipping by motor carriers access to information about carriers and CMV drivers operating within the United States.
To accomplish these activities, the Administration works with Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier industry, labor and safety interest groups, and others.
The IRS isn't the only agency to which banks might report unusual activity: In some cases, they're also required to report suspicious transactions to the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN.
Cause for such termination may include, but not be limited to: (i) breaches or violations of these Terms or any provision of these Terms; (ii) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (iii) a request by you (self - initiated); (iv) discontinuance or material modification to the Services (or any part thereof); (v) unexpected technical or security issues or problems; (vi) extended periods of inactivity; (vii) fraudulent or illegal activities performed by or on behalf of you in connection with the Services or the Sites; (viii) discontinuance of the Services as a whole; (ix) a statement by you that you no longer agree to these Terms, or a statement by you otherwise requesting termination of your access to the Services; (x) completion of the Animal League or other fundraising event or program in which you are participating; and / or (xi) any other reason reasonably considered by Animal League to be in its best interest.
If applicants to The Pet Fund are discovered to be using animals for illegal fighting purposes, we will provide the information to law enforcement agencies and assist in whatever way we can in prosecution of these illegal activities.
Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture and enforcement: If you look at Title 21, you will find: «The provisions of this section shall not apply to lawful activities of any governmental agency or employees or agents thereof carrying out their respective duties under the law.»
From the UK Telegraph Carbon trading fraudsters may have accounted for up to 90 % of all market activity in some European countries, with criminals pocketing an estimated â «¬ 5bn ( # 4.5 bn) mainly in Britain, France, Spain, Denmark and Holland, according to Europol, the European law enforcement agency.
Local police forces and other law enforcements agencies such as C.S.I.S. (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and the C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) frequently patrol the internet and chat rooms where criminal activity is notorious for occurring.
Of course, we should not just accept Leppard's observation that the police can not cope, and in an age increasingly driven by online activity on the internet, the government, law enforcement agencies and legislators can not shed their responsibility by declaring impotence.
When can law enforcement agencies track our online activities and our communications?
In 2012, the US Anti-Doping Agency (not a law enforcement body) issued a meticulously researched report on the activities of an international criminal network that was engaging in illegal doping activities, involving the cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Covered entities must exclude disclosures to a health oversight agency or law enforcement official from the accounting for the time period specified by the applicable agency or official if the agency or official provides the covered entity with a statement that inclusion of the disclosure (s) in the accounting to the individual during that time period would be reasonably likely to impede the agency or official's activities.
The commenter concluded that this omission was unintended since the proposal's provision at proposed § 164.518 (c)(4) relieved the covered entity, covered entity's employees, business partner, and the business partner's employees from liability for disclosing protected health information to law enforcement and to health oversight agencies when reporting improper activities, but failed to specifically authorize business partners and their employees to engage in whistleblowing in proposed § 164.510 (f), «Disclosures for law enforcement
The commenters identified particular factors that could lead to confusion, including that (1) the phrase «criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding» appeared in the definitions of both law enforcement Start Printed Page 82673and oversight; (2) the examples of oversight agencies listed in the preamble included a number of organizations that also conduct law enforcement activities; (3) the NPRM addressed the issue of disclosures to investigate health care fraud in the law enforcement section (§ 164.510 (f)(5)-RRB-, yet health care fraud investigations are central to the mission of some health care oversight agencies; (4) the NPRM established more stringent rules for disclosure of protected health information pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued for law enforcement than for disclosure pursuant to an oversight agency's administrative subpoena; and (5) the preamble, but not the NPRM regulation text, indicated that agencies conducting both oversight and law enforcement activities would be subject to the oversight requirements when conducting oversight activities.
Because we consider both of these activities to be critical national priorities, we do not require covered entities to obtain authorization for disclosure of protected health information to law enforcement or health oversight agencies — including those oversight activities related to health care fraud.
The final rule does not attempt to distinguish between these activities based on the agency undertaking them or the applicable enforcement procedures.
To protect the integrity of investigations, in the final rule we require covered entities to exclude disclosures to a health oversight agency or law enforcement official for the time specified by that agency or official, if the agency or official states that including the disclosure in an accounting to the individual would be reasonably likely to impede the agency or official's activities.
The agencies said that if implemented as written, the provision would have failed to accomplish fully its intended purpose of allowing the disclosure of protected health information to officials carrying out intelligence and national security activities other than law enforcement activities.
Specifically, this overlap occurred because: (1) The NPRM preamble, but not the NPRM regulation text, indicated that agencies conducting both oversight and law enforcement activities would be subject to the oversight requirements when conducting oversight activities; and (2) the NPRM addressed some disclosures for investigations of health care fraud in the law enforcement paragraph (proposed § 164.510 (f)(5)(i)-RRB-, while health care fraud investigations are central to the purpose of health care oversight agencies (covered under proposed § 164.510 (c)-RRB-.
The comment suggested including enforcement activities in the definition of «health oversight agency
In the final rule, we include the following as additional examples of health oversight activities: (1) The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights enforcement activities, and in particular, enforcement of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997 - 1997j) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as well as the EEOC's civil rights enforcement activities under titles I and V of the ADA; (2) the FDA's oversight of food, drugs, biologics, devices, and other products pursuant to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and (3) data analysis — performed by a public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care fraud.
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