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A previous study, by government Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, arrived at the same conclusion.

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But the Department of Damage Control, put together by the federal government with the help of Tony Stark, caused the company to fold.
The Department of Justice said in a news release that «these bonds were issued by the former Republic of China prior to losing power to the communist government in 1949.
Then, figuring that Snowden was savvy enough to use encryption that couldn't be cracked by brute force, the government also demanded that Levison hand over Lavabit's private encryption key — something the Justice Department has threatened to demand of Apple (aapl) as well.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.
If passed by the Senate, the spending bill would fund all government agencies through September 2015, except for the Department of Homeland Security, which would get an extension only through Feb. 27.
«Nearly everything was dictated by the central government, with a sort of military occupation of the area by the Civil Protection Department which alienated the townspeople,» he said.
Data compiled by Kenney's department shows that thousands of companies and government departments, federal and provincial alike, have hired foreign help in recent years.
Significant incremental adoption of SES Networks» O3b based services by the U.S. Department of Defense was the main driver of growth in U.S. Government revenue with more than 20 sites in operation and more than five gigabits per second now under contract, most recently with U.S. Africa Command.
The Justice Department is planning legal action to halt the pending acquisition of Time Warner by telecom giant AT&T if the government and companies can't agree on a settlement, The Wall Street Journal reported.
While the top level of the agency is staffed by officials chosen by the White House, the Justice Department is supposed to undertake legal obligations of the U.S. government in a non-political fashion.
It's a lawyer from outside of government named by the attorney general to take over an investigation that poses a conflict of interest for the Justice Department.
Flynn's registration this week with the Justice Department disclosed lobbying by him and his firm that may have benefited the government of Turkey.
A former top military aide to Secretary Ash Carter used a government credit card to pay large bar tabs at strip clubs in Rome and in South Korea frequented by prostitutes and engaged in «inappropriate» behavior with women, a long - awaited report by the Department of Defense Inspector General released Thursday found.
The Department of Homeland Security's communications with state election officials were «impeded by state officials» mistrust of federal government overreach coupled with an unprecedented level of Russian cyber intrusions.»
According to a one - page summary of the cases that was jointly prepared for the Cuban government by the State Department's bureaus of Medical Services and Western Hemisphere affairs, «Some voiced feeling shocked or shaken by the exposure, or awoken (sic) from sleep, and others described a more gradual onset of symptoms that continued for days to weeks afterwards.»
The government's findings put the city behind New York as the world's second-most unequal city in terms of income, according to the household income distribution report released on Friday by the Census and Statistics Department.
The NSA document — which the Justice Department says was stolen and leaked to The Intercept by a 25 - year - old government contractor from Georgia — concluded that «Russian intelligence obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple US state or local electoral boards» in the days leading up to the election.
The British bank was accused by the New York State Department of hiding $ 250 billion worth of transactions with the Iranian government for nearly 10 years.
In its response, the Department of Finance has agreed to publish fiscal sustainability reports for the federal government on an annual basis, by 2013 at the latest.
Part of the decline in program expenses was attributable to the timing of payments to municipalities under the Gas Tax Fund transfer payment program and to foreign governments / agencies by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
This is leading to poor coordination on GHG reduction plans across government departments, and delayed action by industry,» said Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich - Gulf Islands).
According to the Justice Department, the data stolen by the two intelligence officers were used by the Russian government to spy on a range of targets,...
However, unlike the present «pilot» program which invites all companies with any new pre-commercial product to apply for its innovation to be trialled within government, the CICP should catalyze Canadian competitiveness through «smart assistance» by focusing on addressing the identified future needs of government agencies and departments through closer collaboration with federal agencies and industry associations.
Other government agencies can use this BPA if they are added as authorized call placers by the Department of Homeland Security contracting office.
The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».
According to a new white paper commissioned by the Department of Defense, Beijing is encouraging Chinese companies with close government ties to invest in American start - ups specializing in critical technologies like artificial intelligence and robots to advance China's military capacity as well as its economy.
However, the information released by the Department of Finance only related to the federal government, even though it promised in 2007 to present analyses on the total government sector.
Also supporting prices is the Commerce Department's decision last week to slap duties on aluminum coming into the U.S. from a number of Chinese producers that were found to be heavily subsidized by the Chinese government.
The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».
It appears that either the Department of Finance is unable to forecast direct program expenses, or the Minister of Finance has adopted the previous government's approach of ensuring that his deficit targets are met or bettered by «hiding» extra prudence in his budget forecasts — an approach he criticized the previous government for.
In a complaint filed in January by Common Cause with the FEC and the Department of Justice, the organization charges that the failure to report this expenditure to the FEC violates not only campaign finance law but also violates federal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the Federal government.
This large difference leads to two conclusions: first, fiscal forecasting by the Department of Finance has lost all credibility, and second, the Government is on track to meet its balanced budget commitment for 2015 - 16 if not sooner.
A recent Department of Finance report (1) showed that the federal government's fiscal position is sustainable and that the federal debt - to - GDP ratio would fall to about 24 per cent by 2020 - 21.
On Saturday, Trump lashed out on Twitter over a New York Times report that reported speculations that Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer who is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice, could end up cooperating with government officials.
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.
1) A government loan is made according to rules set by the U.S. Department of Education.
Financial results just released by the Finance department for the first eight months (April to November) of the 2014 - 15 fiscal year show that the federal government posted a deficit of $ 3.3 billion, an improvement of $ 10.1 billion from the deficit of $ 13.4 billion recorded in the same period in 2013 - 14.
The current Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is approaching two years in office, and with a relatively new Minister of Immigration and a swathe of new approaches within the department, now is as good a time as any to reflect on how this government is faring on immigration.
It's incredibly encouraging that the U.S. government appears up to the task with Superintendent Ben Lawsky of the New York State Department of Financial Services leading the way by maintaining an open dialogue and recently, drafting the first proposal of BitLicense, a set of rules that aim to bring clarity to how government officials and businesses deal with cryptocurrencies.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, when projections of the budgetary balance were off by wide margins, the credibility of the Department of Finance's forecasting abilities came under attack from both inside and outside the government.
On April 16, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom's (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Technical Alert (TA) about malicious cyber activity carried out by the Russian Government.
Those filings alleged that Gates lied to the FBI, and «intentionally conspired to defraud the United States by impeding, imparing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful government functions of a government agency, namely the Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury.»
«CN Rail has expressed a desire to transport bitumen by rail,» said the memo, sent from Wayne Wouters, the Clerk of the Privy Council Office, the central department in government serving Harper's office and cabinet.
That's the question of the day for media executives, government officials and investors, occasioned by a Wall Street Journal story which said the U.S. Department of Justice may sue to block the deal.
The move to partner with the Ethiopian government will result in the Ethiopian Ministry of science and technology working together with Cardano's African Operations Department (led by John O'Connor) towards the realization of an agritech platform on Cardano's Blockchain.
Solicitations and other organizations believe this rule saves the Department of Education money by refusing to loan money to students who will likely be unable to repay the government.
A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.
FHA Loans The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance program is managed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which is a department of the federal gDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which is a department of the federal gdepartment of the federal government.
Although E&Y recommended that the Department of Finance should establish a mechanism to increase the distance between the economic and fiscal forecasts presented in the budget and the political process, by either having the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance engage a panel of independent reviewers to critique the government's economic and fiscal forecasts or alternatively establish an independent agency to provide the economic and fiscal forecast.
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