Sentences with phrase «for agencies like»

The absence of a coordinated federal supercomputing effort had made it more difficult for agencies like the Department of Energy (DOE) to make their case with the Office of Management and Budget that they needed to boost supercomputing budgets, Simon says.

The resulting increases for agencies like the National Institutes of Health would be critical for addressing Alzheimer's disease and other pressing health challenges.

The spotlight on dynamic systems is a major shift for agencies like the Army Corps, which in the past paid more attention to engineered solutions, Bostick said last week during an event at the National Academy of Sciences that focused on the state of resilience in the country.

You don't even need to look for an agency like this.

You don't even need to go searching for an agency like that because you have already found us!

Not exact matches

Zhu, the assistant to the chairman of a major marketing agency, likes SUVs for their safety on China's chaotic roads — she and her husband upgraded from a BMW X5.

Plenty of business owners routinely work with security agencies — like the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services in the Department of Homeland Security, for instance — when the government needs special assistance in tracking down people suspected of terrorist activities.

The ongoing #MeToo and Time's Up movements may make it seem like celebrating IWD is a no - brainer for brands, but in fact, the campaigns against sexual harassment and sexism have raised the bar, says Erin Keeley, CMO at Mono, an ad agency.

Of course, it's hard to resist giving in to a more cynical suspicion that reports like these are a vague attempt to drum up a bit of fear within the VC industry, which, in turn, will provide lucrative contracts for the branding agencies that will swoop in to «refresh» a VC's look.

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

And plenty of retailers offer discounts in concert with credit companies — like car rental agencies that give a discount for using a particular type of Visa.

Maybe that idea happened in the hurly - burly of a meeting, or maybe it happened in the shower like a bolt of lightning, but it has always been true of the agency business that a single moment of inspiration can keep a hundred people busy for a year.

Naled is commonly used across the US, particularly after mosquito - breeding disasters like hurricanes or floods, and the chemical is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for use in insecticide.

She was a staff writer at a news agency in Nebraska, covering transportation, and worked in South Korea for several years where she wrote about science while freelancing for publications like Women's Wear Daily and Groove Korea.

BCG even suggested that postal agencies could develop secure digital e-mail platforms to take advantage of consumer anxiety about run - of - the - mill e-mail, which is highly vulnerable to spam and hackers, and remains out of bounds for a range of sensitive communications, like exchanges with physicians, government agencies and investment advisers.

Christian Borges, vice president of marketing for MRY, a New York - based social - media agency that got its start in the college space, adds that this domino - like reality makes it even more important to achieve brand recognition and adoption in the first place.

For others, the agency recommends removing them from their original containers and mixing them with something undesirable like cat litter or coffee grounds then putting them in a container like a plastic bag and throwing them away.

Agency - style businesses — like maid services and home healthcare, where the franchisee acts as a hub for independent contractors — are the hottest sector of franchising right now.

By Wednesday afternoon, the officials, like Trump, were saying he had in fact been considering ousting the FBI director for months because of a lack of confidence in his ability to lead the agency.

In fact, Canada could use a standing body like Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, which is mandated to investigate scientific matters of national importance, suggests Canada West Foundation vice-president of research Will Kimber, who used to work for the agency.

For charity: water, their sleek New York office consists of donated goods but rivals any top creative agency, they employ sophisticated CRM software to learn more about their donors (like a salesperson would a client), and plenty more.

The agency developed a custom browser that looks and acts like Safari and allows people to securely access content that is often blocked in commercial settings — Facebook, for instance — while a management platform allows OTG to easily update menus, add apps and quickly reset the system if there are glitches.

At the time, the organization was functioning more like an agency that provided an advertising automation solution for B2B marketers.

But Lewis says the turnaround time for contacting a government agency in the 21st century is more like the process of writing a pen pal at summer camp in the 20th century.

When an advertising agency adopts a name like Wexley School for Girls, there's bound to be some confusion.

With 2015 - 16 looking like another throwaway year — the 76ers pretty much sat out of free agency, with their biggest offseason addition being No. 3 pick, Jahlil Okafor — that means they won't start aiming for the playoffs until at least Year 4.

Whether it's the frustratingly unfulfilled promise of social media, or financially opaque ad placements, or agencies that substitute head count for experience, or awareness - building platforms that are disappearing like polar icecaps, or brands that are encrusted to the point of immobility with the bad decisions of a dozen previous custodians, a CMO's day often isn't nearly as much fun as it ought to be.

Although the FDA can't dictate prices or reject therapies over pricing concerns (they can only focus on safety and efficacy), the agency can encourage more competition through moves like this (as well as speedier approval pathways) which could spur drug makers to produce products that ultimately lower costs for patients — a goal cited by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb in announcing the list.

Putting up with a few shuttered federal agencies seems like an OK price to pay if it brings the extremists to the negotiating table in time for a compromise on the debt ceiling.

If you don't have the time or the experience for this, it may be worth considering crowdfunding marketing agencies like Agency 2.0 to outsource the work.

«On some level, the agency [responsible for the Lyon promotion] thought that their campaign would be acceptable» for a company like Uber, says Susan Heathfield, a management consultant and About.com's human resources expert.

«We've reduced our discretionary spending over the last seven or eight years an incredible amount,» said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R - N.J. «Maybe some people don't like those agencies, but it's been pretty difficult for them to meet their mandate.»

Nowadays, credit agencies and social networks like Facebook act as the main gatekeepers for identity.

I felt like that's what I was living in for three years,» as a result of the agency growing too fast.

Startups are using chat too — like Digit, a free app that hunts your spending patterns for opportunities to make withdrawals into savings, or Pana, a chat - interfaced virtual travel agency that creepily promises there are some real humans in there somewhere.

The audit firms are a «subsidized industry, like the credit rating agencies,» Turner told me, and companies are required to pay for «audits no matter the quality.»

In its notice, the Canadian agency also warned cryptocurrency exchanges, where the tokens created in an ICO can be exchanged for popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or Ethereum, that their business could fall within the ambit of securities trading.

Its «SuperNAP» facilities in Las Vegas store data for hundreds of businesses, from Fortune 500's like eBay and Sony to mom and pop florists to governmental agencies.

For boutique agencies and freelancers, the conundrum often goes like this: You have a dozen clients to manage that are counting on your expertise to help them grow their companies.

While trashing your employer on social media may sound like a recipe for disaster, a national labor agency has just ruled that it is not necessarily a fireable offense.

I've managed what seems like serial criers or what appears to be people crying for no reason,» says Sarah Watson, chief strategy officer at ad agency BBH in New York.

A content marketing consultancy, much like Honigman Media (shameless plug), focuses solely on content marketing and another area or two, offering specific expertise to apply to your company's workflow, as opposed to the agency model that often provides services in many different areas to be your one - stop shop for marketing.

The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond - like assets called mortgage - backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.

He said that if he had to rely on the European Space Agency's limited, difficult - to - access data for his work checking climate model predictions against reality, he'd be «more or less blind» — particularly in the vast, uninhabited stretches of the globe like the Pacific, which are vital for understanding the world climate.

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In its ruling, the agency also suggested it's looking for a way to encourage the promise of blockchain - based financial innovation — described in papers like this highly - cited one by venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan — while also protecting investors from scammers.

Because they've become a necessity for all organizations, setting up an agency that specializes in creating custom - made bots seems like a winning business venture.

Even though RIM switched advertising agencies last January — its former agency, Leo Burnett, was replaced by 72andSunny and BBDO Worldwide — the «night bikes» commercial treads on familiar territory: hip twenty - somethings make plans via instant messaging, then meet up for shared experiences like concerts, parties and bike rides.

«About 80 percent of those accounts are inactive or are dummy accounts created by various «follow agencies,» another 10 percent are real people who are part of a network of folks who follow others back and are paying for followers themselves... and the remaining 10 percent may, in fact, be real, sentient people who happen to like Newt Gingrich,» a source told Gawker.

I would also like to thank the individuals who identified themselves as either individual consultants or worked for ad / digital agencies for their understanding why the survey included this as a disqualification.