Sentences with phrase «for special government»

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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.

Mr. Comey suggested Congress require tech companies to provide what is known as extraordinary access to encrypted information, a «lawful intercept» capability, sometimes referred to as a backdoor, or a special key for the government.

SPECIAL REPORT: Three major reviews have called for a big shake - up of the state government's information and communication technology (ICT) strategy.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

That period would prove important for another reason: the government posted Kuroda for a year as special adviser to the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, giving the civil servant sustained exposure to politicians at the highest levels.

«They either make up a program that doesn't exist, or they describe a government program and make it sound like it's their own or claim to have some special way to access it for you.»

One report deals with the performance of the government and military during the conflict, dubbed Operation Protective Edge in Israel, and in the lead - up to it in general, with special attention paid to Hamas tunnels and Israel's lax preparations for dealing with their threat.

EU leaders are courting the six countries at a special summit in Riga, Latvia, that opened Thursday, offering better economic cooperation and promising financial aid and help for good government.

Authorized by federal law, a special needs trust is an irrevocable trust designed specifically to hold assets for a beneficiary so that the funds do not disqualify the recipient from needs - based government benefits.

He's on trial before a special court reserved for members of government and faces two years in prison if found guilty of failing to reduce the size of the banking sector.

Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà © firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor firms to compete for government contracts; financial assistance in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.

Sara Ellison, Vanity Fair special correspondent, discusses what the government's attempt to block the AT&T - Time Warner merger means for other deals in the media space.

«A criminal defendant, we hold, need not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's decision.

Last year, May proclaimed the strength of the «most special relationship» between the two countries, and the government extended an invitation for a state visit as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II.

Net neutrality, or the notion that Internet service providers (ISPs) and governments should treat all online data equally, has raised many important considerations on whether the Internet should have so - called «fast lanes» that prioritize content based on the ability to pay — and «slow lanes» for providers who can't afford the special treatment.

The Post says it's trying to work out a structure that evades the mandates from Congress — for instance, chartering a special «vehicle» that would technically not be a government entity.

A day after releasing Dimon's annual letter to shareholders, J.P. Morgan Chase (jpm) Wednesday revealed details of its special provisions for compensating employees who leave the bank for government service.

After power changed hands in D.C. a year later, the federal government and Congress delayed picking up the baton for several months due to partisan bickering and lobbying by special interests.

Those just getting started should consult a special portal for health - reform resources added to the government's small - business information clearinghouse Business USA.

The Strzok - Page texts could fuel further demands from Trump and his defenders for a special counsel to examine how the bureau handled the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server to conduct government business.

No wonder that it took three special sessions for the governor and legislature to reach an agreement on a new budget, narrowly averting a government shutdown on July 1.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday he had invited the Syrian government and opposition to a special meeting next week in Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday he had invited the Syrian government and opposition to a special meeting next week in special meeting next week in Vienna.

As Scott explains, they «contain 30 or more chapters providing special protections for foreign investors; extending patents and copyrights; privatizing markets for public services such as education, health, and public utilities; and «harmonizing» regulations in ways that limit or prevent governments from protecting the public health or environment.»

One alternative for the Canadian government to consider is to reinvigorate the State - to - State dispute resolution system under NAFTA Chapter 20, as a replacement for the Chapter 19 panel review process, with some re-jigging to add special provisions to deal with trade remedy disputes such as the ongoing softwood lumber battle.

The B.C. government will scrap a special LNG income tax, exempt plant construction from the PST and charge LNG plants standard rates for electricity.

The government's favourite talking point on recent tariff hikes is that the existing system represents a «special tax break for Chinese companies.»

Blandin also served as: special assistant to the assistant secretary of administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from 1977 to 1981; executive director of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, from 1972 to 1977; executive staff assistant in the Office of the Governor, California Council on Intergovernmental Relations, from 1970 to 1971; and just prior to joining ASEC, Blandin served nine months as executive vice president of the Council for Excellence in Government.

While we're all breathlessly awaiting the federal government's long - promised revisions to the Copyright Act, interested parties may want to check out Bill C - 47, the federal government's proposed legislation to grant extra special intellectual property right protection for the Olympic movement and its related symbols. For a summary of the legislation, check out the Library of -LSB-.for the Olympic movement and its related symbols. For a summary of the legislation, check out the Library of -LSB-.For a summary of the legislation, check out the Library of -LSB-...]

The Prime Minister again raised the notion of special deals for China yesterday as an explanation for the government's decision to increase tariffs.

Anyone wishing to immediately contribute to the relief effort can do so by sending donations to special accounts set up by the Government exclusively for the disaster relief.

However, the Conservative government has also chosen to provide a long list of special tax breaks or «preferences» for specific groups of Canadians that the government hopes will vote for them.

In a court filing, acting U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami said the office continues to believe a «special master is not warranted to review the seized materials for privilege and that a Government Filter Team would fairly and most efficiently accomplish this task.»

In other news, Mike Moffatt recently quibbled with the government's assertion that lower tariffs amounted to special breaks for Chinese companies.

He previously spent 16 years of government service focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Special Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and National Security Council Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

It also introduced special offers for people receiving government assistance.

«Government documents revealed that B.C. taxpayers have been fronting legal fees for at least six of Christy Clark's current and former employees in connection to the so - called «Quick Wins» scandal and the ongoing criminal investigation by Special Prosecutor David Butcher,» said David Eby, MLA for Vancouver Point Grey.

New regulations implemented by the local government, which came into effect January 1, require distributed ledger technology (DLT) providers to apply for and obtain a special license.

The November 2010 Fiscal Monitor contained a number of special adjustments: a revaluation of the Government's shares in General Motors (this increased the deficit by $ 0.7 billion in November 2010) and a retroactive adjustment in November 2009 for the increase in the Working Income Tax Benefit (which increased the deficit in that month by $ 0.4 billion).

Not surprisingly, each special tax rule has its constituency that has grown used to seeing the tax system as the delivery vehicle for the indirect government spending that benefits it.

«It's important to consider the government's role when it comes to the Internet of Value,» Karen Gifford, Special Advisor for Global Regulatory Affairs at Ripple Labs, said.

BOSTON (April 23, 2018)-- MFS Investment Management MFS) released today the distribution income sources for six of its closed - end funds for November 2017: MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE: MCR), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE: MGF), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE: CIF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE: MIN), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE: MMT) and MFS Special Value Trust (NYSE: MFV).

Previously he was the Deputy Minister of Finance in Yukon, Assistant Deputy Minister of Budgeting, Economics and Fiscal Policy with the Government of Alberta, and Special Economic and Fiscal Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance for the Government of the North West Territories.

However, some state governments have begun regulating bitcoin - based companies by either applying existing licensure regulations to them or crafting special rules for the businesses.

Downing and Zehnle say that they have filed «multiple» requests for discovery with the special counsel's office for any evidence of Manafort's contacts with Russian government or intelligence officials.

Next come ethical questions related to hospital and nursing - home practices, insurance programs, legislation and the government's provision for (even encouragement of) the use of poison capsules by captured espionage agents and special - forces personnel.

Pakistan was added to a «special watch list» of governments or entities that don't meet the requirements for the CPC designation yet still «engage in or tolerated» severe religious freedom violations.

Smaller government means more power for corporations and special interest groups.

If these corporations believed their interests had been injured, they could take the government to court — not in the courts of that country to be judged by its laws — but in special courts set up to adjudicate between governments and corporations for the sake of maintaining the free flow of capital.

But to remedy the situation the commission recommends measures looking to centralized government control (which would only invite more federal interference and also infringe on the citizens» liberties); for example, development, on the federal level, of a plan for coping with disorder, and the creation of a special police force for suppressing riots.

About two years ago, and for the first time, the federal government through the National Institutes of Health set up a special fund concerned with the care and treatment of alcoholic persons.