Sentences with phrase «individual national agencies»

In my perspective, the biggest challenge to global scientific collaboration is lack of funding for global issues, as individual national agencies often tend to allocate funds for scientific endeavors aimed at their specific national interests.

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To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.
It describes sophisticated tools for targeting the devices of individual users, in contrast to the revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's of mass data collection on millions of web and phone users worldwide.
«As the national statistical agency, Statistics Canada takes strong measures to ensure that the confidentiality and security of data provided by individuals, businesses and organizations are carefully protected.
Police and intelligence agencies have failed so far to identify the individual or individuals who carried out the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, the UK's national security adviser has disclosed.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. («PNC») uses the marketing names PNC Wealth Management ® and Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth ® to provide investment, wealth management, and fiduciary services and the marketing name PNC Center for Financial InsightSM to provide wealth planning education to individual clients through its subsidiary, PNC Bank, National Association («PNC Bank»), which is a Member FDIC, and to provide specific fiduciary and agency services through its subsidiary, PNC Delaware Trust Company or PNC Ohio Trust Company.
National Night Out is nationally sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime prevention programs including neighborhood watch groups, law enforcement agencies, state and regional crime prevention associations, businesses, civic groups, and individuals, devoted to safer communities.
Healthy People 2020 — Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together national, state, and local government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional organizations, businesses, communities; and individuals to address major public health issues.
The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.
The bill also would require a twice - annual certification by all federal agencies, federal courts and state governments, in coordination with the Department of Justice, to verify that all relevant data has been reported and uploaded to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System regarding individuals who are not eligible to purchase firearms.
However, even though it can raise the stipends for National Research Service Awards, which are given to individual postdocs, the agency does not have complete control over the salaries of postdocs who are paid directly from their advisor's grants — that is often up to the advisor.
The agency supports network science through individual institutes (for example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds nine National Centers for Systems Biology, academic centers that emphasize network biology) and through agencywide initiatives (such as the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the recently announced Human Connectome Project, which aims to map the connections among the human brain's 100 billion neurons).
«We do not believe this was an individual sitting at a machine and downloading this much material in sequence» A US National Security Agency official says whistleblower Edward Snowden used cheap software, which should have been easily detected, to automatically «scrape» data from its websites
Since the 1940s, when the U.S. government began to invest seriously in civilian research, the work has been done largely at the nation's universities and paid for through competitive, temporary grants awarded to individual professors by federal funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
The report, which pokes fun at 20 studies funded by NSF, the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies, is the latest in a barrage of attacks from Republicans in Congress against individual federal grants.
The Senate also had its way on supporting the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, an Obama - era priority in which individual agencies fund large centers that attract significant amounts of private sector money as well.
Creating good jobs across the economy: As you know, basic science research in the U.S. is largely funded by grants to individual investigators or national laboratories from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), the Dept. of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other anational laboratories from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), the Dept. of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other aNational Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), the Dept. of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other aNational Science Foundation (NSF), the Dept. of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other aNational Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other aNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a few other agencies.
The study is commissioned by the U.S. National Geospatial Agency to help U.S. Department of Defense agencies understand and model the interaction of complex adaptive systems such as natural ecosystems, individual organisms, and human communities, organizations and families.
The long - term study on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, released last week by the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency, looks at the law's implementation since its passage in November 1975.
They are private enterprises and have no more right to mandatory payments from individuals — enforced by school districts, which are agencies of the government — than do Coca - Cola, UNICEF, or the National Rifle Association.
Instead of funding a national network of 10 regional education labs, suppose those funds were made available on a competitive basis to individual state agencies willing to help districts track the impacts of their own efforts, to identify matched comparison groups for their initiatives (using other students and schools in a state) and to generate reports on impacts.
The Equity Lab has partnered with and led work alongside several national, regional and local education agencies across the education ecosystem including the Department of Education, district offices, individual schools, philanthropic groups, and education facing entities.
Since its launch, the Collaborative has brought together over 100 national, state and local organizations and government agencies and over 140 individuals.
(3) to aid in the conduct of related activities which will expand or improve the services for or help improve public understanding of the problems of deaf - blind individuals; the Secretary, subject to the provisions of section 306, is authorized to enter into an agreement with any public or nonprofit agency or organization for payment by the United States of all or part of the costs of the establishment and operation, including construction and * equipment, of a center for vocational REHABILITATION of handicapped individuals who are both deaf and blind, which center shall be known as the National Center for Deaf - Blind Youths and Adults.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, (1) it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to hire and employ employees, for an employment agency to classify, or refer for employment any individual, for a labor organization to classify its membership or to classify or refer for employment any individual, or for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor - management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs to admit or employ any individual in any such program, on the basis of his religion, sex, or national origin in those certain instances where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise, and (2) it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for a school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning to hire and employ employees of a particular religion if such school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning is, in whole or in substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religion or by a particular religious corporation, association, or society, or if the curriculum of such school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning is directed toward the propagation of a particular religion.
(b) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Although the Presidio is a U.S. Army post and the DLIFLC is run by the Army, it's considered a «joint - service» school and is attended by members of all branches of the military service as well as select individuals sponsored by government agencies such as the National Security Administration (NSA).
An extensive study conducted by the National Credit Reporting Agency and the Consumer Federal of America revealed that 29 percent of individuals had significant errors in their credit report that translated into a 50 - point or more error in their credit score.
There are many well regarded national debt consolidation agencies and nonprofit organizations which can help individuals consolidate their debts even with bad credit.
Through its National Outreach Department, the ASPCA connects with agencies and individuals in Pennsylvania and the nation to help shelters help their communities; a new Community Initiative Project will focus on Philadelphia.
A sampling of groups served since the ACVO / Merial National Service Dog Eye Exam Event launched in 2008 include: Transportation Security Agency (TSA), military working dogs, local fire, rescue, and police agencies, and also individual service dog owners and handlers who rely on these amazing animals daily.
The mission of the American Horse Council is to promote and protect the equine industry by representing its interests in Congress and in federal regulatory agencies on national issues of importance; to unify the equine industry by informing industry members of regulations and pending legislation, and by serving as a forum for all member organizations and individuals; and to advise and inform government and the industry itself of the equine industry's important role in the United States economy.
As a private tourism sector corporate organization, we promote and commercialize our national tourist products, in the foreign and internal market, offering assistance and representation services to tour operators and operating agencies, as well as to individual tourists or groups, and we participate in the organization of congresses, specialized tourism activities and other events.
US Citizenship Test Samplers was supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
South Arts is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts; the state arts agencies of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; as well as foundations, businesses and individuals.
Established in 1999, WOODSTOCK AIR has been made possible in part with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation, the Milton & Sally Avery Foundation, the Gunk Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Joy of Giving Something Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a state agency, with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and individuals.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts / Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts New Jersey Cultural Trust The Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation Bank of America The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Edison Properties Newark Foundation The Fidelco Group Horizon Foundation for New Jersey James Douglas Family Foundation Joan Mitchell Foundation MCJ Amelior Foundation Merrill Lynch Newark Downtown District Newark Museum The New York Community Trust Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc PNC Bank Prudential Financial The Prudential Foundation PSE&G Foundation Newark Celebration 350 Rutgers University - Newark The Schumann Fund Spire Group The Turrell Fund The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and many generous individual contributors
One challenge is that while the vulnerability is global, the solutions are mostly local — at the level of individual school districts and a slew of national, state and local government agencies.
(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; [the law enforcement exemption]
In addition, FAO and the bilateral aid agencies can work with individual farmers in national agroforestry programs to integrate trees wherever possible into agricultural operations.
Most of its 40 national member organisations aim to bring together interested citizens, regulators and academics on an individual basis, but many have primarily corporate members (most notably local authorities) and some are government departments or agencies.
In that case, a national tax administration agency had transferred data relating to the declared income of self - employed individuals to the national health insurance fund.
Our lawyers spend a significant amount of time in labor and employment litigation, which includes the defense of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings, the defense of individual employment contract actions, and proceedings before various state and federal administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, United States, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Departments of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and OSHA.
New government agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board (1967), the Environmental Protection Agency (1970), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (1971), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indNational Transportation Safety Board (1967), the Environmental Protection Agency (1970), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (1971), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indnational scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indnational companies or industries.
The firm is proud that their demonstrated record of success has resulted in long - term relationships with many national and local manufacturers, insurance companies, local cities and towns, government agencies, organizations, educational institutions and individuals.
But as we rediscover each time we release a new resource, and experience the gratitude of SRLs and the widespread attention of other national and provincial organizations, the enormous amount of work necessary to develop these resources is being undertaken by some of the most overworked and under - resourced agencies and individuals in the access to justice field.
Key clients: Public and private corporations; governments, public authorities, and agencies; entrepreneurs; national firms seeking regional representation; non-profit and public interest organizations and individuals
According to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, there are six million people over the age of 65 in nursing homes, and over 20 percent of these individuals receive adequate care.
In 1990, Timms, who loves the outdoors, received the Department of Interior's National Conservation Award, its highest civilian award, for leadership as the Volunteer Coordinator of Kokopelli's Trail for bringing together numerous governmental agencies, private individuals, and businesses in Colorado and to create Kokopelli's Trail.
While the exclusion of overseas foreign national beneficiaries has been deleted from the definition of «individual,» we have revised § 164.500 to indicate that the rule does not apply to the Department of Defense or other federal agencies or non-governmental organizations acting on its behalf when providing health care to overseas foreign national beneficiaries.
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