Sentences with phrase «not agencies of the state»

Not exact matches

Three months prior to the Games, China's state - funded wire agency made a bold prediction: «The empty seats that hurt the festive mood of the Athens Olympics won't be seen in Beijing when the Chinese capital hosts the 2008 Games.»

The country's newspapers and its state - run news agency, KCNA, have also steered clear of the games, though written stories and still photographs are not subject to the same restrictions as television.

The Arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute arising under or relating to the validity, interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms of Service and / or these arbitration provisions in Section 26 hereof, including but not limited to any claim that all or any part of these Terms of Service is void or voidable;

Not only will the state enforce payment with the threat of jail time, but the money is funneled through the state agency from the perpetrator to the victim so that there is no direct contract between the two, and all at little or no expense to the small business owner.

A spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs said the agency is «not able to comment on current litigation.»

The CIA has confirmed that Mike Pompeo, that agency's current director and current nominee for Secretary of State, was not deployed in the first Gulf War, despite widespread statements that he served in that conflict.

The agency states that the «vast majority» of people who are allergic to the legume likely won't have any reaction.

«It's not a fast process,» says Michael Patterson, CEO of Graphene Frontiers in Philadelphia, an advanced materials and nanotechnology company that has won 10 grants from local, state and federal agencies totaling nearly $ 1.3 million.

Senate confirmation is not required for the White House national security post, and Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations, will inherit a staff of several hundred specialists from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies.

The SBA reports that banks have come down on both sides of the issue; according to the agency, «several lenders stated that they do not finance goodwill on a conventional basis.»

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The firm may not be willing to tell you, but your state society of CPAs can direct you to the appropriate state agency, which can tell you whether any formal complaints have been lodged against the firm, by either clients or creditors.

The FCA is not the first body to express concerns about the state of credit in the UK, with ratings agency Moody's downgrading the outlook on four out of five types of UK consumer debt investments at the beginning of August.

This past April, the United States Energy Information Agency released an estimate that fracking has effectively increased the volume of recoverable gas in the world six times over, to the point where it could satisfy current demand for 250 years — and that isn't counting a number of countries including Russia where the necessary geological data were unavailable.

The 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision in April to declare U.S. vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency rules through 2025 «not appropriate.»

Fairbanks said another problem with Prop 61 is its linkage of prices paid by state agencies to the VA's price, which is not public information, and it is not clear if the state could compel disclosure.

It was not an entirely spurious claim: Classified documents released by Edward J. Snowden showed a complex effort by the National Security Agency to get into the systems of a Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, though the United States maintained that the effort was for national security surveillance, not for the theft of intellectual property.

Such a return may occur if the rule is not compatible with the law, if the quality of the agency's analysis is inadequate, if the regulation is not justified by the analysis, if the rule is not consistent with the regulatory principles stated in Executive Order 12866 or with the president's policies and priorities, or if the rule unnecessarily conflicts with other executive branch agency regulations or efforts.

«If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability,» the Fed's announcement stated.

The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3 policy, offering no changes, while stating, «If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability.»

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

As a result, the fact that government agencies — if not the Department of Defense, then the Secret Service and the State Department — may be paying the president himself large sums of money to stay in Trump properties could have significant ramifications for how Trump's White House operates.

Pueblo has completed projects for numerous agencies across the state of Arizona, including, yet not limited to, several state agencies and city agencies ranging from Arizona Corrections, Transportation, and Administration.

The records shed new light on why WEDC, the state's job - creation and retention agency, didn't contact the multinational food conglomerate between the announcements of its merger in March and the planned closure of Oscar Mayer and reduction of 1,000 local jobs in November.

It's four months behind in passing a budget, has resorted to issuing IOUs to state lottery winners of prizes over $ 600, and can't pay its bills from agencies that help the poor.

Not only this, but the regulatory agency has also stated that in the country of Columbia, the only medium of exchange that is deemed as legal consists of the country's fiat currency, issued by the Bank of the Republic.

This low bar exposes the publisher not just to enforcement by state agencies, but also to private causes of action.

Federal and state privacy laws cover car title loans and credit agencies are not notified of them, so nobody besides you and the lender will ever have to know about your

These notes are not guaranteed by and are not debts or obligations of the United States or any federal agency or instrumentality other than the sponsoring enterprise.

Calling the federal power to annul state regulation or that of other agencies «regulation» is dependent on voters not understanding the bait - and - switch act going on.

To be eligible for the USDA financing, then, the agency states that a household's annual earnings must not exceed the median household income for the area by more than 15 percent, with an allowance for the size of your household.

Because of the surprising nature of the rollout, the administration wasn't able to notify senior officials in multiple federal agencies, State Department officials who needed to notify other countries of the drastic measures, or lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Pompeo won't make his first appearance at the State Department's Foggy Bottom headquarters in Washington, D.C., until Tuesday when he will speak to employees eager to hear his plans to lead the agency, which was badly demoralized during the brief tenure of Tillerson, unceremoniously fired by Trump last month.

Together with this, it's also worth keeping in mind the fact that these agencies don't have a good reputation with the public, considering the fact that the NSA has been accused of not respecting the right to private life of people from all around the United States.

Were the television networks, the movie producers, and the editors of the prestige papers really in charge, there would be no pro-life movement, active euthanasia would be the uncontested law of the land, every school child would be indoctrinated in the joys of gay sex, home schooling would be prohibited, church schools would be run by state agencies, government day care for preschool children would be mandatory, churches would not be tax - exempt, and smoking anywhere would be a criminal offense.

Because Catholic Charities was judged to be promoting discrimination, the State of Illinois decided to withdraw all funding from Catholic Charities» adoption services, without which the agency can not operate.

Catholic News Agency: Few Catholic colleges freely choose to cover birth control, group says An analysis by the Cardinal Newman Society shows that most Catholic colleges offering contraceptive coverage do so because of a state mandate or medical reasons but not for birth control purposes.

Not only is there a US military presence in 120 of the 189 member states of the United Nations, but its Central Intelligence Agency has long been at work behind the scenes promoting political change in the interests of the United Sstates of the United Nations, but its Central Intelligence Agency has long been at work behind the scenes promoting political change in the interests of the United StatesStates.

After the opening introduction of his name and tide «apostle» in 1.1, he states that his apostleship is not from or through any human agency.

A complex modern democracy is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with autocratic states as well as in expeditiously conducting its own internal affairs, unless it possesses strong executive powers which are not hedged about in matters of detailed policy and administration by legislative and judicial agencies.

They are surrogates, which is a way of saying that they are agencies by which God works; they are not substitutes, although much of the time, in our foolishness and defection, we regard them as such — and in so regarding them bring about a state of affairs which is disproportionate and destructive.

When government agencies use religious symbols, they are typically not sectarian symbols but those common to all believers in the United States, which means political units (chiefly the nation), not ecclesiastical units, are the units of reference.

Powerful well - funded agencies, often promoted by the State (I avoid the word «Government» as I do not want to speak in party - political terms), are mounting a relentless onslaught upon the family and especially the moral sense of our young people.

The proposal outlined in this paper, asking for religiously affiliated people to work together to face the issues of terrorism, violence and injustice, in not meant to diminish the important role that all other human agencies, state sponsored or voluntary organizations, groups and movements, have to play.

Finally, a tax exemption does not convert the organization into an agency of «State action,» whose activities are thus sponsored and endorsed by government, whereas a subsidy may do so.

Grating a take permit - of which literally thousands are granted by federal and state agencies every year in this country - is not one of them.

In many cases, you may be able to find a local organic grower who sells pineapple but has not applied for formal organic certification either through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) or through a state agency.

In many cases, you may be able to find a local organic grower who sells watermelon but has not applied for formal organic certification either through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) or through a state agency.

In many cases, you may be able to find a local organic grower who sells green peas but has not applied for formal organic certification either through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) or through a state agency.

You may possibly be able to find a local organic grower who sells oats that has not applied for formal organic certification either through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) or through a state agency.