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Well we want to know what the speculation is that is contributing to this, if there's price gouging going on, ... We want to know from state and federal agencies what kind of help is available, if there are tax credits that people should be applying for right now and most of all we want to get to the bottom of why we are seeing these exorbitant rises in natural gas prices.

We have a good mixture of experienced and new officers. We have also had a lot of help from all the surrounding agencies to help get us up and running.

We had extensive talks with law enforcement agencies post-September 11, and the FBI have been aware of people who have gone through our program,

We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need.

The process that was devised for casting a ballot was simply too cumbersome, too time-consuming, and involved dealing with too many government agencies to make it a usable process.

The FAA realizes these restrictions inconvenience general aviation pilots and airports, ... As the FAA and other federal agencies continuously review measures to ensure national security, we look for the understanding and cooperation of the general aviation community.

We've seen an increase in training requests by agencies due to an increased need for the security of our ports. They've done a good job with securing the airways, but now ports are the more likely areas to be hit when you have three sides of the country bordered by water.

The fact credit rating agencies haven't changed their ratings is no surprise. I wouldn't have expected them to right away and it will take some time, but it now is more logical that credit ratings should go up rather than down.

There are some local agencies that don't have the funding to participate in the system.

We've been in recently to quite a few creative agencies talking about what we can do from an outdoor perspective. We're not taking over from them, but we work closely with them. Our role is helping to bring campaigns to life using techniques and technology they might not be aware of.

There are plenty of people in California government who are running agencies that are larger and more complex than the University of California who are not getting ridiculously astronomical salaries.

We did not find anything alarming enough that required additional follow-up beyond what law-enforcement agencies are already doing.

We're going to work with agencies like TRPA and take a look at the entire basin. It used to be just look at immediate needs to reduce fuel but now we have a way to focus long-term, and the technology is there to connect that.

Today we are attempting with the federal government's assistance to gain control of all law enforcement agencies that have been provided.

Today's announcement reflects many months of careful work to ensure a full and open competition among some of the best advertising agencies in America. Both the U.S. Army and the America public are the clear winners given the dedicated professionals we've had working on the Army account in the past and the creative talent we'll be working with on future communications about Army recruiting.

Today's CEO is under fire from a number of sectors, ... Not only are shareholders demanding higher and higher returns, directors are far more active and government agencies are increasingly putting them under the microscope.

The rating agencies and stock market are sending a clear message that the company will lose money for the foreseeable future and eventually go bankrupt. Bankruptcy is a serious option either strategically or as an eventuality.

Trade shows such as the wire tappers' ball are highly secretive and ban journalists from attending. None of the U.S. agencies that attended the wire tappers' ball - including the FBI, the Secret Service, and every branch of the military - were willing to comment when a reporter queried them about their attendance.

The proposed policy is inconsistent with ongoing dialogues Microsoft is having with other Massachusetts state agencies about how Microsoft products can best meet their data and records requirements for a variety of data types - ranging from traditional documents to pictures, audio, video, voice, voice-over-IP, data, database schema, web pages, and XML information. As we look to the future, and all of these data types become increasingly intertwined, locked-in formats like OpenDocument are not well suited to address these varying data types - as the proposed policy itself acknowledges. It's this need for choice and flexibility that led Microsoft to design Office in a way that supports any XML schemas that a customer chooses, a capability lacking in less functional formats.

When he called me that night, he told me it was much more dramatic that I wasn't there. It was just wonderful (receiving the award). In my position as director of agencies I certainly have given volunteer of the year awards, but I'd never received one. So, this was really nice.

We don't have a lot of funds for the tobacco program. I think the feeling around here is that it would certainly be nice (to have more funding), but we understand that we are one of a number of agencies vying for the money.

We're not expecting a large volume of Chinese visitors to (suddenly) run to Jamaica. So we're looking at the marketing in a structured, managed way. We know we need to look at the return on the investment. There are lots of challenges but there has been tremendous support from other agencies of government, from the foreign affairs and national security ministries. We have to be patient.

We are just hoping to give these people a good start. Most of these agencies are trying to make their life better, so we are trying to give them a good start on that.

We are keenly aware of the concerns of all parties and are making every effort to work through the concerns of other agencies and intend to continue to comply with all regulations surrounding this project.

The pilot project will provide for the coordination of the lead and cooperating agencies through the permit process. This will provide better coordination and improved use of resources for both the Rawlins and Buffalo offices and the related agencies...

We are not highly leveraged, and we have a strong balance sheet. The rating agencies will readily admit that our financial numbers put us above investment grade.

We are questioning whether those (U.S.) agencies doing reconstruction have plans to transition to the Iraqi government, and whether there are sufficient resources to support the Iraqis' ability to do what is now being done by the Americans.

We want to make sure agencies have processes and procedures in place to ensure contracts are performed as required. Things can slip through the cracks.

We work very closely with all other agencies at the federal level and below that are engaged in deterring this new threat.

There already is an increased level of cooperation and coordination among the various agencies within the intelligence community.

We believe that with sufficient safeguards - registration with two state government agencies and a police background check - the security risk associated with government relations professionals will be significantly reduced.

We have consistently been asked to fulfill more responsibilities without being given the concomitant authority, ... we now find ourselves being called upon to perform coordination for multiple agencies and are increasingly required to conduct time-consuming search procedures.

We launched this program just over two weeks ago. Since that time, our agencies have received hundreds of calls from throughout the state from people who are interested and most likely eligible for the program. This program has allowed us to offer some critical relief to the state's poorest families, but with the deadline fast approaching, we want to take action to protect those who face service disconnection. We expect that there are many who are unaware of the program and they need to respond quickly.

While not strictly centered on IT, the six initiatives will require entire business processes to be transferred from agencies not contracted as Centers of Excellence. As a result, agencies will focus on transitioning major programs out of their agency to a shared service provider.

We commend the concerned law enforcement agencies for a speedy investigation.

We contend the property owners contribute significantly toward the funding of the federal government and its many agencies and should, therefore, be eligible to receive financial assistance in times of disaster.

We do have investigations going. Leaking of classified materials is a concern for those agencies that have classified materials.

We have been cooperating and will continue to cooperate with the attorney general, the superintendent, and other regulatory agencies on all these matters. There are no new claims raised in the complaint.

When Money Mart has collected from the customer all they are legally allowed to charge, they sell the loan to a collection agency. Collection agencies are more aggressive in their pursuit of payment and not above calling employers to inform them of the customer's debt woes. This entire process takes money from people who can't afford to lose it, and destroys the credit of those who badly need it.

When I was director of the CIA, I knew that we had been - and I'm choosing my words very carefully here - effective in our expansion. We really had - expansion of government agencies and expansion of use of contractors. Effective, we were; efficient, we weren't. And so, as director of the CIA, I went after the inefficiencies part.

When I say forgotten, they're forgotten usually by government agencies and there seems to be a mistaken belief that animals take a lesser priority.

When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.

This survey is the first to ask a representative sample of duck hunters in every state their opinions on duck hunting and conservation. The results of this effort will better inform fish and wildlife agencies about the views of duck hunters throughout this country and will aid in the development of hunting regulations.

This will be a good idea. It will be a lot quicker for response for other agencies if they need it.

There is absolutely nothing in the contracts with AIG that precludes the Starr agencies from using whatever underwriters they wish. AIG is desperately trying to prevent C.V. Starr from competing with them.

We would like to extend our appreciation to the cooperating landowners and the agencies that have provided additional funding to make this project a success so far, ... We are also looking for landowners who are interested in funding for projects to repair the shoreline of Elm Lake itself, or its many tributaries that may have been damaged by heavy rains in May and June.

We will continue to work with law enforcement agencies in other countries to return their convicted criminals and to insure the integrity of the immigration system.

We knew Rapid Response met a critical need of public safety agencies across the country because of the clear benefits this solution provides emergency response personnel. But we didn't realize our team's efforts to create this solution would be honored multiple times with these three prominent awards.

We would always advise state agencies to avoid holding events at venues that don't recognize or comply with state and local laws.

would mandate that state agencies use only open formats for the storage of documents by January 1, 2007.

We want to talk about outcomes for the people who benefit from the United Way and how just a few dollars out of a person's pay can help improve the community. We have spent a lot of time here talking about improving our campus and building new buildings, but we can't lose sight of the fact that every community needs a safety net nonprofit agencies that support the needs of the people who live there. There are numerous United Way agencies around our campus, and one way to ensure that East Baltimore's safety net is both available and thriving is to invest in the United Way.

We want the (partnership) agencies to think outside the box for the next regional plan, but we're also not looking at changing the rules overnight to throw the community into chaos.

The potential is there for a California solution. I think other rail transit agencies around the state would be interested in our results.

Whether we like it or not, all three of the rating agencies have a view of overlapping debt. They are going to have that when they calculate our debt.

With the mission to Mars, the whole world wants to get involved. So we actually have 13 different space agencies from around the world working on the global exploration road map.

What's interesting is half the participants and agencies who attend that seminar, given by the BEAR Foundation, also ended up working in the Hurricane Region,

We found that 70 percent of these activities are still in progress, ... Yet even with the additional weight placed on these criteria, more than half of the 24 departments and agencies earned 'A's' this quarter. Just as you would not grade college seniors on the same set of criteria expected of college juniors, our expectations for this quarter rose.

What happens is, you get public agencies using that as an excuse, to withhold information that has nothing to do with Homeland Security.

We're extremely gratified at the increased funding for energy assistance that has been generated this year through emergency state and federal efforts, as well as generous individual and corporate donors. Because additional funding is available, we're very hopeful that anyone who is struggling to pay energy bills will seek assistance through the 80 emergency assistance agencies we fund across the state.

We're pleased with the money coming to South Carolina. It's going to help local governments and other agencies across the state prepare for a potential pandemic reaching our state.

We applaud FEMA for extending the opportunity for government agencies and private non-profits affected by Katrina to apply for assistance that may be available to them.

We appreciate all that the commissioners do to help us and other agencies throughout the county. We know they have a difficult task in responding to all the funding requests.

We're in preliminary discussions already with the administration on when that money will be needed, when will it be considered by the Senate, when the request will be submitted, ... These are issues that we are working hard to resolve to be sure that federal agencies, agencies that have the responsibility of responding to this disaster, have the funds they need to do it and do it right and to do it quickly.

We've also begun working with other agencies on planning, even before the storm came ashore, and have been in close contact with the state and local authorities assessing the overall impact of this storm on our nation's power infrastructure,

Dr. Rice's speech suggests that at the very least there was a disconnect between the public security message and the policy prescriptions top White House officials were pushing and the private warnings federal agencies were issuing about imminent threats to our homeland,

Drug enforcement is one of the tribe's top priorities. We have a zero tolerance here. We want to work with all police agencies to do our part.

Early on there were all sorts of claims being made because people didn't have much accurate information, ... Now, at last, we have the eight UN agencies and the three governments involved coming to a consensus about the effects and what needs to be done.

Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.

Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.

Corporate governance mandates, new business practices and recently created regulatory agencies have made this a dynamic time for accounting and finance professionals at all levels, and have led to new opportunities and challenges. To succeed in this environment, accountants must go beyond their traditional roles of simply delivering financial data. Rather, they will need to discuss the implications of this data in the broad context of compliance and how it impacts other areas of the business.

Washington D.C. ranked No. 1 in very large metro areas because the percentage of office-type workers is very high, given government agencies and big business centers. New York City ranked #6 because on a per-capita basis, broadband Internet access isn't as prevalent as in other cities.

What is going on is AIG is trying to shut down the Starr agencies as competitors, and that AIG is willing to take positions in court that are inconsistent with written contracts, and internally inconsistent.

Even the most concerned and skeptical of intelligence agencies now estimate that Iran is nearly a decade away from developing a nuclear weapon.

You have your local city government and your community redevelopment agencies who will tell you that they want to take private property because they want to do away with blight, they want to upgrade the neighborhood, ... I don't buy that.

(At the time) it was managed by eight different agencies and no one was protecting it. If that study hadn't been done the city might not have had the creek preserved.

While the United States market is very important to us and we will aggressively pursue it, we are focusing our attention on areas of the world that have already been affected by this deadly disease and their governmental agencies are seeking viable solutions to help the containment of disastrous outbreaks.

While they may not have seen a person like myself in a FEMA shirt, they may have seen other disaster workers and again in the very beginning the volunteer agencies were providing support and that is the way the system is designed.

We need to speed up the approval process with fewer agencies involved, fewer forms to fill out, fewer meetings and fewer rules. That's the only way we're going to free up energies that will lead to the creation of new jobs.

We've been called by various state agencies there to see if we would be willing to help them in their efforts; mostly, in the recovery and preparation of the deceased.

As such, this unprecedented approach not only prevents impacted state agencies of the Commonwealth from using many critical and well-established technologies but also runs afoul of well-established procurement norms without due consideration for the enormous costs and technical challenges that stem from the proposal.

The successful history of conservation in the Big Woods of Arkansas is a result of great partnerships federal and state agencies working with other organizations, local communities, hunters and landowners. And this addition to the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is the latest success story - one that will add habitat for waterfowl as well as the ivory-bill and other species that live in these magnificent woods.

These efforts were all part of the plan from the beginning. The intention was to preserve as much of the Iraqi infrastructure as possible so as to allow follow-on agencies to conduct reconstruction efforts.

These essential government agencies have abandoned their responsibilities, sending the message to employers that hiring immigrant workers provides them with a free pass on complying with basic laws. The only federal agency that has stepped up its enforcement in the region is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has escalated its raids on immigrant communities in the New Orleans area.

The Secret Service has worked in conjunction with not only government agencies but with industry partners in coming up with preventive measures for this type of equipment to make it more difficult to use illegally to produce counterfeit currency.

The situation in Central America is bad and we are terribly concerned for the people. The companies are doing everything they can to assist government agencies in their relief efforts. We have not been able to assess just how extensive the damage is, but the effects on the U.S. and European banana markets is going to be substantial.

The state of California is among the best prepared for disasters in the country. This is a very capable state with a gross state product bigger than some countries and with many capable agencies and institutions.

The state should be an ally with mineral producers rather than an adversary. Mineral producers have 14 different agencies that we have to fight with. We're plugging an average of four oil wells a day in Wyoming. Oil production is dropping. There's plenty of oil in the state, but no incentive to drill.

We have many difficult days ahead, especially as we recover those who did not survive the storm, ... I've instructed all agencies to honor their memory by treating the dead with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We've not really had a go-to person that can help us navigate ourselves through all these different agencies - that's what this position was for.

These agencies are charged with the important and often challenging responsibility of enforcing our immigration and customs laws,

These agencies provide a safe haven for children in times of need, and we must help ensure that they are able to transport these children safely, as well.

These agencies that serve directly to blind people are usually struggling to survive.

These are the two primary access laws, and they permit the public to hold their government agencies accountable for their actions.

These are very unusual circumstances. Rarely ones get away from us like this, but with the winds and conditions, we couldn't do anything so we brought in other agencies to get it under control.

The very agencies that we're counting on to protect America didn't do their job before September 11, ... Saturday Edition.

The same agencies that are here for people in SD on a daily basis are there now for the evacuees who have become part of the community. I would hesitate to use the word 'evacuee' six months later.

You had a platform at the White House. Whenever you called a meeting at the White House, the other agencies came. Now we're over at the department and the agencies didn't come; they came up with all sorts of excuses.

You have to respect the process at this time. It often happens in the United States, the politicians want to do one thing and the courts or the regulatory agencies do something else.

What the king found was that not all agencies were in line with his program, ... One arm was working against the other. People were confused. The king decided to bring in a team that was reformist and worked in tandem.

Very often, government agencies create graphical information rather than just text to explain different services, whether it's how to apply for a permit or how to use the 911 system. But the more graphic it is, the more speed and capacity you need. Up until now, our citizens just haven't had that. So we see lots of possibilities for public education.