The National Labor Relations Board is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to administer and enforce the National Labor Relations Act. It conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees desire union representation and it investigates and remedies unfair labor practices. The General Counsel has final authority on behalf of the Board with respect to the investigation of charges and complaints alleging unfair labor practices by employers and unions. The General Counsel oversees 33 regional offices around the country.
The TSB is an independent agency, created by an Act of Parliament (the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, that came into force on 29 March 1990. The TSB consists of up to five Board members, including a chairperson, and has approximately 220 employees. Our Head Office is located in Gatineau, Quebec; however, most investigation staff are located in various regional and field offices across Canada where they are better able to respond quickly to transportation occurrences anywhere in the country.
AUSTRAC aims to create an environment of voluntary compliance with the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (FTR Act) and Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) and to promote this compliance by providing assistance to regulated entities through education and educational resources. AUSTRAC's education web pages are designed to give you access to: e-learning courses industry resources reference materials. AUSTRAC considers AML/CTF education to be an ongoing process that will respond to developments in regulatory practices and the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing.
The Clinical Center is the clinical research hospital for the NIH. Through clinical research, physicians and scientists translate laboratory discoveries into better treatments, therapies and interventions to improve the nation`s health. Two authors on this paper (Drs. Joseph A. Kovacs and H. Clifford Lane) are named as inventors on a use patent for intermittent IL-2 therapy granted to the United States government.
EDA is a technical consulting company specializing in advanced electrochemical solutions. Our business focus is to develop, design and manufacture fully integrated systems for the energy storage sector.
The BIA responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. Each tribe, depending on its history, treaties, and applicable congressional laws and legal decisions, maintains a separate and unique relationship with the United States. Developing lands, leasing assets on these lands, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and maintaining infrastructure and economic development are all part of the agency's responsibility. In addition, the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides education services to approximately 48,000 Indian students.
The U.S. Small Business Administration, founded in 1953, is chartered by U.S. Congress to champion the cause of small businesses. SBA helps people start and build strong businesses that create jobs and strengthen community economies.
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President George W. Bush created the USA Freedom Corps office at the White House to foster a culture of service, citizenship and responsibility. Through the USA Freedom Corps, President Bush wants to help every American answer the call to volunteer service by strengthening and expanding service opportunities to protect our homeland, support our communities and extend American compassion around the world.
The Presidio Trust was established by the United States Congress in 1994 to manage the Presidio of San Francisco, a former army base located in San Francisco at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The 1,500-acre site contains the infrastructure of a small city as well as expansive open space, a 300-acre historic forest, spectacular views, and rare and endangered plants and wildlife. It comprises nearly 6 million square feet of buildings, including 469 historic structures that contribute to its status as a National Historic Landmark District, making it unlike any other national park. In establishing the Trust, Congress mandated that it make the park financially self-sufficient by 2013. The Trust is the only federal agency with this mandate. The Presidio Trust Management Plan sets the framework for the Presidio's financial and preservation goals.
Created in 1998, the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) is an interagency center housed at FBI headquarters that serves as the focal point for the government's effort to warn of and respond to cyber intrusions, both domestic and international. NIPC programs have been established in each of the FBI's 56 field offices.
FINTRAC produces financial intelligence that assists the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist activity financing offences and other threats to the security of Canada. These investigations are carried out by national, provincial and municipal law enforcement agencies and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. FINTRAC is an analytic, not an investigative body. FINTRAC sits at the front end of the process, making a contribution of intelligence that assists investigators. FINTRAC has been very active in the production of case disclosures of financial intelligence, producing 168 such cases in 2005-2006, with a total value of just over $5 billion. This financial intelligence is providing value to a growing number of investigations. With each successive year, we have increased our output of these disclosures of suspected money laundering and terrorist activity financing cases. Our governing legislation, The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, places obligations on certain individuals and entities to keep records, identify their clients, and report certain financial transactions to us. These reporting entities, as we call them, include banks, credit unions, accountants, casinos, money services businesses, foreign exchange dealers, securities dealers, life insurance companies, and real estate brokers and agents. Recently, as you know, Parliament amended the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, through Bill C-25. From FINTRAC's perspective there are three key thrusts to the legislative amendments: Bill C-25 brings additional business sectors under the ambit of the legislation and regulations, such as lawyers and dealers in precious metals and stones. Their inclusion broadens and strengthens Canada's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Second, the amendments will augment the deterrence component of the regime by creating a registry, requiring money service businesses to register with FINTRAC, and establishing a graduated system of administrative monetary penalties. This will greatly strengthen compliance with the law and the general deterrence of money laundering and terrorist activity financing. It will also ensure better information is provided for FINTRAC's analysis. Third, Bill C-25 will make it possible to enrich the intelligence product that FINTRAC can disclose to law enforcement and national security agencies by including some additional information in our disclosures while scrupulously protecting the privacy rights of Canadians. This responds to the needs of law enforcement to make FINTRAC's core product even more useful to them. Adjusting to these legislative changes and successfully implementing them will remain a focus for FINTRAC for the year ahead and beyond. I'll turn now to our main estimates. In our main estimates, FINTRAC is requesting $44.9 million for 2007-2008. This represents a substantial increase of $13.8 million over last year's main estimates. The increase for the next few years is required primarily for three reasons: workload pressures, the implementation of C-25 changes and contributions to the Egmont Group. Our workload has steadily increased since we began operations about six years ago. This is evident in the significant year-over-year growth in transaction reports received, in our output of financial intelligence and in the demand from law enforcement and CSIS for our product. Law enforcement agencies in Canada and financial intelligence agencies in other countries are looking to FINTRAC for more and better financial intelligence to assist their work. FINTRAC is responding to this demand with the production of case disclosures that assist individual investigations, as well as strategic financial intelligence that takes a longer term view of areas that may have vulnerability to money laundering and terrorist activity financing. The implementation of C-25 changes will also expand our workload and require the development and implementation of significant new functions such as a registry of money service businesses as well as an administrative monetary penalty system. The operation of these two elements is still being defined in greater detail through regulations based on ongoing research and consultation. We will keep Parliamentarians abreast of our progress in implementing these and other elements of C-25 through our regular reporting documents such as our annual report and future committee appearances. Money laundering and terrorist activity financing are transnational phenomena and cooperation internationally is essential to any successful effort to curb them. The Egmont Group is an international body comprising the financial intelligence units of more than 100 countries. In 2006, the Egmont Group selected Toronto as the site of its permanent secretariat for its global operations. This is an achievement for Canada and an opportunity to help lead the global fight against money laundering and terrorist activity financing. It is the funding of this permanent secretariat that is identified in these main estimates for a contribution of $1.8 million in 2007-2008. As for FINTRAC's overall budget, it is relatively straightforward. It largely comprises two main elements, staff costs and other expenditures in support of our operations, which are very technology intensive. FINTRAC currently employs 230 staff, who are located here in Ottawa as well as in three small regional offices: one in Montreal, one in Toronto, and one in Vancouver. That figure is expected to rise to about 270 staff next year. In terms of other expenditures, they are mainly for information technology, security and accommodation. We believe that FINTRAC has made and will continue to make a significant contribution, along with our partners in law enforcement and national security, to combating money laundering and terrorist activity financing. This investment in FINTRAC is an investment in the safety and security of Canadians. I will conclude my presentation here. We would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
The FEC is made up of three Democrats and three Republicans. It takes four votes to approve commission business.
PWGSC is the primary provider of common services to more than 100 federal departments and agencies. The department is committed to ensuring that the principles of sustainable development are reflected in all aspects of its role as a provider of services to its colleague departments and agencies, as a custodian of real property and in its own internal operations.
The CCRA is currently developing new co-operative relationships with a number of provincial governments and agencies throughout Canada to bring additional service and efficiency improvements, and increased competitiveness, to the business community. The WCB is also actively seeking ways to improve the services it provides to its stakeholders. The APP and NSBR are only two of the many projects currently underway by the WCB as part of its Long-term Business Plan. Where feasible and appropriate, the WCB will partner with external agencies to enhance the quality and types of services it provides to its stakeholders.
CSIS was established in 1984 as a civilian security intelligence organization with its own legislation. It was given three basic roles: to inform government of threats, as defined in our Act, to the security of Canada and Canadians; to collect intelligence about foreign governments at the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Minister of National Defence but only within Canada; and to conduct assessments on individuals requiring a security clearance, be it for immigration to Canada, for employment in sensitive jobs in government, or in some sectors of the economy such as, for example, the nuclear industry. I should add that it is not a police organization. We do not have the power to arrest or to detain people and we cannot compel cooperation. We collect intelligence and not evidence for use in prosecutions. That said, we do work very closely with police forces across the country and internationally. In fact, we work very closely with an array of other federal and provincial departments and agencies, as well as with many private-sector companies. Three-quarters of our legislation is devoted to detailing how both political and judicial control will be exercised over the organization and how its two external review bodies , the Security Intelligence Review Committee and the Inspector General , will conduct reviews of our operations and handle public complaints about what we do. This was not surprising given the genesis of the Service or its capacity, subject to the Federal Court's approval of warrant applications, to employ intrusive investigative techniques against people. We also maintain rigorous internal controls over operations and have well-established policies applying to our operations , something that was favourably commented upon by Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor in his report on the Maher Arar case. This should help reassure those who are concerned about maintaining an appropriate balance between security and rights. We are in addition, subject to external review like any other federal entity by various agents of Parliament including the Auditor General, or the Commissioners of Access to Information or Privacy, or the courts of the country. As a result, CSIS is the most reviewed intelligence service to be found anywhere in the world and the most scrutinized organization of any in the federal government. Currently, we have approximately 2600 employees. Most are university and college graduates drawn from every faculty and program offered today , law, social science, liberal arts, science, engineering and others. About half of our staff is female; 40 per cent are francophone; collectively, our employees speak more than 85 foreign languages. Our employees come from across Canada and across the world. Whether new Canadians or descendents of numerous generations of Canadians, they are very proud to work in an organization that is devoted to trying to ensure the security of this country. Our staff is located here in the National Capital Region headquarters, at more than a dozen other offices around the country, and in almost 30 foreign countries. In addition, our personnel may find themselves in any number of other foreign countries from time to time carrying out their responsibilities. We are basically in the information business , not unlike many public media. Like them, we collect information through so-called public sources but, unlike them, we also collect it surreptitiously or covertly through a variety of mechanisms - from the interception of communications to the use of human sources to operate clandestinely in acquiring intelligence. As well, we receive a great deal of intelligence from foreign partner agencies around the world , something that is an absolute essential these days given the global dimension of most of the issues that we deal with here in Canada. Today and for the last 15 years or more, our principal operational priorities have been terrorism, foreign espionage and foreign interference in our affairs, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or means of delivering them. Terrorism has been our main preoccupation for some years now; more specifically, we are concerned by four aspects: the threat of terrorist activity in Canada; the threat of such activity affecting Canadians outside Canada; the prospect that Canadians or Canadian residents would be involved in terrorist activities outside Canada; and, finally, the facilitation of terrorism that occurs here through fundraising, the acquisition of equipment or the recruitment of new militants. Unfortunately, we have had experience with all of these dimensions of the problem. Let me now turn to the issue of security, and again begin with a caveat. Obviously, security is a complex matter. Canada's own National Security Policy, issued just several years ago, identified eight types of threats to our security. They are: terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, failed and failing states, foreign espionage, natural disasters, critical infrastructure vulnerability, organized crime and pandemics. If you think back over the last decade, we have some experience in Canada with most of these or their ramifications. In speaking to security issues today, I will focus principally on those related to what I would term political violence as opposed to "natural" threats to security such as natural disasters or pandemics. That said, I should point out that more people died in the last several years from the Indian Ocean tsunami and the earthquakes in Pakistan than from any combination of political violence.
Grants.gov provides a simple, unified electronic storefront for interactions between grant applicants and the Federal agencies that manage grant funds. There are 26 Federal grant-making agencies and over 900 individual grant programs that award over $350 billion in grants each year.
HIC is one of Australia's largest customer service organisations, with almost every Australian benefiting in some way from at least one of our programs. Customer service is one of the driving forces behind our organisation, and HIC prides itself on delivering efficient and effective services that are relevant to the needs of our customers. In June 1999 HIC launched a service charter, the Charter of Care, which describes our services, our commitment to our customers, and the standards of service that customers, service providers and stakeholders can expect. The Charter of Care is our promise and commitment to delivering excellent customer service to all Australians, within an environment of mutual respect and honesty.
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