The Washington State Human Rights Commission is focused on eliminating and preventing discrimination through the fair application of the law, the efficient use of resources, and the establishment of productive partnerships in the community. The Commission works to prevent and eliminate discrimination by investigating human rights complaints and providing education and training opportunities throughout the state.
NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues.
The Crown Prosecution Service is the National Authority responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales. Created by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, CPS is an independent body that works closely with the police. The head of the Crown Prosecution Service is the Director of Public Prosecutions (the Director) Ken Macdonald QC. The Director is superintended by the Attorney General, who is responsible to Parliament for the Service. The CPS employs around 8,500 staff, including around 3,000 lawyers. Every year they deal with more than 1.3 million cases in the magistrates' court and about 115,000 in the Crown Court. The Crown Prosecution Service is the principal prosecuting authority in England and Wales. It is responsible for advising the police on cases for possible prosecution, reviewing cases submitted by the police where the decision is to prosecute, determining the charge in all but minor cases, preparing cases for court and the presentation of cases at court. The role of the CPS is to prosecute cases firmly, fairly and effectively when there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and when it is in the public interest to do so.
The Insolvency Service is an executive agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, which deals with insolvency matters in England and Wales. Our main website at www.insolvency.gov.uk is a useful and comprehensive source of information for people wanting to know more about the insolvency regime in England and Wales and how they might be affected if they are involved in an insolvency procedure. This area of the site is aimed more widely and will contain a broad spectrum of work produced by people with different perspectives experiences and ideas about the insolvency system and debt. We would like this site to act as a useful resource for as many people as possible, and we hope to build on the pool of information it contains, both domestically and internationally. It is aimed at anyone who has an interest in insolvency and its associated areas, both from a technical and a sociological point of view. We are keen to receive contributions of work - both previously published and new - from people and organisations who have something which they think may be useful to others interested in insolvency matters. If you would like to submit work then please see "How to Contribute?"
· Home Office, "English and citizenship to help integration and make people proud to be British", Press Release, 3rd September 2003.
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.
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The Competition Bureau is an independent law enforcement agency which ensures that all Canadians enjoy the benefits of a competitive economy. It oversees the application of the Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, the Textile Labelling Act and the Precious Metals Marking Act.
The BIS provides an Internet-based export license application service, SNAP (Simplified Network Application Process). A single application may be used for multiple product samples. Use of this system provides same day application acknowledgment and online validations, e.g. electronic facsimile of the export license.
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.
In addition, CMS is continually developing educational material and information for healthcare providers as part as of "The Medicare Learning Network." CMS has developed over 250 national provider education articles annually that outline, on a flow basis and in plain language, the coverage, billing and coding rules associated with Medicare program changes.
About the State Bar of California. The California Bar Association is one of the largest Bar Associations in the world. Serving more than 138,000 active members, it provides a wide range of educational programs for it's members. Headquarters for the State Bar of California are in San Francisco, from which most programs are administered.
The Law Commission of Canada (LCC) is an independent federal agency committed to engaging Canadians in the renewal of the law to ensure that it is relevant, responsive, effective, equally accessible to all and just. It strives to address the concerns of Canadians by focusing its research on four themes: personal relationships, social relationships, economic relationships and governance relationships.
ODPM is involved in a number of domestic property related information processing projects which are integrated under the umbrella of the ODPM Housing Data Warehouse. Two that we've come in contact with related to the Valuebill project are the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH - www.odpm.gov.uk/nationalregisterofsocialhousing ) and the Electronic Survey of Empty Homes (ESEH - pronounced 'easy'!). Both of these will benefit from the linking of the CT and NDR lists to UPRNs and having access to the NLPG as the master list of addresses. Attached is the new brochure about ESEH and an earlier NROSH Newsletter. If either you or your colleagues have any queries about either of these ODPM projects do raise them with Mick Johnston at > >. The Valuebill local e-gov national project has recently published its 5th newsletter.
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) provides analogue and digital charting, hydrographic, oceanographic and geophysical products, and support and exchange information to the Royal Navy and other Navies, MoD, NATO and defence contractors. For over 200 years we've sought to improve the effectiveness of the armed forces and merchant mariners globally by providing products and services to enhance navigation and situational awareness. And today, with the 21st century's demands for a multitude of geospatial applications, Admiralty Defence are proud to enable our clients to retain their operational advantage. Admiralty Defence offers unique access to the benefits of a British Government associated organisation (confidentiality, competence, honour, reliability), whilst benefiting from our commercial independence (financial stability, product flexibility, ongoing research & development, participation within IHO industry and standard setting bodies). To purchase products and services from Admiralty defence simply: Deal directly with us as a one-stop shop Via your preferred OEM for new-build integration Through our network of approved agents Competitively priced, easy to use, intuitive and IMO compliant products and services from Admiralty Defence will exceed all your expectations. Contact Us Terms & Conditions Freedom of Information Privacy Policy Accessibility Portal Home Links Policy Related Sites
We are the guardians of our Nation's borders. We are America's frontline. We safeguard the American homeland at and beyond our borders. We protect the American public against terrorists and the instruments of terror. We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States while fostering our Nation's economic security through lawful international trade and travel. We serve the American public with vigilance, integrity and professionalism.
NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) provides consumers with vehicle safety information, primarily front and side crash test results, and more recently rollover ratings, to aid consumers in their vehicle purchase decisions. The test results are relayed to consumers via an easily recognizable star rating system , from one to five stars, with five being the highest. The NCAP crash tests are conducted at speeds higher than required by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for both side impacts, at 62 kilometres per hour, and full frontal barrier impacts, at 56 km/h.
As the MSPB works with DHS and DoD to develop an expedited employee appeals system, Kelley urged the subcommittee to insist the MSPB develop employee regulations preserving minimum standards of due process, eliminating artificial time frames for appeals actions and providing timely independent review of the performance of the departments' personnel systems. Kelley also voiced adamant opposition to the MSPB's proposal of legislative changes to permit it to grant "summary judgment" in cases determined to have no "genuine issue of material fact," thereby eliminating employees' rights to a full evidentiary hearing. Kelley argued that this rule change would place an onerous burden on the many employees who lack experienced legal representation.
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.
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