CRE publish workplace guidelines on racial equality The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has published a new code of practice for employers on racial equality. The guidelines include advice on avoiding unlawful racial discrimination and harassment, and outlines employers' legal obligations under the Race Relations Act.
The FLETC serves as the Federal Government's primary training resource for law enforcement. Its enrollment includes federal, state and local agencies. Seventy-six federal agencies use the services of FLETC with nearly 50,000 trainees expected to graduate in 2003. Because of the Homeland Security initiative adopted by the United States, roughly 70% of these potential graduates will come from agencies directly involved with Homeland Security.
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.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is joining forces with Staffordshire Police to drive home the message that tax dodgers can't hide. 'Stingray' mobile camera units staffed by the DVLA will operate throughout the county, backed up by Automatic Number Plate Reading (ANPR) technology used by Staffordshire Police across the force area.
The U.S. Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) help to reduce deaths, injuries, and illnesses in the nation's mines with a variety of activities and programs. The agency develops and enforces safety and health rules applying to all U.S. mines, helps mine operators who have special compliance problems, and makes available technical, educational and other types of assistance. MSHA works cooperatively with industry, labor, and other Federal and state agencies toward improving safety and health conditions for all miners. www.msha.gov
The CBSA manages, controls and secures Canada's border at approximately 1,200 points across Canada. Border Services Officers face a growing challenge in intercepting potential threats, including high risk individuals, firearms, explosives and drugs. An average of 260,000 travelers are processed into Canada every day. Some of these travelers pose risks to the border officers at border crossings. In 2004, there were 621 weapons seizures, 8,711 drug seizures valued at $290 million, and currency seizures from suspected proceeds of crime valued at approximately $12,978,867. In addition, work-alone situations currently occur at 138 border sites, 95 of which are land port of entries. These situations put CBSA officers at increased risks. Canada's New Government is committed to ensuring that our borders are protected from those who threaten the security of Canada, while ensuring that legitimate commerce or travel is not delayed. To ensure Canada's borders are secure, the Government must ensure that those who guard our borders are themselves secure. Providing CBSA officers with side-arms and training, and ensuring that work-alone situations are eliminated, will help achieve this goal.
About Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is the principal revenue collector for the federal government. Annually, CRA collects over $300 billion in taxes and other revenues and distributes close to $12.5 billion in benefit payments to millions of families and individuals on behalf of the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, as well as First Nations. CRA employs up to 42,000 employees across Canada.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established on March 15, 1989, succeeding the Veterans Administration. It is responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. Headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA is the largest non-DOD Government agency and operates nationwide programs for health care, financial assistance and burial benefits.
Army takes older recruits 21 Jun 2006 The U.S. Army, aiming to make its recruiting goals amid the Iraq war, raised its maximum enlistment age by another two years [to 42] on Wednesday, while the Army Reserve predicted it will miss its recruiting target for a second straight year. White House press secretary Tony Snow (headsonpikes.blogspot.com) 16 Jun 2006 "'Mr.
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the most significant transformation of the U.S. government since 1947, when Harry S. Truman merged the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces into the Department of Defense to better coordinate the nation's defense against military threats. DHS represents a similar consolidation, both in style and substance. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against America on September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush decided 22 previously disparate domestic agencies needed to be coordinated into one department to protect the nation against threats to the homeland. The new department's first priority is to protect the nation against further terrorist attacks. Component agencies will analyze threats and intelligence, guard our borders and airports, protect our critical infrastructure, and coordinate the response of our nation for future emergencies. Besides providing a better-coordinated defense of the homeland, DHS is also dedicated to protecting the rights of American citizens and enhancing public services, such as natural disaster assistance and citizenship services, by dedicating offices to these important missions.
The Secret Service's investigative program focuses on three areas of criminal schemes within our core expertise. First, the Secret Service emphasizes the investigation of counterfeit instruments.
The Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Global Watch Service provides support to help UK businesses improve their competitiveness by identifying and accessing innovative technologies and practices from overseas, as well as promoting the excellence of British innovation to overseas businesses. Cercia has been selected as one of just two organisations out of more than 60 innovative UK technology companies, to be featured with a full page article in the Spring 2006 edition of UKWatch, the leading publication on British innovation that is published by the Global Watch Service. This article is available online (Page 2).
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Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ), located in Edison, is the coordinating office for the state's system of Legal Services programs, which provide essential legal aid in civil matters to low-income people in all 21 counties in New Jersey. In addition to the first Self-Sufficiency Standard report, LSNJ, through its Poverty Research Institute, has published two reports on its research into the effects of Work First New Jersey, and a report on poverty in the state entitled, "Hard Times Amid Prosperity: A Current Profile of Poverty in New Jersey."
As CALEA prepares to celebrate its twentieth anniversary in Atlanta, Georgia, in November, it can reflect with satisfaction on a legacy rich with accomplishment. The great strides of the early-to-mid 90s laid the foundation for more recent expansion and refinement of the accreditation program. Since 1996, the Commission has focused substantial attention on outreach to the law enforcement community. It established an executive-level position,Director of Client Services,to ensure that its customers' needs would be in the forefront of daily activities and long-range planning. It created a website, www.calea.org, to enhance communications with customers and visibility in the marketplace. And, it expanded customer training opportunities to provide increased support to agencies seeking accreditation as well as those already accredited. "Our customers know that we are here to serve them," said Jim Brown, CALEA's Director of Client Services. "Perhaps that's one of the reasons why so few of our agencies dropout of the process." Ever mindful of the need to maintain the currency of its standards and the accreditation program, CALEA recently undertook two significant development projects: the Communications Accreditation Program and the Fourth Edition of Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies. The Fourth Edition is the product of the Commission's latest standards review. A rigorous process undertaken by a committee of 31 volunteers, this comprehensive critique saw the elimination of 11 standards; the addition of 14 standards, primarily dealing with emerging technology and computers; and the modification of 111 others. The Commission's continuing commitment to excellence also led to the formation of its communications accreditation program. Knowing the vital role that communications centers play in the delivery of law enforcement services, the Commission formed a partnership with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials,International (APCO) to create an accreditation program that would promote superior public safety communications services. Like the law enforcement accreditationÔ program, participation is voluntary, and standards applicability is based on an agency's size and functional responsibilities. Although new, the communications accreditation program has attracted wide and diverse attention. "With the benefits of operating to national standards, verification of performance by a peer group, and enhanced confidence of the service population, who wouldn't want to participate in this accreditation program?" asks Bob Greenlaw, Director of the Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch in Ridgewood, New Jersey. His agency received the first communications accreditation award at CALEA's March 1999 meeting in Denver, Colorado. APCO's collaboration with CALEA is not the first time an outside organization has sought a partnership with the Commission to promote accreditation, nor is it the last. In 1994, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a five-year grant to the Center for Public Safety, Inc., to provide technical assistance and training to public housing authorities and public housing authority police, including support for CALEA accreditation. Ten public housing police departments were targeted by this grant program and, of them, seven have been accredited, including those in Baltimore City, Boston, Los Angeles, Metropolitan Cuyahoga (Cleveland), Oakland, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. An eighth department, the Buffalo Public Housing Authority Police, will be accredited by year's end. Similarly, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno has authorized the use of asset forfeiture funds to support accreditation activities, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reaffirmed that up to 50% of an agency's accreditation fee could be eligible for funding under Section 402 of the Highway Safety Act. Now, as this article is being written, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 1999. If enacted as proposed, the Attorney General will be able to make grants available to law enforcement agencies seeking CALEA accreditation or reaccreditation. With growing external support, 532 agencies accredited, increasing numbers of new customers each month, and the finances to sustain and expand operations, CALEA is well positioned for many more years of making a difference in the quality and continuity of law enforcement services. Already its accreditation program has touched 20% of the full-time law enforcement officers serving at the local, county, and state levels in the United States, as well as 10% of regional and provincial officers in Canada. So, what does the future hold? A key priority for CALEA in the coming year will be to strengthen its relationship with the 11 state accreditation programs. "Clearly, there's an untapped market out there," said the Commission's Executive Director, Sylvester Daughtry, former Greensboro, North Carolina, Chief of Police. "State programs have been better able to reach the smaller agencies than we have, but our program is still viewed by most as being the 'golden ring," he continued. "We want to develop a partnership with state accreditation programs so that agencies can progress from state accreditation to CALEA accreditation." To that end, the Commission has established a State Programs Committee and charged it with developing a business plan for presentation and possible adoption at its November meeting in Atlanta. Goals of the plan will be to acknowledge the efforts of state accreditation programs; to ensure the use of a uniform set of standards across accreditation programs; to form a fiduciary relationship between the state programs and CALEA and to formalize CALEA's role in the research, development, and ownership of the standards. CALEA is also looking outside the United States and considering how its program might be useful to emerging nations as they establish their law enforcement functions. Said Commission Chairman, Bill Miller, "Our standards deal with the range of critical law enforcement issues,from use of force to training to ethics to personnel selection to prisoners and holding facilities. So, there are many opportunities for accreditation to be a positive influence. We're going to be talking with the State Department, United Nations, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to see what we can do." Finally, to ensure that the drive, accomplishments, and lessons learned in the past two decades are not defeated in the next, the Commission will be launching a major strategic planning initiative at its upcoming meeting in Atlanta. "We'll be celebrating where we've been and preparing for where we want to go,defining our focus and priorities, setting our goals and milestones, and identifying necessary resources. We want to have a roadmap, like any business, so we don't get off track," said Executive Director Daughtry. How fitting that this plenary process and the Commission's twentieth anniversary will coincide in Atlanta. That's where the first of the original accreditation standards were adopted in September 1980.
The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent federal agency that provides objective trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark and copyright infringement. If it finds a violation of the law, the ITC may order the exclusion of the imported product from the United States.
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The Medical Corps (MRC) Program strengthens communities by helping medical, public health, and other volunteers offer their expertise throughout the year as well as during local emergencies and other times of community need. MRC volunteers work in coordination with existing local emergency response programs and also supplement existing community public health initiatives, such as outreach and prevention, immunization programs, blood drives, case management, care planning and other efforts. The MRC program is administered by HHS.
AusAID provides policy advice and support to the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary on development policy, and plans and coordinates poverty reduction activities in partnership with developing countries. AusAID's head office is in Canberra. AusAID also have representatives in 25 Australian diplomatic missions overseas.
Founded in 1929, BNA is an independent publisher and the largest publisher of nonpartisan news and information in Washington, D.C. Drawing on the expertise of more than 600 editors, reporters, and domestic and international correspondents, BNA publications are recognized for their in-depth, unbiased reporting. BNA has approximately 1,600 employees and is the oldest wholly employee-owned company in the United States.
2) WHAT IS THE NTSB? The National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") is an independent federal agency charged with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States. Its jurisdiction also includes trains and other vehicle accidents as well. The NTSB also issues safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents. The NTSB maintains the government's database on civil aviation accidents and conducts special studies of transportation safety issues of national significance. The NTSB also provides investigators to serve as U.S. representatives in aviation accidents overseas involving U.S. - registered aircraft, aircraft or major components of U.S. manufacturers or where requested by foreign governments.
The Department of Energy is establishing a hemispheric energy center at Florida International University. The center will coordinate projects that strengthen cooperation on policy, commercial, technical, infrastructure, and regulatory issues and enhance U.S. access to energy resources in the region. Venezuela has had a strong energy relationship with the United States for many decades. Unfortunately, Venezuela's recent political unrest has affected their ability to be a secure supplier in the recent past. We are encouraged to hear that production reportedly has recovered to about 2 to 2.5 million barrels per day, compared to a pre-strike production of about 3 million barrels per day. U.S. firms are returning to full operation in Venezuela, and Venezuelan-owned CITGO continues to operate in the U.S. as a commercial entity. The benefits that these reciprocal energy investments bring to both parties, and to the relationship, are clear, and we hope to maintain a robust energy dialogue with Venezuela. In the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago is an important source of LNG to the United States. Trinidad provides about 15% of New England's gas needs and 40% of the East Coast's LNG imports. Trinidad is poised to help meet the energy needs of the Caribbean region.
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