• Donald Trump, Jr. sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in New York. (krqe.com)
  • FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two counties and four boroughs in New York may receive emergency prescription refills now through Oct. 9, 2023, due to flooding. (health.mil)
  • Since 2001, spending on the Department of Veterans Affairs has grown rapidly. (wcpo.com)
  • Marta O. Pyvovarenko, a mental-health research expert and co-founder of the Development Foundation, a psycho-social support organization, had worked closely with the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to establish veterans care in Ukraine for those returning from the fighting that had already been going on for eight years by that point. (justsecurity.org)
  • Civil society groups called for more transparency in an August 2018 letter, citing the Department's decision to restrict the information publicly disclosed on Afghan forces' capabilities, among other issues. (pogo.org)
  • It is imperative that the Department make a renewed commitment to transparency and restore public trust, particularly given the Department's requested $750 billion budget, including a significant increase for the overseas contingency operations account. (pogo.org)
  • Crown Prince checks on Civil Defense Department's winter readi. (jordannews.jo)
  • Richmond, VA, Oct. 2 (CNA) A representative from the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs will address an annual conference on defense industry cooperation between the United States and Taiwan for the first time this week. (focustaiwan.tw)
  • Trump's ban follows the Department of Defense's determination in 2016 that there was no basis for the military to exclude transgender individuals from openly serving their country subject to the same fitness requirements as other service members. (aclu.org)
  • The Department of Education has stirred controversy during the 2016 presidential election, with candidates debating the role of the federal government in primary and secondary education. (wcpo.com)
  • Records of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, RG 304. (archives.gov)
  • OCD established in Department of Defense (DOD), effective August 1, 1961, by announcement of the Secretary of Defense, July 31, 1961, assuming civil defense functions transferred to Secretary of Defense from Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization of EOP by EO 10952, July 20, 1961. (archives.gov)
  • Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization posters from the publication history files of the Distribution Division of the Publication Office in 304.8. (archives.gov)
  • The FOIA request was filed with the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice (including the Office of Legal Counsel), the Department of State, and the CIA. (aclu.org)
  • The creation of DHS was the most fundamental change in the structure of government since the passage of the National Security Act, which created the Department of Defense in 1947. (faqs.org)
  • I say this not only as secretary of defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard. (defense.gov)
  • Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says he asked his chief of staff to 'look into' the reported request to move the USS John McCain during President Donald Trump's visit to Japan, but hasn't launched a formal investigation. (nbcnews.com)
  • On August 25, 2017, Trump formalized the ban that he previously announced on Twitter in a Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security. (aclu.org)
  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir met Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's military leadership during an official visit to the country to discuss defense collaboration and training cooperation, the army's media wing said on Wednesday. (arabnews.com)
  • During the meetings, COAS (chief of army staff) emphasized on enhancing defense collaboration and training cooperation," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. (arabnews.com)
  • The DHS incorporates several dozen offices and agencies, many of them previously assigned to other departments and some entirely new. (faqs.org)
  • On January 24, 2003, DHS began operation at its new headquarters at a former U.S. Navy facility, the Nebraska Avenue Center in Washington, D.C. Most agencies scheduled for transfer to the new department were officially moved in a special March 1, 2003, ceremony attended by the President. (faqs.org)
  • Remarkably, approximately half of all government outlays go to just two agencies: the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. (wcpo.com)
  • The first step in determining whether a company needs a license/authorization in order to engage in international civil nuclear trade is to consult with the appropriate U.S. Government agencies (listed below) prior to engaging in business overseas or with foreign nationals. (export.gov)
  • The Crown Prince said His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, is proud of the efforts of Public Security Directorate (PSD) personnel, including the civil defense teams. (jordannews.jo)
  • This second installment in the 'In Defense of Water' program will support a cross-campus interdisciplinary team of faculty and students, in partnership with researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, to address critical water infrastructure and community risk and resiliency issues of importance to both military and civilian populations. (marquette.edu)
  • Recognizing that Ukraine's military, weighed down by corruption and Moscow loyalists, was incapable of defense, thousands of Maidan protestors headed to the East to hold the front until armed militias and Army reinforcements arrived. (justsecurity.org)
  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a direct outgrowth of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which highlighted America's vulnerability to terrorism. (faqs.org)
  • Prior to September 11, 2001, what Americans now refer to as 'homeland security'-protection of the nation, its people, its land, and its resources from attack-bore a different name: civil defense. (faqs.org)
  • Congress later approved President Bush's plan for a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security to fight terrorism. (faqs.org)
  • Meanwhile, in November 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act, legislation creating a permanent Cabinet-level department. (faqs.org)
  • I wanted to ask you about your time at the Legal Defense Fund, which is the country's preeminent civil rights law firm. (aamc.org)
  • And the country's volunteer movement has transitioned at the local level from civic activism to civil defense. (justsecurity.org)
  • Yet these civil society organizations remain a backbone of Ukraine's democracy, and the international community will have to tread carefully to ensure its own increasing footprint supports, rather than hinders, their central role in the country's longer-term development. (justsecurity.org)
  • 2 It has become increasingly difficult for the public to assess the state of the conflict in Afghanistan, as the Department chooses to release less and less data. (pogo.org)
  • The Departments of Defense, Justice, and State responded by releasing some records and withholding others. (aclu.org)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars: "These statistics imply the State & Defense Departments may very well be the top suppliers of small arms to Mexico's drug cartels and not civilians. (blogspot.com)
  • U.S. federal or state prosecutors should also contact the Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division, Department of Justice for guidance. (state.gov)
  • Government-to-government assurances obtained by either the Department of State or the Department of Energy are required for the 810 approval and 110 licensing process. (export.gov)
  • Following is the text of a joint press release by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • The Strategic Council includes representatives from various offices at the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, the Department of Treasury, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Peace Corps. (cdc.gov)
  • Specifically, civil liability has evolved from personal retribution, incorporated into the juridical domain and implemented by the State 1-2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Balkus served as the Deputy Director for Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. (af.mil)
  • 2d 547 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (ACLU v. DoD), is a case in United States Federal Court, wherein the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of still-secret materials -specifically those related to abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq, during the U.S. military Occupation of Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
  • Record copies of publications of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government. (archives.gov)
  • A lava bomb punctured the roof of a tour boat in Hawaii Monday injuring 23 people near where lava from the Kilauea volcano continues to spill into the ocean, the Hawaii Civil Defense Agency said. (go.com)
  • and #Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort and biological issues among RVFV experts were reported. (cdc.gov)
  • A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States. (af.mil)
  • Following the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear plant disaster, the rebirth and organization of independent civil society was integral to Ukrainian nationalism and the restoration of Ukrainian values and society . (justsecurity.org)
  • Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance with the mediation rules of the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/mediation/rules). (who.int)
  • The namesake son made an encore appearance at the Manhattan trial as defense lawyers started calling their own witnesses. (krqe.com)
  • Trump's lawyers blamed the loan issue on the civil case. (krqe.com)
  • SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - An attorney for a Florida man charged with shooting at George Zimmerman said Friday that he planned to use a "Stand Your Ground" defense - the same legal strategy considered but ultimately not used by lawyers for the former neighborhood watch leader who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • As a civil engineer she has served as the Programs Division Deputy Chief in the Office of the Civil Engineer at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Deputy Base Civil Engineer at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, Deputy Chief of Readiness at Headquarters Air Combat Command, Project Management Branch Chief for the Aviano 2000 Program Management Office, and multiple positions at the Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment, Brooks AFB, Texas. (af.mil)
  • I was the first one is the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. (aamc.org)
  • The U.S. Justice Department later decided not to bring a civil rights case againstZimmerman. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • According to projections by the Office of Management and Budget, defense spending will continue to decline in the near future. (wcpo.com)
  • When President Clinton was elected I joined the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs with the Department of Labor. (inmotionmagazine.com)
  • The U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Evidence Convention is the Office of International Judicial Assistance, Civil Division, Department of Justice, 1100 L Street N.W., Room 8102, Washington, D.C. 20530. (state.gov)
  • Gen. Anwar Tarawneh on the duties undertaken by the department in 2021 and the measures taken to enhance coordination and readiness. (jordannews.jo)
  • In the runup to Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine's civil society was in various states of acceptance and denial regarding Russia's war of aggression. (justsecurity.org)
  • Volunteers surge in response to emerging needs, creating new paths for civil society, as volunteer movements professionalize and institutionalize. (justsecurity.org)
  • A completed official City application and any required supplemental material must be submitted and date stamped by the Human Resources Department by the deadline stated on the job announcement. (cityofpasadena.net)
  • A senior department official also told reporters that the amount of student debt canceled could vary by each group. (yahoo.com)
  • REPORT FROM KAUAI COUNTY - The Kaua'i Fire Department held a brush fire mitigation meeting for large landowners, lessees and other stakeholders Friday morning at the Kaua'i Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • MILWAUKEE - Marquette University has received a second two-year, $3.8 million U.S. Department of Defense grant for an ongoing interdisciplinary program titled "In Defense of Water" to develop novel, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment, treat sewage, and provide clean drinking water and a framework for emergency response to water contamination. (marquette.edu)
  • Title : Food supply and emergency feeding in civil defense Personal Author(s) : Murphy, Paul B.;Trainer, Leonard R.;Hundley, James M. (cdc.gov)
  • 1952). Food supply and emergency feeding in civil defense. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Houry previously served as vice chair and associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and as an associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Nine other passengers who were onboard the boat drove themselves to the hospital, and, according to the fire department, their injuries were superficial. (go.com)
  • I've always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations, in support of local law enforcement. (defense.gov)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father's real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president's "incredible vision" and portfolio of "great, iconic projects" at the New York civil fraud trial now threatening his company's future. (krqe.com)
  • This code, encompassing all consumer relations, depicts the patient as a consumer and the dentist as a provider and can obligate professionals, under civil jurisdiction, to provide a private service 10-11 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Serbia is a party to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters. (state.gov)
  • and Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. government is incorporating feedback on the "Implementation of the Global Health Initiative: Consultation Document" from consultations with Congress, partner countries, civil society organizations, other donors and govern-ments, the private sector, and multilateral and international institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • The PHS Commissioned Corps currently has 97 active duty RDs working alongside our civil service colleagues throughout the US Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • In the PHS, the mission is public health not defense. (cdc.gov)
  • At 1:00 a.m., November 2, the Macy Street area, which included approximately eight city blocks and which housed approximately 2,500 Mexicans, was placed in quarantine by the City Health Department. (cdc.gov)
  • All cases of illness occurring within the area were examined by health department physicians and suspicious cases sent to the County Hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • Administrators should familiarize themselves with the contingency plans of other participants, such as fire, police, and health departments and area hospitals, and understand what services are expected from each participant. (cdc.gov)
  • Planning requires the involvement of an array of community institutions, including fire, EMS and police departments, community hospitals, other health facilities, and the regional Poison Control Center. (cdc.gov)
  • Criminal defendants or their defense counsel seeking judicial assistance in obtaining evidence or in effecting service of documents abroad in connection with criminal matters may do so via the letters rogatory process. (state.gov)
  • Draft chapters of a textbook on civil defense management in industry, 1963. (archives.gov)
  • Teachers, civil servants, and defense industry employees do not have the right to strike. (state.gov)
  • Crown Prince Hussein was briefed by Civil Defense Director Brig. (jordannews.jo)
  • Ted Shaw is the director of the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights. (aamc.org)
  • Four passengers onboard the boat were taken by ambulance to Hilo Medical Center, according to the Hawaii County Fire Department. (go.com)
  • Today we'll hear from two legal experts, including a civil rights attorney from the University of North Carolina - one of the two institutions at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on race-conscious admissions. (aamc.org)
  • The project entails seven areas of focus and encompasses 11 faculty members from six departments across five colleges and schools, as well as the Water Law and Policy Initiative and the Water Quality Center . (marquette.edu)
  • Some of the most notable civil programs in this category include the military retirement fund and the retiree healthcare fund. (wcpo.com)
  • The end of major military operations, as the benchmark carrier landing became known (instead of 'Mission Accomplished'), and the refusal to term Rwanda a genocide or the contemporary issue in Iraq as a civil war is pure propaganda in the academic sense. (mountainrunner.us)
  • The Kaua'i Fire Department has already responded to several wildfires since the start of the summer, including one in Koke'e that scorched over 200 acres of land and continues to burn since it began three weeks ago. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Since it can be costly to maintain large agricultural lands, the Kaua'i Fire Department discussed how its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) could help. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • For a copy of the Kaua'i Community Wildfire Protection Plan, please call the Kaua'i Fire Department at 241-4985. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Welcome to ChicagoCivilDefense.org - Fire & Rescue Unit / Chicago Fire Department - E.P.D.S. website. (chicagofd.org)
  • Included are links to purchase your own Chicago Fire Department memorabilia on EBay plus much more! (chicagofd.org)
  • Not tracking this information and disclosing it to the public is one more step the Department has taken away from transparency and accountability. (pogo.org)
  • In the early 1960s, the heyday of Cold War civil defense efforts, some American families built bomb shelters, and students practiced 'duck and cover' maneuvers that would supposedly protect them in the event of a nuclear attack. (faqs.org)
  • Thus, in the scope of civil liability, the greatest advance in consumer relations in Brazil took place with the enactment of the Consumer Defense Code 5 and the adoption of the objective theory with regard to suppliers and service providers, including corporate entities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ukraine's civil society is ferociously defending the war's other front - the one not of territory, but of democracy. (justsecurity.org)
  • In the face of this clash between Russia's autocracy and Ukraine's democracy, civil society in Ukraine in the past year has undergone a large-scale shift from a primary focus on development, democracy, and advocacy for veterans and women's rights, to an understandable emphasis on humanitarian operations. (justsecurity.org)
  • The concept of civil society is largely a construct of liberal democracies, and Ukraine's has been shaped and sustained by Western democracy assistance since its independence. (justsecurity.org)
  • But civil society in Ukraine is different in fundamental ways from its more formal, legalistic Western counterparts. (justsecurity.org)
  • Another distinctive feature of Ukrainian civil society is that it is highly movement-based. (justsecurity.org)
  • Both the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 "Revolution of Dignity" (also known as "the Maidan Revolution" for Kyiv's central square, where the protests were centered) were national civil resistance movements that shaped Ukraine's civil society. (justsecurity.org)
  • First, Ukraine's civil society is highly networked. (justsecurity.org)
  • What began as a demonstration against the duplicity and opportunism of the government of Viktor Yanukovych became a movement of social renewal, with Ukraine's citizens united in respect for all citizens and their civil society. (justsecurity.org)
  • Another feature of Ukraine's civil society is its relationship with social volunteerism, which works in tandem with civil society and is how civil society remains fluid and adaptive. (justsecurity.org)
  • Civil society and patients' groups raise awareness of the issues, and demand action by policy-makers and all stakeholders. (who.int)
  • The first reason for civil society to pursue climate litigation is the failure of multilevel commitments and governance to address the climate crisis, that is, the lack of effective climate mitigation, adaptation and justice despite thirty years of global climate governance. (lu.se)
  • For example, in January 2019, the Department stopped releasing information on U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. (pogo.org)
  • Q: Isn't there a civil war already going on in Iraq? (mountainrunner.us)
  • American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense, No. 1:04-cv-04151, 389 F. Supp. (wikipedia.org)
  • The civil defense concept had its origins in World War II, when Americans organized local groups to prepare for and protect against the threat of Axis attack on American shores. (faqs.org)
  • The Ministry of Internal Affairs oversees local police forces and maintains internal civil defense troops. (state.gov)
  • but I found myself while I was at the Legal Defense Fund asked to teach as an adjunct, and so I started doing some of that, and there came a point at which I was contacted by the University of Michigan Law School. (aamc.org)
  • The Education Department released the draft text of its second attempt at student-debt relief. (yahoo.com)
  • On Monday, the department released the draft text of its proposal to cancel student debt for federal borrowers using the Higher Education Act of 1965. (yahoo.com)
  • Civil defense publications, compiled by the Government Liaison and Industrial Liaison Divisions, 1959-64. (archives.gov)
  • Government outlays to the Department of Transportation are expected to rise dramatically over the next few years as the U.S. invests more in repairing its highway infrastructure and building new transit systems. (wcpo.com)
  • It also means bringing together departments across government, along with the private and non-governmental organizations in ways that ensure concerted action. (who.int)
  • The Human Resources Department asks that it be advised of special needs prior to the filing deadline. (cityofpasadena.net)
  • The meeting gave fire officials the opportunity to take inventory of outside resources available to the department in the event of a large fire, such as manpower, water trucks and other heavy equipment. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Munir was then conferred with the 'Legion of Merit' award by the Turkish defense minister and commander of Turkiye's land forces in recognition of his services toward promoting defense relations between the two countries, the ISPR said. (arabnews.com)
  • Although I'm compelled to say that - I am very much aware that for me - I was at the Legal Defense Fund for about 25, 26 years in total. (aamc.org)
  • The best part of being at the Legal Defense Fund was doing the work, the cases, for me. (aamc.org)
  • So, for me, working at the Legal Defense Fund - I love being a litigator and doing the cases. (aamc.org)
  • And it was other than my children and family, my wife - when I, when I look back at the end of my life, if I do any looking back, the thing I think I'll be most proud about is my years at the Legal Defense Fund. (aamc.org)
  • The other one was the Legal Defense Fund. (aamc.org)
  • I started when I worked as a clerk for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, during law school. (inmotionmagazine.com)
  • An Airborne Object Identification and Management Executive Council, comprised of defense and intelligence officials, will oversee the new task force. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • The Department of Agriculture leads initiatives on food, agriculture, land management and rural development. (wcpo.com)
  • Andrew D. DeSimone, JD, a Lexington, Kentucky-based medical malpractice defense attorney, said he has not seen any claims involving long COVID. (medscape.com)