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  United States federal academies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are eight federal academies run by the United States government.
United States Military Academy, also known as "West Point" and "Army", founded 1802
United States Naval Academy, also known as "Annapolis" and "Navy", founded 1845
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 Government of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The government of the United States, established by the Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states.
The legislative branch consists of the United States Congress, while the Supreme Court of the United States is the head of the judicial branch.
The United States Department of Justice represents the U.S. government in legal matters and courts of law, and renders legal advice and opinions upon request to the president and to the heads of the executive departments.
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 United States military academies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Military Academies, properly known as the United States Service academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States armed forces.
The term Service academies can be used to refer to all of the academies collectively; however, in popular use, it is more often reserved for the three academies that fall under the Department of Defense, and also play NCAA Division I-A football: Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Students at the Military Academy, the Air Force Academy and the Coast Guard Academy are Cadets, while students at the Naval Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy are Midshipmen.
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 United States
Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas are commonwealths of the United States.
The social structure of the United States, a capitalist country, is highly stratified, with a large proportion of the wealth of the country controlled by a small fraction of the population which exerts disproportionate cultural and political influence.
The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 1,500 universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which include schools considered the most prestigious and advanced in the world.
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 ipedia.com: United States military academies Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The United States military academies, sometimes known as the United States service academies, are federal academies for the education and training of commissioned officers for the United States armed...
The United States military academies, sometimes known as the United States service academies, are federal academies for the education and training of commissioned officers for the United States armed forces.
The term service academies can be used to refer to all of the academies, apart from USU, collectively; however, in popular use, it is more often reserved for the three academies that play NCAA Division I-A football: Army, Navy, and Air Force.
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 GAO-05-253, Freshwater Programs: Federal Agencies' Funding in the United States and Abroad
Some federal agencies, such as the Department of the Interior's (Interior) Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Corps, conducted work on freshwater projects in foreign countries, but funding for these projects also originated from USAID and the Department of State (State).
The United States contributed to the general budgets of a number of multilateral development banks and financial institutions that support freshwater projects around the world, and some portion of these contributions was used to support freshwater efforts worldwide.
Department of State: $8.7 Million: As recognized in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the Department of State is the lead agency responsible for the continuous supervision and general direction of foreign assistance.
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 United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness convened Monday at the White House Executive Office Building to discuss Federal agency investments and results in assisting homeless families and individuals, including persons experiencing chronic homelessness, as well as the ongoing federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Recovery Kentucky initiative is using an innovative combination of federal and state budget resources to support the construction and operation of ten residential substance abuse treatment centers to help persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness because of substance abuse.
The federal funds are all resources that are allocated to the state by formula each year and over which the state has discretion within broad parameters-- low income housing tax credits, HOME funds, and community development block grant monies.
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 EPA: Federal Register: Service Obligation Reporting Requirements for United States Merchant Marine Academy and State ...
Prior regulations required an employment reporting date of July 1 for all USMMA and state maritime school SIP graduates irrespective of whether the graduation date was in June or deferred.
Federalism We analyzed this final rule in accordance with the principles and criteria contained in E.O. 13132 (``Federalism'') and have determined that it does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement.
These regulations have no substantial effects on the States, or on the current Federal- State relationship, or on the current distribution of power and responsibilities among the various local officials.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/July/Day-11/i17217.htm   (1317 words)

  
 Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Soviet Union / Appendix C
The 1955 treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact stated that relations among the signatories were based on total equality, mutual noninterference in internal affairs, and respect for national sovereignty and independence.
The Polish United Workers' Party found that the grievances that inspired the riots could be ameliorated without presenting a challenge to its monopoly on political power or its strict adherence to Soviet foreign policy and security interests.
This plan for winning a conventional war quickly to preclude the possibility of a nuclear response by NATO and the United States was based on the deep offensive operation concept that Soviet military theoreticians first proposed in the 1930s.
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 Title 44, Chapter 19 United States Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Before an additional library within a State, congressional district or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is designated as a depository for Government publications, the head of that library shall furnish his Senator, Representative, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the case may be, with justification of the necessity for the additional designation.
The libraries of the executive departments, of the United States Military Academy, of the United States Naval Academy, of the United States Air Force Academy, of the United States Coast Guard Academy, and of the United States Merchant Marine Academy are designated depositories of Government publications.
Upon the request of the highest appellate court of a State, the Public Printer is authorized to designate the library of that court as a depository library.
www.access.gpo.gov /su_docs/fdlp/pubs/title44/chap19.html   (2216 words)

  
 Foreign Nationals traveling to the United States
All travelers arriving in the United States are met by an immigration inspector who examines each passport and visa, validates the Arrival-Departure (I-94) card, and determines the length of time the visitor may stay in the United States.
While the visa issued by the consulate allows a visitor to apply for admission to the United States, the final decision is made by the immigration inspector.
Federal law requires that all non-U.S. citizens carry evidence of their lawful status with them at all times.
www7.nationalacademies.org /visas/Traveling_to_US.html   (1858 words)

  
 United States Air Force Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Academy's Board of Visitors meets here Friday and Saturday to discuss items of interest, including Academy manpower and budget and airfield encroachment issues; and to receive updates from the Association of Graduates and the athletic department.
The death of a military retiree on vacation July 19 at the Academy's Peregrine Pines FamCamp, was confirmed July 21 as the first fatality related to the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in El Paso County.
The 20 students are vying for four spots to represent the United States at the 38th International Chemistry Olympiad.
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 World-Wide Web Resources - United States Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Code of Federal Regulations, the CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation, and each title is divided into chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency.
Federal and state forms and publications, links to various state tax authorities and the IRS bulletin board system as well as current tax news and information are available.
Federal Information Center, provides information on a program that specializes in direct telephone assistance to callers who are trying to locate information in any format on Federal agencies, programs, and services.
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 Federal Academies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The United States Naval Academy educates young men and women for career as officers of the United States Navy.
The United States Coast Guard Academy educates young men and women for career as officers of the United States Coast Guard.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy educates young men and women for career as officers of the American Flag Merchant Marine and other parts of the shipping industry.
www.navyleague.org /oceanic/fedacademies.htm   (188 words)

  
 World Nuclear Association | Information and Issue Briefs | US Nuclear Power Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
It said that some pool storages at reactors may pose a risk due to possible high temperature combustion of fuel cladding in the event that water is drained due to terrorist attack, but that the likelihood of terrorists using spent fuel for a 'dirty bomb' is very low.
In 2006 the National Academies reported on transport of high-level wastes, finding that there are "no fundamental technical barriers to the safe transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes in the US".
The USA is a nuclear weapons state, party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which it ratified in 1970 and under which a safeguards agreement has been in force since 1980.
www.world-nuclear.org /info/inf41.htm   (8701 words)

  
 The National Academies
The National Research Council is part of the National Academies, which also comprise the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine.
The Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government.
Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the National Research Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public and the scientific and engineering communities.
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 National Academies’ Report Advises on Air Quality Management in the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Air Quality Management in the United States recently released its report Air Quality Management in the United States.
The Committee on Air Quality Management in the United States was formed by the National Research Council in response to a congressional request for an independent evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the CAA and its implementation by federal, state, and local government agencies.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.
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 United States
This document conveys the Society's annual estimates of expected numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States for 1998, and includes a special section on prostate cancer.
There is presently an alliance of 19 United States Cancer Centres involved with the NCCN and through education, research, measurement and management, the NCCN hopes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care in the United States.
The AMIA is the official United States representative organisation to the International Medical Informatics Association, and aims to develop and use information technologies to improve health care.
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 Government and Military Career - Federal Career - United States Federal Jobs
is the largest employer in the United States, hiring 2.0 percent of the nation's civilian work force.
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress.
Federal jobs databaseover 15,000 immediate openings updated daily all Federal occupations and locations most jobs require no written exam.
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 Federal Interagency Policy Academies for States
To date, nine Policy Academies have been held through which states are offered expertise and peer-to-peer learning opportunities on how to maximize the availability and accessibility of mainstream resources for homeless persons.
Several federal agencies partnered to sponsor these Policy Academies-the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, Labor and Education.
A National Learning Meeting was held in October 2004 to showcase innovative approaches the states have implemented, to provide additional opportunity for peer to peer technical assistance and to determine what further assistance would be helpful to states in implementing their state plans.
www.ich.gov /slocal/policyacademies.html   (231 words)

  
 William Gibson
But few tyrants are bent on suicide, and the notion that he would use them to attack the United States, except in self-defense, makes no sense.
"The United States would have been able to be poised to launch strikes against Syria or Iran from secure bases of action in Iraq, as the stage was set for act two of the war against the Axis of Evil.
When asked what I thought the United States would or could do in response to the attacks, I surprised friends by saying that I believed the US military's intelligentsia already understood the true nature of the conflict better than the enemy did.
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 US Dept. of Education Grants Forecast FY 2006
If we do not follow the date in column two with an FR citation, that meant that we have yet to publish the application notice, and all dates in columns, two, three, four, and five are estimates only.
If you are an applicant, you must contact the appropriate State Single Point of Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process under Executive Order 12372.
In States that have not established a process or chosen a program for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit comments directly to the Department.
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 A "Golden Apple" for the Teacher!
The awards were created to recognize and honor outstanding individuals who have made a difference on Long Island through their commitment to education.
Lubow's academy appointment marked the first time that a female has held the position of director of athletics at any of the United States Federal Academies.
The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health organization whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality.
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 LifeNews.com - The News Source for the Pro-Life Community
The state's leading pro-life group condemned the idea and said embryonic stem cell research is wrong because it involves the destruction of human life.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from a committee of the National Academies of Science finds that a first-trimester abortion, the most common abortion procedure, is linked to an increasing risk of premature birth.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate voted 65-34 to approve a measure that would help uphold state parental notification and consent laws that allow parents to help their teenage daughters avoid abortions.
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 National Homeland Security Knowledgebase - Resources - homeland security resources, homeland security advisory system, ...
Whether you are searching for the Chief of Police of New York City, the head of the Office of Homeland Security, or the Chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
IDHS -The Institute for Defense and Homeland Security was established by and is operated by Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), a state-chartered nonprofit corporation that accelerates Virginia's next generation of technology and technology companies.
In all, federal, state and local governments have spent more than $2 billion to protect the Washington area since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks dated September 11, 2005 click here
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 NARA - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the United States Military Academy [USMA]
Finding Aids: Stanley P. Tozeski, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States Military Academy, PI 185 (1976); reprinted, with revisions and additions, in National Archives microfiche edition of preliminary inventories.
Record copies of publications of the U.S. Military Academy in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
Photographic Prints and Negatives (77,812 images, in West Point): Academy activities, 1951-90, including the Academy Sesquicentennial celebration, 1951-52, and Operation Eagle (the return of the hostages formerly held in Iran), 1981.
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 Maria Cantwell - U.S. Senator from Washington State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Pursuant to Senate policy, newsletters, petitions, opinion polls and issue alerts and other electronic communications cannot be initiated by this office for the 60 day period immediately before the date of a primary or general election.
Please feel free to turn here often for all of the latest news and information about my work in the U.S. Senate for the people of Washington state.
Maria has fought to allow Washington taxpayers to deduct state sales tax from their federal returns.
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