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4 Jul 2022, 5:26 am by Randy E. Barnett
And eventually it was repudiated by some defenders of slavery in the South because of its inconsistency with that institution. [read post]
24 Oct 2006, 4:02 pm
The Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) recently published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) providing guidance for money service businesses (MSBs) in connection with their anti-money laundering (AML) programs. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 9:32 am by Tom Kosakowski
Agency, in turn, means the capacity of faculty, staff, students and administrators to act independently and to make their own life choices, and to be accountable for those choices. [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 3:51 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety and freedom of journalists, and the legislative, institutional and infrastructural environment in which the media operate. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 5:57 am by admin
These statistics come from an October 2012 study by the Center for American Progress, an independent, non-partisan educational institute, and the Partnership for a New American Economy, a bipartisan group of mayors and business leaders from across the United States. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 1:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
According to The Williams Institute, a national think tank at UCLA Law dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy, there are some 25,000 transgender voters. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 10:02 pm
Linda Gorman of the Independence Institute writes in an email:I was finally catching up on my reading on Overlawyered.com and came across your Feb. 4 post on the possibility that Amber Taylor had a point when she noted that the IRS might give U.S. parents an incentive to count have a dead baby classified as a live birth. [read post]
23 Mar 2014, 11:25 am by James Hamilton
Subjecting the PCAOB and FASB to sequestration would jeopardize the independence of the accounting standards setting and auditing process and provide the Federal government with unintended and unprecedented control over these institutions, noted Rep. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 1:15 am
States must decide whether epistemic institutions like the IPCC should be independent or integrated into a lawmaking institution like the UNFCCC. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 12:26 pm by Robert B. Lamm
  For those of you who have not followed my screeds, I have seen independent board leadership work wonderfully, and I’ve also seen it fail miserably. [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 1:13 pm by David Jensen
I think there are very few if any patient advocates who aren’t working with some group – the only ones I might imagine would be some independently wealthy person able to start a foundation or research institute on their own. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 1:55 pm by James Hamilton
Treasury has entered into intergovernmental agreements with foreign governments to facilitate the effective and efficient implementation of FATCA by eliminating legal barriers to participation, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring the participation of all non-exempt financial institutions in a partner jurisdiction.Senator Paul is troubled that the implementation of FATCA has allowed the Treasury Department to make independent decisions with respect to the sovereignty of… [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 9:00 am by EEM
An Independent Impact Evaluation of UNHCR's Community Based Reintegration Programme in Southern Sudan (UNHCR, March 2011) [text] "International Institutions and Individualized Decision-Making: An Example of UNHCR's Refugee Status Determination," Chapter in The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions: Advancing International Institutional Law (Springer, Dec. 2010) [info] - An earlier version of this piece appeared in the… [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 6:04 am by Randy Barnett
The Declaration of Independence used to be read aloud at public gatherings every Fourth of July. [read post]
4 Dec 2006, 4:06 am
Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery: "...the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a... [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 9:37 am by Tom Kosakowski
Gadlin developed the Office of the Ombudsman as an independent, confidential, and trusted resource for scientists, managers, and all employees at NIH. [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 7:30 am by U.S.P.T.O.
Department of Commerce’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) yesterday unveiled a new web-based IP Awareness Assessment Tool designed to help manufacturers, small businesses, entrepreneurs and independent inventors easily assess their knowledge of intellectual property (IP). [read post]
12 Nov 2006, 10:11 pm
According to the U.S National Institute on Aging, falls are the leading cause of fractures, hospital admissions for trauma, loss of independence, and injury-related deaths, among older adults in the United States. [read post]
26 Jul 2009, 5:01 pm
The House Republicans announced a financial regulatory reform proposal, and it would put all the financial regulators in a committee to deal with systemic risk (which it calls an "independent establishment in the Executive Branch," something all you unitary executive afficianadoes out there can parse) and provide for a fast resolution authority for failed institutions. [read post]
17 Sep 2017, 11:03 pm by Matthias Weller
The European Law Institute, established in 2011, is an independent non-profit organisation established to initiate, conduct and facilitate research, make recommendations and provide practical guidance in the field of European legal development. [read post]