Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Shelby

shows that the FBI and the other agencies of the intelligence community must remain vigilant.

Should Americans feel assured that our federal government will do a better job of protecting health and safety in any future disaster? The answer appears to be no. Health and safety agencies will not be in the drivers' seat.

Since Burma (Myanmar) is a member of the United Nations, it has the obligations to follow the recommendations of the General Assembly, the independent agencies and the secretary general,

Since 9/11, and because of the terrorist threat, there's always a concern that explosives could end up at an airport. Having the dogs trained and ready at the airport gives us a higher level of security and keeps us from relying on other agencies to provide that type of service to our passengers.

Randy Forbes

Since the tragedies, the Department of Homeland Security was established to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, and most importantly, to share intelligence information among government agencies and departments.

Because his responsibilities extend beyond the (15 agencies making up the U.S.) Intelligence Community, the program manager should have enhanced authority within the executive office of the president.

Because the purpose of these mandates is not to expose the myth of racial profiling, but is instead to serve the aims of anti-police advocates who want to undermine law-enforcement agencies from being able to do their jobs, I can't see where this can have a positive impact.

Dennis C. Blair

Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus on law enforcement. The domestic-vs.-foreign barrier has been solved by the reforms after 9/11 that established the DNI.

Mr Habib remains of interest in a security context because of his former associations and activities. Because of this interest, relevant agencies will undertake appropriate measures.

Ed Bradley

One panel after another found that agencies were giving conflicting information to the president.

Kim Robinson

One in three people will seek the services provided by one of our funded agencies in the next year.

Of all the agencies we supply to. Seventy percent of them are faith-based organizations, and 50 percent of them rely totally on volunteer support.

Of course, every government agency failed. What is her job as national security adviser? My sense is it is her responsibility to get information from all these agencies that aren't communicating,

I think there's enough untapped water there to satisfy our customers' needs and the fishes' needs. It's a great opportunity for public agencies to partner up in search of a win-win solution.

Michael Brown

just assumed that agencies would follow up on taskings resulting from the calls.

People in the community are agonizing and asking, 'What could we have done to prevent this?' ... We've been working very hard over the past four to five years liaising with the authorities . . . with various agencies organizing and supervising youth activities. And still this has happened.

State wildlife agencies face tremendous challenges attempting to conserve declining wildlife and dwindling habitats, while meeting skyrocketing wildlife conservation education and recreation demands -- all on a shoestring budget.

Sponsored research is funded primarily by federal government, state agencies and private organizations.

Paul Gillmor

Spending on programs such as national defense and funding the operating budgets of all federal agencies represent only 39 percent of our yearly budget, an all-time low.

That can certainly skew the numbers when you don't have all the agencies reporting. I don't know how standardized the process is throughout the state -- I don't know if this is a reporting problem or some other problem.

That aspect is just now beginning to materialize and right now we don't know too much about how that will even work, ... There have not been any agencies approved for that yet. But, you have to complete that before you can get a discharge through bankruptcy. If you don't do it your discharge is not denied; it just doesn't move forward. So, there is some uncertainty about that right now.

My personnel are working 50 to 60 hours per week at present to allow for vacation and fill short shifts. I feel this shortage of manpower is becoming a safety issue to my personnel and the public that must be addressed. Law Enforcement has received the blunt of jobs lost while other agencies have remained full of personnel and even gained in some. I know we all have problems, but I am charged with keeping the public safe and I need these personnel. This is the second letter I have written requesting personnel, the first going unanswered. I hope this letter gets consideration.

Local public health agencies are the front line in all of this. Preparedness, at its heart, is a local phenomenon.

Local Chadian residents throughout the region are now telling our staff on the ground that they are very frightened, and that if humanitarian agencies were ever forced to withdraw from the area, they too would have to move in search of a safer haven.

That will have to take place through the Internet or by telephone, which will create a hardship. The way I understand it these agencies are supposed to explain how people can pay their debts outside of bankruptcy, ... And in order to file you now have to have a certification that you have completed the credit counseling.

John Ashcroft

I would hope we would be able to develop an understanding of the current policies of the federal law enforcement agencies as they relate to racial profiling,

Most big agencies use the same types of tests, so if a temp takes it enough times, they will eventually learn the test. Make sure the testing is comprehensive.

Mid-year budget amendments for health insurance and for state agencies are around $200,000, ... Which caused the budget to be off by $500,000.

Long term we would be very interested in collaborating with Placer County or other ... agencies in the area to look for office space.

Material farmed out for comments to interested agencies and people meant they would be in touch later.

I think people expect government agencies to protect their personal financial information more than private industry. As this shows, that's not the case. They're just as sloppy.

I think right now within the veterans community, certainly with the Congress, there is generally widespread feeling that they have failed their task and it is time to say, thank you, we have got to go elsewhere, to go to those researchers and those agencies who are prepared to take a hard look at the role that chemicals and other environmental factors may have played in the causation of Gulf War illness.

We do not believe there is an imminent threat. This is not new; we are in regular contact with ... law-enforcement agencies at every level.