Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Udall

I want to assure . . . (that) the state and federal agencies are coordinating their efforts,

It will allow us to update our antiquated purchasing system, which is not only good for the agencies and the vendors but also the taxpayers. It will make for a much more efficient and cost-effective system.

It went real well. I think agencies walked away with a better understanding of each others' duties, responsibilities and capabilities.

The (U.S.) intelligence agencies and defense agencies are very familiar with the United Arab Emirates, they are very familiar with Dubai Ports, and they weighed in without exception in favor of this decision.

The Vernon Parish Storefront is one of the outreach offices being established in severely impacted parishes. We'll work with the local leadership and residents, the LRA and other state and federal agencies to develop a set of essential recovery tools to enable the community to define and plan their recovery.

Matt Higgins

The various agencies involved will be meeting next week to review the public comment and analysis and narrow down the number of designs under consideration.

They can check the status of their applications, update their address, get information on our partnering agencies like SBA (Small Business Administration) or DHA (Dallas Housing Authority) or even apply for recertification.

They wanted to get it out to all the appropriate agencies and individuals having to do with disaster preparedness.

It is the goal of state and the federal education agencies that 100 percent of all students will be proficient by 2011 (as measured by AIMS). Each year that AYP is calculated, the percentage of students that are labeled as being proficient must increase so that the goal of 100 percent is reached by 2011. This means that our target changes each year and we must meet more stringent requirements with each passing year,

It's been a good opportunity to see all of this stuff and see the different departments. In today's situation, an emergency is going to involve several other fire agencies other than your own,

It's a lot of, frankly, unexciting basic blocking and tackling. From an information security perspective, we have to make sure we have an understanding of what information is where and how it's protected, and make sure agencies responsible for data believe in the controls that are in place.

It looks to me like there's going to be a paradigm shift in how we fuel our vehicles here in the United States, and it's exciting to work with these people from these various agencies from the small communities and look at the potential that it offers. These are all things that are within our grasp and today are cost-effective.

greater communication between enforcement agencies is needed. Intelligence gathering must be increased and the organized smuggling routes identified.

As we're starting our investigation, instead of trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together, we found out how bad things really were down there as far as lack of communication between agencies and lack of interest by the people who were running these agencies. Basically, all they want to do is sweep it under the doormat.

As we pursued the funding, we brought a number of service providers to the table to discuss the needs. The support of the different agencies from around the county was very high.

Heather Wilson

I support creating a nonpartisan Office of Public Integrity. When individual members appear to have broken the rules, they should be investigated by an independent professional. We need a nonpartisan office that can investigate allegations of wrongdoing. Federal agencies have Inspectors General and the executive branch has an Office of Public Integrity. The Congress should be able to police its own members.

I think our industry would be better if agencies were as comfortable with change as we like to tell clients they should be.

I haven't been to a place in this country where agencies aren't concerned about the number and quality of their officers.

The commentary provides a new level of transparency in our merger enforcement decisions. The business community can see how the agencies have applied the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to a wide range of specific factual circumstances.

The committee is not satisfied with the level of progress in this area and has asked agencies to provide more details on their planning efforts by the end of the month.

The concern is that until all of these systems are compliant, government agencies cannot begin their program-wide testing,

The CIA has released more than 26m pages to the national archives since 1998 - a huge amount of work by a small number of people. Other agencies also released CIA documents. Though the process typically works well, there will always be the anomaly.

The CIA, FBI and other agencies have made some progress in identifying and hiring foreign language experts. But the pipeline doesn't really exist. They're drawing from an almost nonexistent pool,

The health-care problem is not just in public agencies and government, and not only with retirees, ... Everyone in the business sector is struggling with this problem.

The Gulf Coast area has been hit hard by this storm and we are seeing the needs increase everyday as the residents from New Orleans and neighboring states try to rebuild their lives. Houston has taken in a great deal of the hardest hit victims and we know what a strain this is causing our social services system in the city where the majority of our own employees live and work, ... We want to do what we can to help and we believe this corporate donation, coupled with our matching dollars for employee contributions, will help bring immediate relief to the agencies and volunteers who are providing vital services to those in need.

Steve Austin

The greatest loss from bad debts occurs by waiting too long before starting the collections process. That is why so many companies are comparing collection agencies now so they are prepared to use them just as soon as problems hit in the weeks ahead.

Tim Armstrong

The information that comes out of search is transferable to other kinds of marketing. It has measurability and accountability, which are wide open in other areas. Most agencies competitively aren't set up to manage their business from a spreadsheet the way search marketers do. They shouldn't be nervous, but they should be putting energy into understanding metrics.

The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research.

Agencies will need to develop phased migration plans with a target implementation date of 1 January 2007.

Agencies submit proposed rules for publication in the Federal Register. After a period for public comment, usually 60 days, final rules that carry the force of law may be published.

Agencies should encourage their acquisition professionals to limit the use of brand-name specifications and maximize competition.

Agencies don't care. They put a label on you if you complain. They blacklist you, say you're hard to please.

All three agencies were with us. They assisted with the search warrants and the arrests. The operation ran as smoothly as possible.