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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a Washington, DC-based company in the Government sector.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is one of the leading companies in the Government sector.
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States, to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission, and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of more than $8 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America`s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF awards about 11,000 new awards per year, with an average duration of three years -- to fund specific research proposals that have been judged the most promising by a rigorous and objective merit-review system. In the past few decades, NSF-funded researchers have won more than 200 Nobel Prizes as well as other honors too numerous to list. NSF funds equipment that is needed by scientists and engineers but is often too expensive for any one group or researcher to afford. Another essential element in NSF`s mission is support for science and engineering education, from pre-K through graduate school and beyond.
The CBSA carries out its responsibilities with a workforce of approximately 13,000 employees, including over 7,200 uniformed CBSA officers who provide services at approximately 1,200 points across Canada and at 39 international locations. The CBSA manages 119 land-border crossings and operates at 13 international airports. Of these land-border crossings, 61 operate on a 24/7 basis, as well as 10 of the international airports. Officers carry out marine operations at major ports and at numerous marinas and reporting stations. Officers also perform operations at 27 rail sites. The CBSA processes and examines international mail at three mail processing centres. The CBSA administers more than 90 acts, regulations and international agreements, many on behalf of other federal departments and agencies, the provinces and the territories. Responsibilities The Agency`s legislative, regulatory and partnership responsibilities include the following: * administering legislation that governs the admissibility of people and goods, plants and animals into and out of Canada; * detaining those people who may pose a threat to Canada; * removing people who are inadmissible to Canada, including those involved in terrorism, organized crime, war crimes or crimes against humanity; * interdicting illegal goods entering or leaving the country; * protecting food safety, plant and animal health, and Canada`s resource base; * promoting Canadian business and economic benefits by administering trade legislation and trade agreements to meet Canada`s international obligations; * enforcing trade remedies that help protect Canadian industry from the injurious effects of dumped and subsidized imported goods; * administering a fair and impartial redress mechanism; * promoting Canadian interests in various international forums and with international organizations; and * collecting applicable duties and taxes on imported goods.