For example, in some countries, individual social-security numbers or tax codes are now used by government agencies as unique identification numbers to control access to health care or higher education.
It's claimed that the software is akin to that used by government agencies such as Homeland Security.
Moreover, about four-fifths of the appeals clogging the Supreme Court are made by government agencies such as the federal banks.
But while many major international banks have seen large writedowns in the wake of rising defaults among the sub-prime mortgage market, the majority of China's US mortgage-backed securities were underwritten by US government agencies such as Fannie Mae.
Already, ZDNet Japan has reported on several new cloud deployments by private companies and government agencies as a direct result of the earthquake.
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NASA's work in robotic exoskeleton systems complements work done by other government agencies, such as the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation Program.
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This time-consuming reporting could, in turn, produce additional government oversight and regulation by agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Internal Revenue Service.
And he provides sound advice for workers in organizations as diverse as businesses and government agencies who write as though they are paid by the word.
Along with mandatory national standards, the Institute of Medicine is recommending voluntary reductions by the food industry and urging government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise and update nutrition labels.
Such reforms are also being adopted by the government's other investment agencies, such as the state pension fund and a government-backed fund for Malays.
Industry executives said the government may limit the amount of gold imported by state-run agencies such as MMTC Ltd.
Any solution, however, may not be good for Wall Street: A renewal of the Bush fiscal package may give the economy and Wall Street a temporary boost in the early 2013, but drive both of them lower later in the year, as the US government risks another debt downgrade by major credit agencies.
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But government spending fell by 6.9% in Q4 2012, as Federal agencies (especially Defense) started cutting in anticipation of sequestration.
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In other words, the government that keeps blaming the bankers for the crisis is now painting banks as the victims of rating agencies whose opinions the banks were ordered by the government to follow.
February's downgrade by Moody's, another of the big three rating agencies, was seen as a political embarrassment to the government, which had promised to protect the UK's credit rating when it was elected in 2010.
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