#agencies

Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#administration #agencies #assist #bureaucracy #civil

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. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#all-time #budget #budgets #defense #federal

Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do. ↗

— Mario Monti

#antitrust #assessment #based #case #companies

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#act #agencies #between #break #did

I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services. ↗

— Timothy Murphy

#agencies #am #disclose #executive #federal

Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#allowing #areas #attacks #budget #commerce

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. ↗

— Julian Assange

#because #behavior #good #good behavior #intelligence

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#agents #become #foreign #guys #intelligence

The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#bills #buy #buying #easing #example

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#coast #commission #companies #consulting #even