Orphan date November 2006 PublicOfficial A is a high ranking publicofficial alleged to be involved in political corruption during United States United States Attorney Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald s investigation of corruption in the Illinois State of Illinois . The identity of PublicOfficial A has not been officially released and the official has not been indicted, but a judge has confirmed that the person is former Governor of Illinois Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich . ref name chicago tribune ... Blagojevich is PublicOfficial A . By Jeff Coen, Bob Secter and John Chase, Chicago Tribune. Tribune ... on the identity of PublicOfficial A In 2005, PublicOfficial A was alleged to have selected consultants ... Blagojevich Denies Being PublicOfficial A . Mike Flannery. February 26, 2008. ref A ruling on February 26, 2008, confirmed the suspicion that Blagojevich was PublicOfficial A when a federal judge ... organizations including The Associated Press have long reported Blagojevich was PublicOfficial A. ref The State Journal Register . http www.sj r.com News stories 25912.asp Judge Blagojevich is PublicOfficial A . MIKE Robinson, Associated Press. February 26, 2008. ref After the ruling, Blagojevich continued to deny he was PublicOfficial A . ref name CBS2 CBS2 Chicago, WBBM TV . http cbs2chicago.com local blagojevich.corruption.rezko.2.663481.html Blagojevich Denies Being PublicOfficial A . Mike Flannery. February 26, 2008. ref An NBC5.com news article confirms that PublicOfficial A is indeed Governor Blagojevich. http www.nbcchicago.com news local The Saga of PublicOfficial A.html References ... associates. ref Illinois Times . http www.illinoistimes.com gyrobase Content?oid oid 3A4697 PublicOfficial A The feds leave no doubt who they re after, but do they have the goods? by Rich Miller ... Fitzgerald. This led to considerable public speculation in 2006 that Blagojevich was PublicOfficial A and that he would therefore be a key subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. ref name ... more details
, Mark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American PublicOfficial DATE OF BIRTH September 2 ... in public service began when he served as a state representative from Bedford 1977 78 while still ... more details
Canada Public Service Agency, Annual Report on Official Languages 2004 2005, Table 12 Participation ... of Canada 1978, 2000, 2006 & 2007 Canada Public Service Agency, Annual Report on Official Languages ... on Official Languages 2004 2005, Table 13 Participation of Anglophones and Francophones in the Public ... Bilingualism in Canada Official Languages Act Canada Public Service of Canada Royal Commission ... in Canada Notes columns list 2 Reflist colwidth 30em DEFAULTSORT Official Bilingualism in the Public ... of the language used in the administration of public affairs has always been a sensitive issue. Among the aspect of this issue that have excited public attention from time to time are the perception of fairness or unfairness in hiring and promoting speakers of one official language over speakers of the other ... candidates over people who only speak only one or the other of the two official languages the availability or lack of availability of language training for public servants, who cannot advance without ... practices, including the practice of paying a bilingual bonus to public servants capable of speaking both official languages the need to provide government services to some Canadians in English, and to others ... hiring and promotion of speakers of both official languages has been an issue in Canadian politics ... s history, complained of injustice when their group have been represented, in public service hiring ... speakers were overrepresented in the ranks of the public service. This disproportion became more pronounced in the more senior ranks of the Public Service. However, this trend has reversed itself in recent decades. Today francophones, who represent 24 of Canada s population, occupy 31.5 of jobs in the Public ... not exhibit the whole disproportion which exists in the distribution of the public money and power ... of the two language groups. In 1863, the public service of the united Province of Canada which ... Pioneer Public Service An Administrative History of the United Canadas, 1841 1867. Toronto Canadian ... more details
File Robert K. Dawson .JPEG thumb 200px Robert K. Dawson during his time as Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works 1985 87 . Robert K. Dawson born January 22, 1946 was United States Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works from 1985 to 1987. Biography Robert K. Dawson was born in Scottsboro, Alabama . He was educated at Tulane University , graduating with a Bachelor of Science B.S. in 1968. He then attended the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University , receiving his Juris Doctor J.D. in 1971. After law school, Dawson moved to Washington, D.C. to become a legislative assistant of United States House of Representatives Rep. Jack Edwards Alabama Jack Edwards Republican Party United States R Alabama s 1st congressional district Ala. 1 . In 1974, he became administrator of the U.S. House Committee on Public Works and Transportation . He worked there until 1981, when he became Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works . He became Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works in 1984. In June 1985, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Dawson as Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works , and, after Senate Confirmation , he held this office from December 1985 to May 1987. His major effort as Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works was achieving enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 . In 1987, Dawson became Director for Natural Resources, Science, and Technology for the Office of Management and Budget . In this capacity, he oversaw 1 4 of the United States federal budget , including the budgets of the Departments of the United States Department of the Interior Interior , United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture , and United States Department of Energy Energy , NASA , United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency , Tennessee Valley Authority , the United States Army Corps of Engineers Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program, the Council on Environme ... more details
and or employer, public or legally private . A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election , appointment, selection, or employment . A bureaucrat is a member of the bureaucracy . An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary . Some official ... . The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. Citation needed date November 2008 It comes from the Old French official 12th century , from the Latin officialis attendant to a magistrate, publicofficial , the noun use of the original ... in a ceremony . A publicofficial is an official of central or local government . Max Weber on bureaucratic officials Max Weber gave as definition of a bureaucratic official he is personally free ... examples An official holiday is a public holiday , having national or regional recognition. An official ...otheruses Official disambiguation An official is someone who holds an office function or Mandate politics ... person in charge of some public work or duty was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested ... was the official term somewhat comparable to a modern civil servant for any member of the officium staff ... used for an official bureau in a diocese that did much of its administration, comprising the vicar general vicariate general , an adjoined secretariat, a registry office and a chancery. The title of official ... in that of Diocesan chancellor of a diocese. Other In sports , the term official is used to describe ... also specified by the discipline, e.g. American football official , Ice hockey official . The term ... who carries out a particular role within an organization this again is quite a close synonym for official , as a noun , but with connotations closer to bureaucrat . Any such person acts in their official ... more details
Official Journal may refer to the public journal of several nations and other political organizations Belgian Official Journal Journal Officiel de la R publique Fran aise Official Journal of the European Patent Office Official Journal of the European Union dab de Bundesgesetzblatt fr Journal officiel ja ... more details
, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf ... OECD has defined a foreign official, or foreign publicofficial as the following Bquote any person holding ...expert subject Technology date September 2010 Foreign official , until recently, referred to a person ... process. If a relationship with a foreign official is not recognised and company funds could ... Definition According to the US Department of Justice , the term foreign official is defined as Bquote ... such public international organization. x x ref http www.usdoj.gov criminal fraud fcpa opinion ... any person exercising a public function for a foreign country, including for a public agency or public enterprise and any official or agent of a public international organisation x x ref http www.oecd.org dataoecd 4 18 38028044.pdf ref The OECD defines foreign official as such Bquote Foreign publicofficial means any person holding a legislative, administrative or judicial office of a foreign country, whether appointed or elected any person exercising a public function for a foreign country, including for a public agency or public enterprise and any official or agent of a public international organisation And expands the definition as such Bquote Public function includes any activity in the public interest, delegated by a foreign country, such as the performance of a task delegated by it in connection with public procurement. Bquote A public agency is an entity constituted under public law to carry out specific tasks in the public interest. Bquote A public enterprise is any enterprise ... s administrative or managerial body or supervisory board. The definition of a foreign official ... who would be considered a foreign official is not only necessary from a compliance perspective, but also ... as unique identifiers such as dates of birth, photos, and contact numbers. The term foreign official ... sector and its clients. The term foreign official relates to all industries. ref http www.worldcompliance.com ... more details
to the Supreme Court . The offices of the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court and the Public ... 2007 the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee merged with the Court Funds Office to become the Offices of Court Funds, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee . This new organisation was an associated ...The Office of the Official Solicitor is a part of the Ministry of Justice United Kingdom Ministry of Justice of the Government of the United Kingdom . The Official Solicitor acts for people who, because ... and no other suitable person or agency is able or willing to act. The Official Solicitor acts ... of the Official Solicitor. The Official Solicitor becomes formally involved when appointed ... him. The Official Solicitor has two main functions. Firstly, in England and Wales, his main function ... to which the UK government is a signatory, the Official Solicitor deals with cases brought under ... os offsol.htm Official Solicitor ref Background and history The development of the functions of the Official Solicitor can be traced back to the 18th century when the Six Clerks Office of the Six ... dated 4 December 1871, Lord Chancellor Hatherley appointed Henry Pemberton to be the Official Solicitor .... Lord Chancellor Cairns by an order dated 7 February 1876 then appointed Henry Pemberton to be The Official ... os legal basis.htm Official Solicitor ref The present Office of the Official Solicitor to the Supreme .... Episodes in which the Official Solicitor has intervened have generally arisen when there has been a legal stalemate. In 1921 the Official Solicitor intervened to arrange the release from prison .... In 1972 the Official Solicitor, Norman Turner , broke a legal stalemate between the Trades Union Congress ... 1573249 Norman Turner.html Daily Telegraph, Obituary, Norman Turner ref The Official Solicitor was also ... . The present legal basis of the Office of the Official Solicitor dates from 1981 when, under s.90 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , that the Official Solicitor became a statutory officer of the then Supreme ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 The official mind is a term used to describe the ideas, perceptions and intentions of those policy makers who had a bearing on United Kingdom British imperial policies. The policy maker is a politician or civil servant who had influence over imperial policy. ref name Heinlein p. 7 harvnb Heinlein 2002 p 7 ref The official mind is extensively written about in Ronald Robinson s extraordinarily influential work, Africa and the Victorians The Official Mind of Imperialism , was co authored with John Andrew Gallagher John Gallagher and Alice Denny and first published in 1961. ref name Robinson Gallagher Denny p. harvnb Robinson Gallagher Denny 1961 p ref Historian John Darwin states that while the local habitation of the official mind is in Whitehall its real field of operations lay in those diplomatic strategic spheres where official control was greatest. In imperial terms that chiefly meant the Mediterranean and Near East. ref name Darwin p. 622 harvnb Darwin 1997 p 622 ref Bibliography Notes reflist 2 References cite journal ref harv last Darwin first John authorlink coauthors year 1997 month June title Imperialism and the Victorians The Dynamics of Territorial Expansion journal The English Historical Review volume 112 issue 447 pages 614 642 jstor 576347 publisher Oxford University Press issn 1477 4534 cite book ref harv last Heinlein first Frank authorlink title British government policy and decolonisation, 1945 1963 scrutinising the official mind edition 2002 year 2002 publisher Routledge isbn 9780714652207 small Total pages 337 small cite book ref harv last Robinson first Ronald Edward authorlink Ronald Robinson last3 Denny first3 Alice last2 Gallagher first2 John title Africa and the Victorians the official mind of imperialism edition 1961 year 1961 publisher Macmillan Publishers Macmillan isbn small Total pages 491 small Category Civil servants Category Civil services Category Public administration ... more details
involve the official victim enhancement. ref citation title Federal Public Defender Letter to USSC ...The official victim enhancement is a 3 or 6 level increase under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines that applies when a person knowingly commits a crime against a government official and is motivated by that person s status. The provision also states, If the official victim is an exceptionally high level official, such as the President of the United States President or the Vice President of the United States , an upward departure may be warranted due to the potential disruption of the governmental function. ref citation url http www.ussc.gov 2009guid 3a1 2.htm title U.S.S.G. 3A1.2 ref There are many crimes against federal officials that do not require, as an element of the offense, that the offender know the status of the victim, but this enhancement does. ref cite court litigants US v. Padilla vol 961 reporter F. 2d opinion 322 court Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit year 1992 ref The victimization of the government official need not be the offense of conviction it is possible, for instance, for the defendant to be convicted of robbing a bank and to get the official victim enhancement for harming a uniformed police officer as he escapes. The assault on the officer is considered relevant conduct . ref cite court litigants US v. Muhammad vol 948 reporter F. 2d opinion 1449 court Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit year 1991 ref In cases involving threats against the President of the United States , courts have applied the official victim enhancement, rejecting arguments that in order for it to apply, the President actually had been harmed, or ... knew of the existence of the defendant s letter ... crimes against local government officials qualify for the official victim enhancement. ref cite ... ref The term official victim also is used in victimology to refer to a four stage process ... others and then to social control agents recognition of the role claim &mdash becoming an official ... more details
Official in the primary sense, someone who holds an office in an organisation, of any kind, but participating in the exercise of authority. An official may also refer to Official American football Official ice hockey Official tennis Official bidding system , a contract bridge bidding system Disambig es Oficial desambiguaci n fr Official ... more details
, schools and the general public. They use official statistics in order to be informed on a particular ... of official statistics. Therefore, not every figure reported by a public body should be considered ... the needs of users as well as both public and private sector decision makers. Production of official ... to the public the methods they use to produce official statistics, and be accountable for all the decisions ...Image UNECE Germany 2010.gif thumb right 200px Official statistics on Germany in 2010, published in UNECE Countries in Figures 2011. Official statistics are statistics published by Government government agencies or other public bodies such as international organizations. They provide quantitative or qualitative ... and Development , official statistics are statistics disseminated by the national statistical system, excepting those that are explicitly not to be official . ref OECD. Online Glossary of Statistical ... levels, including municipal, county, and state administrations, may generate and disseminate official ... makers and other users including the general public and the research community with a continuing flow of information ... . This bulk of data is usually called official statistics. Official statistics .... ISBN 978 0471193753 ref Official statistics result from the collection and processing of data ..., make comparisons between countries or understand changes over time. Official statistics make information on economic and social development accessible to the public, allowing the impact of government policies to be assessed, thus improving accountability. Aim Official statistics provide a picture ... The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics were adopted in 1992 by the United Nations ... of Official Statistics ref According to the first Principle Official statistics provide an indispensable ... and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation . ref Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics http www.unece.org stats archive docs.fp.e.html ... more details
File Sugar city 5.jpg thumb right The first of a series of gablestones on a Gemeenlandshuis in Halfweg built in 1645 each stone represents the heraldic shield of the dike reeve and his men, known as the heemraden , or in this case, the high or hoogheemraden A dijkgraaf , dike warden , or dike reeve is the chair official chair of a Politics of the Netherlands Dutch Water board The Netherlands water board . He is the equivalent of a mayor in local government and a Queen s Commissioner in provincial government, chairing both the legislative and executive council, while having both ceremonial and representational roles as well as his own portfolios. The term goes back to pre medieval days. Literally the term means Dike construction Dike count , like other titles ending in graaf equivalent to English grave and German graf of feudal origin, but remained a functional official. The government bodies in the Netherlands today in order of rank are 1 National, 2 Provincial, 3 Municipal, and 4 Water boards. Citation needed date June 2011 In medieval times and earlier however, the water boards were the same as municipal, and since it was a country of duchies, the Water board Waterschap was in governmental terms the equivalent of a city Stad , and thus also the highest form of government. References http gtb.inl.nl iWDB search?actie article&wdb MNW&id 06655&lemmodern dijkgraaf Dijkgraaf definition Dutch http watercanon.nederlandleeftmetwater.nl view canon waterboard Water Canon English version website of The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Dutch decentral government DEFAULTSORT Dijkgraaf Official Category Dutch words and phrases Category Government of the Netherlands Category Water boards Netherlands Netherlands stub Gov stub de Deichgraf nl Dijkgraaf waterschap ... more details
Official culture is the culture that receives social legitimation or institutional support in a given society. ref Lewis 1992 p.31 ref Official culture is usually identified with bourgeoisie culture . ref Foster 1995 p.vii ref For revolutionary Guy Debord , official culture is a rigged game , where conservative powers forbid subversive ideas to have direct access to the public discourse , and where such ideas are Social integration integrated only after being trivialized and sterilized. ref Debord 1957 pp.2, 10 ref A widespread observation is that a great skilled worker talent has a free spirit. For instance Pushkin , which some scholar regard as Russia s first great writer, ref name Nab81Censors attracted the mad irritation of the Russian officialdom and particularly of the Tsar, since he cquote instead of being a good servant of the state in the rank and file of the administration and extolling conventional virtues in his vocational writings if write he must , composed extremely arrogant and extremely independent and extremely wicked verse in which a dangerous freedom of thought was evident in the novelty of his versification, in the audacity of his sensual fancy, and in his propensity for making fun of major and minor tyrants. ref name Nab81Censors Vladimir Nabokov 1981 Lectures on Russian Literature , lecture on Russian Writers, Censors, and Readers , pp.13 4 ref See also High culture Doxology The arts and politics Notes Reflist References Lisa A. Lewis 1992 http books.google.com books?id mCw AAAAIAAJ The Adoring audience fan culture and popular media . Published by Routledge, 1992 ISBN 0415078210, 9780415078214, 245 pages. Guy Debord 1957 Report on the Construction of Situations . Paris. Hal Foster http books.google.com books?id pX azoDGfpAC Postmodern Culture By . Pluto Press. ISBN 0745300030, 9780745300030 Category Anthropology Category Culture Category History of ideas Category Sociology of culture Category Academic culture Category Social class subcultures Culture ... more details
Image Crash cover Khartoum Alexandria 31Dec1935.jpg 300px thumb right Australian official mail crash ... to Australia flight. Official mail is mail sent from, or by an authorised department of government ... ref and normally has some indication that it is official a certifying cachet , return address or other ... for official mail. Official stamps were intended for the same purpose as regular postage stamps ... official mail were the messages sent by kings, emperors and other rulers. Cursus publicus was an official ... I, Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Maximilan I . ref Hornung 1970 , pp. 16, 21. ref Official mail stamps ... indicating its official status the United Kingdom s official mail most often shows, O.H.M.S. ... Ireland uses a harp. ref cite web title ABCs of Irish Philately Official Mail publisher ire ... first Kathleen title U.S. Official Mail stamps officially gone? work Refresher Course publisher Linn ... franking in the USA because special official mail stamps had been issued, but by 1891 free franking had been restored. ref name linns1 Official mail stamps In Great Britain Image Vr aa.jpg thumb upright VR official postage stamp issued in 1840 The first official mail postage stamp, known as the VR official , was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom at the same time as the Penny Black and Two pence blue . The VR Official utilised the same design as the Penny ... corners of the stamp that was to be applied to the correspondence of Public Departments, and other Persons formerly enjoying the privilege of Official Franking. ref cite book last Feldman first ... General shall cause to be prepared a special stamp or stamped envelope, to be used only for official mail matter for each of the executive departments , ref name linns1 to this end, the official stamps ... printed official Postal stationery stamped envelopes for their own use. ref name linns1 In March 1877 ... their own envelopes endorsed Official Business . Private use of the envelopes had a fine of 300 ... more details
of the public relations directors of baseball teams. ref Kalist, p.2 ref Official scorers are typically retired writers, coaches, and umpires. Unlike Umpire baseball umpiring teams, MLB official scorers do not typically travel between stadiums. Each official scorer is assigned to a stadium for the season ...good article File Official scorer booth.jpg thumb Booth of the official scorer in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taiwan In the game of baseball , the official scorer is a person appointed by the sports league league to baseball scorekeeping record the events on the field , and to send the official ... baserunner s advance around the bases, the official scorer is also charged with making judgment calls ... box score is a summary of the official scorer s game record. Newspaper writers initially performed this function ... official scorers. Since 1980, some reforms have been suggested to improve the performance of official ... baseball statistics were initially a subject of interest to sportswriters, the role of the official .... A judgment call that is required by the official scorer does not alter the outcome of a game, but these judgments ... 27, 2009 accessdate October 28, 2010 ref 4 Stew Thornley 5 official scorer Baseball writer scorers ... of the team they were writing about. Because of this affiliation, the official scorer was often ... Reitz . The official scorer who was a writer for the local newspaper judged the play to be an error ... which are based on statistical measurements, and official scorers have the option to reverse ... the conflict by directly hiring official scorers for each stadium. ref name MLBstory After 1980 Today, the MLB Commissioner of Baseball MLB commissioner s office directly employs the official scorers ..., MLB official scorers earned 135 per game. ref name yahoo cite web url http sports.yahoo.com ... date September 2, 2009 publisher Yahoo Sports accessdate October 28, 2010 ref Official scorers are not required ... Baseball Digest accessdate October 29, 2010 ref Official scorers are only occasionally terminated ... more details
Official number was a ship identifier number that was assigned to ships. Each country had its own official number for a ship. It has been replaced with the IMO ship identification number . UK Official Number Beginning in 1855, with the enacting of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, all British seagoing vessels were assigned an official number to give each ship a unique identity, even after being renamed or changing the port of registry. ref Merchant Shipping Act 1854 ref US Official Number After the passing of legislation in the Congress in 1866, all ships were required to carve the official number on the main beam and was controlled by the Bureau of Statistics. ref Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal Official Register ..., Volumes 6 7 ref References reflist Category Ship identification numbers ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 don t be silly TOCright File Valeroyal.jpg thumb 200px Vale Royal is the official ... right 300px 24 Sussex Drive , Official Residence of the Canadian Prime Minister File BC Government ... thumb right 200px National Palace, Mexico City An official residence is the House residence ... official guest house Former Belle Vue palace Belle Vue demolished former summer residence of the President ... Africa Union Buildings , Pretoria President of South Africa President Groote Schuur , official ... s office Official residence List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Chief Secretary, Tobago ... General Former Government House, Belize Government House Governor General, formerly kept for official ... of Alberta , Saskatchewan , Ontario , and Quebec no longer have official residences for their Lieutenant ... de Gobierno , or Government Palace, was the official residence the governor, they are now maintained ... kept as museum br Iolani Palace Queen, formerly kept for official government functions br Hulihee ... that some mayors in cities with an official mayor s residence notably Detroit and New York City New York choose instead to reside at their private residence, using the official residence for official ... of Calacoto Official residence of the President Castillo blanco Winter residence of the President Principado ... Mercado street Office prime minister Casa verde Official residence of the prime minister flag ... Kantei Prime Minister of Japan Prime Minister s Office Kantei K tei Official Residence ... Asaka Residence Prime Minister, 1947 and 48 50, now open to the public as museum flagicon North Korea ... Cheong Wa Dae is the official presidential office and residence complex for the President of South Korea ... for the President of Republic of Korea. It was returned to public in 2003. It is located in Cheongwon ... is still under the administration of the Republic of Korea Navy, and thus is not open to public ... Official Residence of the Prime Minister Prime Minister of South Korea Prime Minister This is the official ... more details
Official bilingualism refers to the policy adopted by some State polity states of recognizing two language s as Official language official and producing all official documents, and handling all communication correspondence and official dealings, including Court procedure, in the two said languages. It is distinct from personal bilingual ism, the capacity of a person to speak two languages. Countries with policies of Official Bilingualism Canada Main Bilingualism in Canada In Canada English language English and French language French have special legal status over other languages in Canada s courts, Parliament of Canada parliament and administration. ref cite web url http laws.justice.gc.ca eng O 3.01 page 1.html title Official Languages Act 1985, c. 31 4th Supp. work Act current to July 11th, 2010 publisher Department of Justice accessdate 2010 08 15 ref At the provincial level, New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province and only Quebec is officially unilingual French only . In practice, all provinces, including Quebec, offer some bilingual services and some education in both official languages up to the high school level. English and French are official languages in all three territories because they are federally administered . In addition, Inuktitut is also an official language in Nunavut , and nine aboriginal languages have official status in the Northwest Territories . Finland Main Languages of Finland In Finland, Finnish language Finnish and Swedish language Swedish are both considered national languages . Municipalities of Finland are divided into three categories unilingual Swedish, unilingual Finnish or bilingual. Finnish is the maternal language of about 90 of the population, and the bilingual or swedophone population is concentrated to the coastal areas of Ostrobothnia region Ostrobothnia and Finland Proper . The autonomous province of land is officially ... DEFAULTSORT Official Bilingualism Category Language policy Gov stub Lang stub vocab stub ... more details
Official cover is a term used in espionage to refer to operatives who assume positions in organizations with diplomatic ties to the government for which they work. Official cover operatives are granted a set of governmental protections, and if caught in the act of espionage, they can request diplomatic protection from their government. In other words, official cover operatives are agents officially recognized by their country. In contrast, non official cover NOC refers to operatives who assume positions with no ties to their government, and whose actions are officially disavowed by that government. References http people.howstuffworks.com cia.htm How the CIA Works HowStuffWorks article on the Central Intelligence Agency explaining this term. espionage intelligence cycle management Category Spies by role ... more details
The Official List or UKLA Official List is the list maintained by the Financial Services Authority acting in its capacity as the http www.fsa.gov.uk Pages Doing UKLA index.shtml UK Listing Authority in accordance with Section 74 1 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 the Act for the purposes of Part VI of the Act. The Official List is a list of securities issued by companies for the purpose of those securities being traded on a UK regulated market for the instruments listed in Section B of the Annex to the Investment Services Directive. An example of a UK regulated market is the London Stock Exchange s Main Market. External links http www.fsa.gov.uk ukla officialList.do Official List . economics stub UK gov stub Category Securities ... more details
Incomplete date October 2011 An Official Assignee is an officer in the law court who distributes a bankrupt s assets to the creditors . He also assists the bankrupt to relieve of his obligations to the creditors. Category Business law ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Official Work Type Mixtape Artist Ying Yang Twins Cover YingYangOfficialWork.jpg Released August 26, 2008 Recorded 2007 2008 Genre Southern hip hop , Crunk Length 39 25 Label BCD Music Group Producer Reviews Last album Chemically Imbalanced br 2006 This album The Official Work br 2008 Next album Ying Yang Forever br 2009 Album ratings rev1 RapReviews rev1score 5 10 ref http www.rapreviews.com archive 2008 09 theofficialwork.html RapReviews review ref The Official Work is a mixtape by Atlanta based rap duo Ying Yang Twins , released on August 26, 2008. ref http www.prohiphop.com 2008 08 official work y.html Official Work August 26, 2008 ref ref http www.amazon.com Official Work Ying Yang Twins dp B001CVCARM The Official Work Accessed September 12, 2008 ref Track listing Rollin 3 42 Ying Yanguage Skit 0 57 Don t Trip 4 06 Swag 3 15 What Ying Yang Mean Skit 0 27 Ochee Produced by Spadez 3 50 Go 3 31 3, 6, 9 0 09 Juaah 4 11 Look Back at It 4 20 How Dat Shit Came Upon Skit 0 15 Whoop Ass 3 22 Outside Da Box Skit 0 37 Cheech & Chong 3 50 Ying Meets the Yang Skit 0 23 Wind 4 59 Music from the Soul Skit 0 11 References reflist 2000s hiphop album stub DEFAULTSORT Official Work, The Category Ying Yang Twins albums fi The Official Work sv The Official Work ... more details
An official game in baseball , also sometimes called a regulation game , is a game that has progressed beyond the point at which it can be considered complete if necessary. This is approximately the halfway point of the game. In the case of inclement weather , any game which has reached this point may be stopped and shortened as needed, with the result being final, and all records and baseball statistics statistics counted. A game which has not reached this point before being stopped is either considered a suspended game to be continued at a later date from the point of stoppage , or is simply ... official. Since most professional baseball games are nine innings long, the fifth inning is used as the threshold for an official game. If the visiting team is leading, or the game is tied, the end ... is considered an official game. The game is also considered official if the home team scores ... thing happened in the ninth. In nearly all cases, the official game status is used to determine ... tickets. If a game is started but does not reach the point of becoming official, fans are entitled ... is halted after it becomes official, the game is simply shortened and no rain check is given. The official game statistic received some attention during the 1995 season, when Cal Ripken, Jr. was approaching ... had become official since the statistic would not have counted if the game had been stopped before that point ... Stadium in New York City in 2008 as each game became official, the team would unveil a new lower ... sports utilize similar rules regarding official games events. In professional auto racing NASCAR and Indy Racing League IndyCar in particular , a race is considered official if it has completed half ... complete 101 laps to be considered official. In Formula 1 , a race can have an official result if just ... is completed, full points are awarded. External links http mlb.mlb.com NASApp mlb mlb official info official rules start end 4.jsp MLB rules definition of official game rule 4.10 Category Baseball ... more details
An official history is a work of history which is sponsored, authorised, or endorsed by its subject. The term is most commonly used for histories which are produced at a government s behest. ref name Oxford Companion cite book last MacIntyre first Stuart title The Oxford Companion to Australian History editor Graeme Davison, John Hirst and Stuart Macintyre publisher Oxford University Press year 2001 edition Oxford Reference Online chapter Official history ref Governments have commissioned official histories for a range of purposes. These include promoting the government s achievements, reflecting on past practices, commemorating events and providing an authoritative record for other historians to draw from. ref name Oxford Companion Military history is a particularly common topic for official histories to cover. ref name Oxford Companion Examples of official military histories include the Australian series Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 1918 and Australia in the War of 1939 1945 and the British series History of the Great War and History of the Second World War . Notes reflist Further reading cite book title The last word? essays on official history in the United States and British Commonwealth editor Jeffrey Grey publisher Greenwood Publishing Group year 2003 isbn 0313310831 url http books.google.com.au books?id ZxYtskJuyY4C cite book title Official Histories. Essays and bibliographies from around the world editor Robin Higham publisher Kansas State University Library location Manhattan, Kansas year 1970 Category Historiography ... more details
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