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Federal Specification for Candy and Chocolate Confections The Federal Specification for Candy and Chocolate Confections is a document, enacted by the Federal Supply Service of the United States in 1979, that defines and outlines requirements for candy and chocolates that the Federal Government may use. It further defines the conditions under which a new type of candy may be found suitable for use by government agencies.
Federal Standard 1037C Federal Standard 1037C, entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.
Federal State of Croatia Federal State of Croatia ("Federalna DrĹľava Hrvatska" in Croatian) was proclaimed on May 9 1944 (3rd session of ZAVNOH). It changed its name to People's Republic of Croatia ("Narodna Republika Hrvatska" in Croatian) on November 29 1945.
Federal Statistical Office of Germany The Federal Statistical Office of Germany (German: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland) is a federal authority of Germany. It is a part of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Federal Supplement The Federal Supplement is a case law reporter published by West Publishing in the United States that includes select opinions of the United States district courts. Though West is a private company that does not have a legal monopoly over the court opinions it publishes, it has so dominated the industry in the U.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, more commonly known by its acronym FSEOG, is a federal assistance grant reserved for college students with the greatest need for financial aid to attend school. To be eligible for this grant you must meet all of the following criteria:
Federal telephone excise tax The federal telephone excise tax is a statutory Federal Excise Tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code in the United States under on amounts paid for certain "communications services." The tax was to be imposed on the person paying for the communications services (such as a customer of a telephone company), but under is collected from the customer by the "person receiving any payment for facilities or services" on which the tax is imposed (i.e., is collected by the telephone company, which files a quarterly Form 720 excise return and forwards the tax to the Internal Revenue Service).
Federal Territory Federal Territory (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan) is a collective of three territories, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan, governed directly by the federal government of Malaysia. All of them have equivalent status as the 13 states, though the territories have neither a head of state nor a state legislature.
Federal Theatre Project The Federal Theater Project (FTP) was a New Deal project to fund theater and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression. It was one of five Federal One projects sponsored by the Works Projects Administration (WPA).
Federal Tort Claims Act The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA, August 2, 1946, ch. 753, title IV, , and ), is a statute enacted by the United States Congress in 1946 permitting private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States.
Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (or FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices.
Federal Trade Commission Act The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 established the Federal Trade Commission, a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the President of the United States for seven year terms. This Commission was authorized to issue Cease and Desist orders to large corporations to curb unfair trade practices.
Federal Trademark Dilution Act The Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 is a United States federal law which protects famous trademarks from uses that dilute their distinctiveness, even in the absence of any likelihood of confusion or competition. It went into effect on January 16, 1996.
Federal union In politics, a federal union is any organization of states or other entities that unite under a federalist system. Usually a federal union will action jointly in matters of defense and foreign relations, with individual states having independence in local matters.
Federal Unemployment Tax Act The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, ) is a United States federal law that authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to collect a federal employer tax used to fund state workforce agencies. Employers pay this tax annually by filing IRS Form 940.
Federal University of Alagoas Located in the city of MaceiĂł, the Federal University of Alagoas (Universidade Federal de Alagoas) is the major university in coastal state Alagoas and one of the main research centers in Brazilian north eastern region (one of the five regions of Brazil). Its website is http://www.
Federal University of Amazonas The Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Federal University of Amazonas or UFAM) is a public university located in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. It offers many degrees, including a highly sought-after Medicine degree, traditional options such as Law and Social Communication, plus a handful of Engineering options, and a wide array of science and art courses.
Federal University of Goiás Universidade Federal de Goiás (in English: Federal University of Goiás) is one of the major and most important public universities of the Brazilian state of Goiás, with its college buildings being partially located in the state's capital, Goiânia.
Federal University of Itajubá The Itajubá Federal University (Universidade Federal de Itajubá, also known as UNIFEI, formerly known as EFEI) is an important public university located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was founded on November 23, 1913, originally as Instituto Eletrotécnico e Mecânico de Itajubá (Electrotechnical and Mechanic Institute of Itajubá, IEMI).
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Portuguese Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS in shorthand) is among the largest federal universities of Brazil, where public universities are often among the most qualified institutions. It is almost completely located in Porto Alegre, with four campi (Campus do Centro, Campus SaĂşde, Campus OlĂ­mpico and Campus do Vale), some isolated buildings (e.
Federal University of SĂŁo Paulo Unifesp (Universidade Federal de SĂŁo Paulo - Federal University of SĂŁo Paulo; also Escola Paulista de Medicina - School of Medicine of SĂŁo Paulo), is a university in the state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, offering courses of life sciences.
Federal University of Technology Akure The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) was founded in 1981 under a drive by the then military government of Nigeria to create universities that specialised in producing graduates with practical as well as theoretical knowledge of the latest technologies in common use around the world.
Federal Urdu University The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology is a coeducational public university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Established on 12 November, 2002 by presidential order, the university is the first university in Pakistan to teach primarily in the Urdu language.
Federal Vision The Federal Vision is a Reformed Evangelical theological position that focuses on covenant theology, trinitarian thinking, the sacraments of Baptism and Communion, biblical theology and typology, justification, and postmillennialism.
Federal Way News The Federal Way News is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Federal Way, Washington. It is part of Robinson Newspapers, which includes the Ballard News-Tribune, White Center News, Highline Times, Des Moines News, and West Seattle Herald.
Federal Way School District Federal Way Public Schools is a school district covering all of Federal Way, Washington and portions of Kent, Des Moines, and unincorporated county land between the city and Auburn, totaling 35 square miles (91 km²). There are 37 schools (23 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 1 Public Academy, 1 Internet Academy (K-12), and 5 high schools) in the district.
Federal Wire Act The Interstate Wire Act of 1961, often called the Federal Wire Act, is a United States federal law prohibiting the operation of certain types of betting businesses in the United States. It begins with the text:
Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia The Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia was formed in August 1945 at the inaugural meeting of the party's Federal Council. That year the influenctial lobby group The Australian Women's National League merged with the Liberal Party, and as a result the Federal Constitution for the Party made specific provisions for the roles women would play in the party.
Federal Writers' Project The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Projects Administration, a New Deal program.
Federales Federales is a slang term for the Federal Judicial Police force of Mexico. The term gained widespread usage by English-speakers as a result of being popularized in such films as The Wild Bunch and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Federales (Argentina) Federales was the name under which the supporters of federalism in Argentina were known, opposing the Unitarios that pretended a centralised government of Buenos Aires Province, with no participation of the other provinces of the custom taxes benefits of the Buenos Aires port.
Federalism At the core, political federalism is a political philosophy in which a group or body of members are bound together (Latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. The term federalism is also used to describe a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces), Federalism is the system in which the power to govern is shared between the national & state governments, creating what is often called a federation.
Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy The Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy (French: Démocratie Chrétienne Fédéraliste–Convention des Fédéralistes pour la Démocratie Chrétienne) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Federalist No. 68 Federalist No. 68 (Federalist Number 68), the sixty-eighth essay of the Federalist Papers, was written by Alexander Hamilton and published on March 12, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius — the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.
Federalist Party (United States) The Federalist Party was a United States political party in the period 1793 to 1816, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. Opposition to Federalist stances led Jefferson and Madison to form the republican party James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, March 2, 1794.
Federalist Society The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, began at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged the perceived orthodox American liberal ideology found in most law schools. The Federalist Society states that it is founded on the principles that "the state exists to preserve freedom," that "the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution," and that the duty of the judicial branch is "to say what the law is, not what the law should be.
Federally Qualified Health Center A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is an American community-based health organization. An FQHC provides comprehensive primary health, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to persons in all stages of the life cycle.
Federasi Serikat Petani Indonesia The FSPI or Federation of Indonesian Peasant Union or Federasi Serikat Petani Indonesia was declared on 8 July 1998 in Kampong Dolok Maraja, Lobu Ropa Village, Bandar Pulau Sub district, Asahan District, North Sumatra by a number of Indonesian struggling peasants. The birth of FSPI is part of the long history of Indonesian peasants’ struggle to gain the freedom to speak, to assemble, and to be organized in order to struggle their rights, which have been repressed and absorbed by the new order for 33 years old.
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association The Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) is a nonprofit association representing the interests of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) throughout the United States. FASA represents all aspects of the industry including the physicians, nurses, administrative staff, and owners.
Federated database system A federated database system is a type of meta-database management system (DBMS) which transparently integrates multiple autonomous database systems into a single federated database. The constituent databases are interconnected via a computer network, and may be geographically decentralized.
Federated Electronic Health Record Current electronic health record (EHR) architectures are largely based upon dependence on a centralized repository tasked with both managing content and formatting of data for users accessing the system. With the advent of increasingly complex data structures and data set sizes as encounted in medical reporting, there is increasing demand upon architects of centralized respositories to provide for a level of requisite sophistication as stipulated by each contributing ancillary medical specialty (i.
Federated Logic Conference The Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) is an international conglomeration of several mathematical logic and computer science related academic conferences that deal with the intersection of the two fields. FLoC traditionally includes:
Federated Malay States The Federated Malay States (FMS) was a federation of four states on the Malay Peninsula - Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang - established by the British government in 1895, and lasted until 1946, when they together with the Straits Settlements and the Unfederated Malay States formed the Malayan Union. Two years later, the Union became the Federation of Malaya and finally Malaysia in 1963 with the inclusion of Sabah (then North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore.
Federated Naming Service In computing, the Federated Naming Service (FNS) is a system for uniting various name services under a single interface for the basic naming operations. It is produced by Sun Microsystems and was included with the Solaris Operating Environment versions 2.
Federated query Federated query is technology that utilizes efficient middleware to search multiple geographically and technologically disparate computer systems to extract, transform and present uniform but separately recorded data in an interpretive and functional interface.
Federated school A federated school, federated college, federated university, or affiliated school is an educational institution which is independent in some respects, but is ultimately governed by a larger institution. This model of institutional governance is analogous to a political federation, in which authority is divided between subregions (provinces, states, etc.
Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union The Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union was an Australian trade union that covered "mostly work associated with chipping, painting, scrubbing, cleaning, working in every size of tanks, cleaning boilers, docking and undocking vessels, and rigging work" Originally established as the Balmain Labourers Union, the union changed its name to the Ship Painters and Dockers Union in August 1900.
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, officially the Federated States of Micronesia, is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Papua New Guinea. The country is a sovereign state in free association with the United States.
Federated Workers Trade Union The Federated Workers Trade Union (FWTU) was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that was formed in 1935. It was Registered in 1937 and became the recognised union for some workers in the private sector but also those in the Public Works Department and the Trinidad Government Railways.
Federation A federation (Latin: foedus, covenant) is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central ("federal") government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government.
Federation CJA Federation CJA defines itself as the central address for Jewish philanthropy and community service in Montreal. It is the central funding, planning and coordinating body of services for the nearly 93,000 Jews in Montreal, Quebec and is the an organization that purports to speak on behalf of the entire Montreal Jewish community.
Federation Commander Federation Commander is a tactical starship combat game system, produced and developed by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. It is designed to represent combat between vessels of various factions in the Star Fleet Universe, such as the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.
Federation Council (Star Trek) The Federation Council is an organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. It is the legislature of the United Federation of Planets and is located in San Francisco, United States (or Paris, France in the non-canonical novels) on Earth.
Federation Council of Russia Federation Council of Russia (; Sovet Federatsii) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation. Each of the 86As of January 2007, the Constitution of Russia lists 88 federal subjects.
Federation for American Immigration Reform The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is "a non-partisan group whose membership runs the gamut from liberal to conservative.[With] grassroots networks [which] help concerned citizens use their voices to speak up for effective, sensible immigration policies that work for America’s best interests".
Federation Fellowship Federation Fellowships are Australian professorial research fellowships that were instigated by the Australian Government as part of their Backing Australia's Ability initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grants in an attempt to lure back high profile Australian researchers from foreign institutions.
Federation II Federation II is an online text-based game developed by IBGames that centers on the intergalactic trade and economy in the distant future. The game was originally launched in 2003, but started attracting larger crowds upon abolishing the subscription fee in January of 2005.
Federation Internationale des Societes Aerophilateliques Federation Internationale des Societes Aerophilateliques (International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies) more commonly know as FISA, is the umbrella association for aerophilatelic societies. FISA represents and promotes Aerophilately and Astrophilately for its collectors within the international world of philately.
Federation of All Japan Karatedo Organization Federation of All Japan Karatedo Organization or FAJKO, is an independent governing body in Japan that monitors the four recognized traditional styles of Japanese karate. Karateka can also test for rank with FAJKO, being judged by all 11 masters on the examining board.
Federation of American Scientists The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) a non-profit organization formed in 1945] by scientists from the [[Manhattan Project who felt that scientists, engineers and other innovators had an ethical obligation to bring their knowledge and experience to bear on critical national decisions. Their first projects focused on controlling nuclear weapons and research on civilian nuclear power, issues that remain prominent to FAS today.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, or FASEB, is a non-profit federation of 21 societies for biomedical research in the United States. Its mission statement is "to advance biological science through collaborative advocacy for research policies that promote scientific progress and education and lead to improvements in human health.
Federation of Anarchist Communists The Federation of Anarchist Communists was established in 1986 in Italy from the fusion of the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (Revolutionary Anarchist Organisation) and the Unione dei Comunisti Anarchici della Toscana (Tuscan Union of Anarchist Communists). It has offices and member groups in various Italian regions as well as Portugal, Switzerland and France.
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South (Arabic: اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي) was an organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would become South Yemen. The Federation of six states was inaugurated in the British Colony of Aden on 11 February 1959.
Federation of Arab Republics The Federation of Arab Republics (Arabic اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية, ittiħād al-jumhūriyyāt al-`arabiyya, literally "Union of Arab Republics") was an abortive attempt by Libya's Muammar al-Qaddafi to merge Libya, Egypt, and Syria, creating a pan-Arab state. Although approved by referenda in each country in March 1972, the three countries disagreed on the specific terms of the merger.
Federation of Arab Trade Unions and Labor Societies FATULS, the Federation of Arab Trade Unions and Labor Societies (Ittihad al-Niqabat wa'l-Jam'iyyat al-'Arabiyya, later known as the Arab Workers' Congress) was formed by Marxist activists led by Bulus Farah (a former member of the Palestine Communist Party) who split away from the Palestine Arab Workers Society in 1942. By the end of that year it had recruited around 1500 members, including workers in the Haifa area petroleum sector, Haifa port, and the British military camp (Beinin, 2001, p.
Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) is an advocacy group for hunters in about 31 European countries. It monitors legislation and developments that could affect the interests of its members.
Federation of Astronomical Societies The Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS) is an international union of astronomical societies formed in 1974. FAS publishes a newsletter 3 times a year, which is sent to its member societies, and holds an annual convention.
Federation of Australia The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation. By force of the Constitution of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Australian colonies became the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they became component states.
Federation of Automobile Dealers' Associations of India (FADA) The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) is an apex national body representing Automobile Dealers of India. It was founded in 1964 by four regional Auto Trade Associations to protect and promote the Indian retail automobile market.
Federation of BC Writers The Federation of BC Writers is the largest writers organization in British Columbia, Canada. Its stated goals are to foster the art and profession of writing in British Columbia; to generate a sense of community among British Columbia writers; to provide support for writers at all stages of their careers; and to raise public awareness of the writers of British Columbia, their work, and their contribution to regional and Canadian cultures.
Federation of Belgian Enterprises The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (Dutch: Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen (VBO), French: Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique (FEB)) is the only Belgian non-profit organization representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. It's members, the different Belgian sectorial employers' organizations, represent companies in key industrial and service sectors.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is a civic advocacy group representing many Canadian municipalities. It is an organization with no formal power but significant ability to influence debate and policy, as it is main national lobby group of mayors, councillors and other elected municipal officials.
Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia The Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia is composed of neighborhood associations from throughout the District of Columbia. The Federation was organized in 1910 and then incorporated in 1940.
Federation of Conservative Students The Federation of Conservative Students (FCS) was the student wing of the British Conservative Party until it was disbanded by Party Chairman Norman Tebbit in 1986 and replaced by the Conservative Collegiate Forum.
Federation of Damanhur The Federation Of Damanhur, often called simply Damanhur, is a commune and spiritual community situated in the Piedmont region of northern Italy about 30 miles north of the city of Turin. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the Valchiusella valley, bordering on the Gran Paradiso National Park.
Federation of Environmental Trade Associations The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) is the recognised UK body which represents the interests of manufacturers, suppliers, installers and contractors within the heating, ventilating, refrigeration & air conditioning industry. It is split into five principle Associations - BCIA - BFCMA, BRA, HEVAC and HPA.
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges The Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) is a non-profit international organization comprising the main stock exchanges in Europe and Asia. It was established on May 16, 1995 with 12 founding members, currently there are 31 and 7 affiliate.
Federation of European Biochemical Societies The Federation of the European Biochemical Societies, frequently abbreviated FEBS is an international scientific society promoting activities in biochemistry, molecular biology and molecular biophysics in Europe. Since it was founded in 1964 it has grown to include more than 40.
Federation of European Cancer Societies The Federation of European Cancer Societies or FECS is an international non-profit association that co-ordinates collaboration between European societies active in different fields of cancer research, prevention and treatment with the ultimate goal of providing the best possible treatment and care for all European cancer patients.
Federation of European Employers The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) began as an informal network of progressive multinational companies in 1989. Its original member companies had come together through participation in a European Commission funded project.
Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA), based in Brussels, Belgium is the representative federation of motorcycle (comprising all powered two-wheeled vehicles) users throughout Europe. FEMA represents the interests' of citizens' national organisations at the European Union and agencies of the United Nations.
Federation of Expellees The Bund der Vertriebenen (BdV) (German for "Federation of the Expelled" or "Federation of Expellees") is a non-profit organization formed to represent the interests of Germans displaced from their homes in Historical Eastern Germany and other parts of Eastern Europe by the expulsion of Germans after World War II. ("Heimatvertriebene": "Homeland expellees").
Federation of Hospital and University Employees The Federation Of Hospital And University Employees is a coalition of labor unions in New Haven, Connecticut which represents thousands of workers at Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital. The federation currently includes recognized unions UNITE HERE Locals 34 and 35, which represent university food service, maintenance, and custodial workers, and clerical and technical workers, respectively.
Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations Arising out of the 2000 Convention of NATUC, the main national trade union centre in Trinidad and Tobago, divisions took place which resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (FITUN). FITUN is not affiliated to any organisation.
Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR, Федерация Независимых Профсоюзов России, Federatsia Nezavisimiikh Profsoyutz Rossia ) is the largest national trade union center in Russia, with a membership estimated between 28 and 31.5 million (down from 70 million at its formation).
Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) is an umbrella body of nearly 50FIRA’s proposal rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India. As an apex body of rationalist organisations, it is committed to the development of scientific temper and humanism in India.
Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was set up in April 1979 by Mazhar Krasniqi and other Muslim community leaders to draw together the regional Islam organisations of Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury into one centralised New Zealand-wide body.
Federation of Korean Trade Unions The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU, 한국노동조합총연맹 or 한국노총) was formed in 1961 after a military coup, and the dissolution of the General Federation of Korean Trade Unions and its affiliates. The FKTU was placed under the guidance of the military authorities.
Federation of Liberal Democrats The Federation of Liberal Democrats (Federazione dei Liberaldemocratici), is a social-liberal party in Italy. Originally founded in november 2003 as Liberaldemocratici - Lista per Milano CittĂ  Metropolitana by a split from the Federation of the Greens, and based in Milan, the FLD has enjoyed the local provincial elections in 2004 with the former name, and after with the new name has run the suppletive elections for the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) in October 2004, and the election for the president of the Lombardia Region (the speaker and frontman of the FLD, Mr.
Federation of National Specialty Societies of Canada The Federation of National Specialty Societies of Canada is an organization of national specialty societies in Canada created in 2004 and it is based in Ottawa, Canada. It provides a forum for national specialty societies to discuss issues related to accessible specialty care in Canada.
Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne) is a national trade union center in Norway. It was formed in October, 1997 as a break-away union from the Academic and Professional Unions (AF).
Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq Founded in October of 2005 from unions that had begun organizing after the invasion, the Federation of Oil Unions of Iraq is the largest independent union consortium in Iraq, with tens of thousands of members. It fully opposes the Occupation.
Federation of Old Cornwall Societies The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (FOCS) was formed in 1924, with the objective of collecting and maintaining "all those ancient things that make the spirit of Cornwall — its traditions, its old words and ways, and what remains to it of its Celtic language and nationality".
Federation of Ontario Naturalists The Federation of Ontario Naturalists (FON) is a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation and conservation of natural areas in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was established in 1931, and is based in Don Mills.
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, in Terre Haute, Indiana. It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.
Federation of Pakistan The Federation of Pakistan is the name of Pakistan as it appears on Government documents and almost all official papers. In comparison, the name Islamic Republic of Pakistan is rarely used on any documents apart from passports and visas.
Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been involved in aiding and stimulating the development of industry, trade, agriculture, mining, transport and allied activities such as inland and foreign trade and investment, banking, insurance, shipping, etc.
Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives The Federation of Revolutionary Anarchists Collectives -- Great Lakes (FRAC-GL) (2001 - 2005) was a regional revolutionary anarchist federation around the US Great Lakes. It contained four member collectives, the Burning River Revolutionary Anarchist Collective (Cleveland), the Nightvision Anarchist Collective (Lansing), the Northstar Anarchist Collective (Minneapolis), and the Brick Collective (Chicago), as well as individual supporters.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former British protectorates of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. It was a federal realm of the British Crown -- not a colony, and not a dominion although the British Sovereign was represented by a Governor-General, as usual for dominions.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election, 1953 The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland general election of December 15, 1953 was the first election to the legislative assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which had been formed a few months before. The election saw a landslide victory for the Federal Party under Godfrey Huggins, who had been Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia for the past 20 years.

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