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National Association of Local Government Officers The National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) was a British trade union representing mostly local government "white collar" workers. It was one of three unions which combined to form UNISON in 1993.
National Association of Mining History Organisations The National Association of Mining History Organisations, or NAMHO, was formed in 1979 to promote the interests of mining historians and those organisations which seek to preserve the relics of the mining past of the United Kingdom. There are currently over sixty member organisations which probably represents about 4000 persons.
National Association of Mortgage Brokers The National Association of Mortgage Brokers, or NAMB is self-described as the "only national trade association representing the mortgage broker industry in the United States." It has a membership of 27.
National Association of Muslim Lawyers The National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML) is an American lawyers' not for profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was originally known as MuslimJD when it began in 1996 as an informal e-mail discussion group.
National Association of Private Special Education Centers The National Association of Private Special Education Centers is a non-profit association that represents private special education centers and their leaders. the group promotes programs for individuals with disabilities and their families and advocates for access to alternative placements and services.
National Association of Railroad Passengers The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) was founded by Anthony Haswell on May 18, 1967 to lobby for the continuation of passenger trains in the United States. Its lobbying efforts were hampered somewhat by Democratic opposition to any sort of subsidies to the privately-owned railroads, and Republican opposition to nationalization of the railroad industry.
National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose members are known as Realtors (rē(ə)ltər; -ˌtôr), is North America's largest trade association, representing over 1 million members (as reported in 2006), including NAR's institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. NAR also functions as a Self Regulatory Organization for real estate brokerage.
National Association of Recording Merchandisers National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) is a not-for-profit trade association that serves the music retailing community in the areas of networking, advocacy, information, education and promotion. Established in 1958, the Association's membership includes music and other entertainment retailers, wholesalers, distributors, record labels, multimedia suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services, as well as individual professionals and educators in the music business field.
National Association of Russian Explorers The National Association of Russian Explorers (in Russian: Natsional'naya Organizatsiya Russkih Razvedchikov, abbreviated as NORR) is a youth organization founded by former Russian Scout Pavel Nikolaevich Bogdanovich, a White emigre and veteran of the Russian Imperial army, in the late 1920's after leaving the National Organization of Russian Scouts of Colonel Oleg Pantyukhov.
National Association of Science Writers The National Association of Science Writers was created in 1934 by a dozen science jouralists and reporters in New York City. The aim of the organization was to improve the craft of science journalism and to promote good science reportage.
National Association of School Psychologists The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is the first and largest national professional organization created for the purpose of serving school psychologists. Its mission statement states that it "represents and supports school psychology through leadership to enhance the mental health and educational competence of all children.
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is a trade union representing teachers including headteachers throughout the UK.The acronym NAS/UWT is also in common use for the organisation.
National Association of Schools of Art and Design The National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), founded in 1944, is an accrediting organisation of colleges, schools and universities. The organization establishes standards for graduate and undergratuate degrees.
National Association of Schools of Music The National Association of Schools of Music, NASM, was founded in 1924 and is an accreditor for higher education music school in the United States of America. The association currently accredit 610 institutions of higher learning.
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education - is a national organization for student affairs administration, policy and practice and affirms the commitment of student affairs to educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning. With more than 11,000 members at 1,400 campuses, and representing 29 countries, NASPA is the largest professional association for student affairs administrators, faculty, and graduate students.
National Association of the Deaf National Associations of the Deaf one of national bodies that represent Deaf people and the Deaf community in their respective countries. They are usually members of the World Federation of the Deaf and advocate for sign language.
National Association of the Deaf (United States) The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was founded in 1880 as a non-profit, advocacy organization for the American Deaf community. It is the United States member of the World Federation of the Deaf, which has over 120 national associations of Deaf people as members.
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) was the British trade union and professional association for people working with those above statutory school age, and primarily concerned with providing education, training or research. In the higher education sector it was mainly concentrated in the Post 92 sector.
National Association of Theatre Owners The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) is a trade organization based in the United States whose members are the owners of movie theatres. Most major theatre chains are members, as are many independent theatre operators; collectively, they account for the operation of over 26,000 motion picture screens in all 50 U.
National Association of Towns and Townships The National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT ) is an American lobbying or advocacy group of officials and employees of small government units across the United States. Based in Washington, DC, it seeks to influence regulators and lawmakers about small-town government operations, and the impact of federal regulations on them.
National Association of Truck Stop Owners The National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO) is a Washington-based trade association of 1200 members belonging to the travel plaza and truck stop industries. The organization lobbies the United States federal and local government for laws favorable to their members.
National Association of W Lovers The National Association of W Lovers is a fictional club seen on the children's television series Sesame Street. Two of the conventions held by the W Lovers have been shown on the show, one of which Ernie attended.
National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Womans Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10.6 million women-owned businesses so as to provide mutual support, share resources, and provide a single voice to help shape economic and public policy.
National Association of Youth Bowling Clubs The National Association of Youth Bowling Clubs (NAYBC) is a British Ten-pin bowling organisation and is responsible to the British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA) for organising tenpin bowling for the under 18 year olds.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Observatory of University of Tokyo, Mizusawa Latitude Observatory, and a part of Research Institute of Atmospherics of Nagoya University.
National Asylum Seeker Service The National Asylum Support Service (NASS) is a section of the UK Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), which is itself is part of the Home Office. It is responsible for supporting and accommodating people seeking asylum while their cases are being dealt with.
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center The National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) is located at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It is a national support and resource center for planning, real-time assessment, emergency response, and detailed studies of incidents involving a wide variety of hazards, including nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and natural emissions.
National Audiovisual Conservation Center The National Audiovisual Conservation Center is the Library of Congress' new audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. From 1969 to 1988, the facility was a high security storage facility operated by the Federal Reserve Board.
National Audit Office (United Kingdom) The National Audit Office (NAO) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies. The NAO also carries out Value for Money (VFM) audit into the administration of public policy, although not into the merits of policy objectives themselves.
National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers The National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers or NACAA is a convention held bianually by Australian astronomical Societies. The first NACAA was held in 1967 and was jointly hosted by the James Cook Astronomers Club and the Pacific Astronomical Society.
National Autistic Society The National Autistic Society (NAS) is the United Kingdom's most prominent autism-related charity. It states that it exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) was established in Australia in 1986, an upgraded system commenced operations in April 2001 and provides technological improvements in fingerprint matching for use by law enforcement agencies.
National Automatic Merchandising Association The National Automatic Merchandising Association, or NAMA, is the American national trade association of the food and refreshment vending, coffee service and foodservice management industries. Public relations is an important part of its mandate.
National Automobile Museum The National Automobile Museum, located just south of the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada, displays historic automobiles from the late 19th Century up to the 1960s and in some cases later. Most of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of the late casino owner William F.
National Automotive Parts Association The National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA) was founded in 1925 to meet America's growing need for an auto parts distribution system. It is a retailers' cooperative that distributes parts to both corporately and independently owned auto parts stores.
National Aviary The National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is America's only independent indoor nonprofit aviary (that is, a bird zoo). It is also America's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress.
National Awami Party The National Awami Party is a leftist political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of the Ganatantri Dal and the National Party of Pakistan.
National Awami Party (Wali) The National Awami Party (Wali) was formed after a split between Maulana Bhashani and Khan Wali Khan ostensibly over Bhashani's siding with China and Wali with Russia in the Sino-Russian split. The party was later named National Awami Party after the separation of East Pakistan.
National ballet of China The National Ballet of China (NBC), or the Central Ballet Troupe as known in China, headquartered in Beijing, was founded on December 31, 1959, and is the only national ballet troupe of the country. Master Peter Gushev from the former Soviet Union laid a solid foundation of classical ballet for the NBC.
National beauty contest A national beauty contest is a pageant officially registered & acknowledged by the government of the country it is being held in. The recognition of a beauty contest is officially expressed & approved usually by the Ministry of Tourism and/or culture.
National beer scoring scheme The National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS) is a 6 (0-5) point scale for judging beer quality in pubs. It is an easy to use scheme that has been designed to assist branches of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in selecting pubs for the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and also monitor beer quality by encouraging CAMRA members from any part of the world to report beer quality on any pub in the United Kingdom.
National board for professional teaching standards The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan, and nongovernmental organization. It was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creating a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards and integrating certified teachers into educational reform efforts.
National Bamboo Project of Costa Rica The National Bamboo Project of Costa Rica was established in 1986 with the dual aims of reducing deforestation by means of replacing timber with bamboo as a primary building material and providing low cost housing for Costa Rica's rural poor. By cultivating and building with an indigenous form of giant bamboo called Guadua, the National Bamboo Project was able to raise thousands of new homes for the poor, benefit the environment, and advance bamboo-based building technology.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development bank in India. It has been accredited with "matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic activities in rural areas in India".
National Bank Note National Bank Notes were United States currency banknotes issued by banks chartered by the United States Government. The notes were backed by United States bonds the bank deposited with the United States Treasury.
National Bank of Canada National Bank of Canada (Banque Nationale du Canada) is the sixth largest bank in Canada, and so is one of the Big Six banks. The bank's headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec, and it has 546 branches nationwide, including 454 in Quebec.
National Bank of Egypt National Bank of Egypt (NBE) is the oldest and largest bank in Egypt, and has 378 branches within the country. According to the July 2005 issue of the Banker, in terms of total assets, NBE ranks 311th rank among the top 1000 world banks and ranks 5th among the Arab banks.
National Bank of Serbia National Bank of Serbia (Serbian: Народна банка Србије / Narodna banka Srbije) is the central bank of the Republic of Serbia and as such its main responsibilities are the protection of price stability and maintenance of financial stability.
National Bank of Solomon Islands National Bank of Solomon Islands (NBSI) has the largest branch (8) and agency (8) network in the Islands. Although the Bank overall is profitable, the branches and agencies outside Honiara, the capital, are running at a loss.
National Bank of Ukraine building The building of the National Bank of Ukraine (then called: Office of the (Russian) State Commerce Bank) opened in Kiev, Ukraine in 1839. The building where the NBU is located to this day was purchased several years later.
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. The National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (or NBCA) is an African-American Baptist body organized in 1915 as the result of a struggle to keep the National Baptist Publishing Board of Nashville independent.
National Baptist Convention of Mexico The ConvenciĂłn Nacional Bautista de MĂ©xico (National Baptist Convention of Mexico) is the oldest and largest Baptist group in Mexico. The first evangelical church in Mexico was a Baptist church organized on January 30, 1864 in Monterrey, Nuevo LeĂłn.
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A. The National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the United States of America (NBELSSA) is an African-American missions body first formed as an auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.. This body was founded in 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri by Captain Allan Arthur Banks, Sr.
National Barn Dance The National Barn Dance was a former country music radio program broadcast in the early period of radio over the facilities of WLS (AM) in Chicago, Illinois. In many ways it was a precursor to many similar programs, in part because the clear channel signal of WLS was audible over most of the Midwest and even beyond in the late evening and nighttime hours, making much of the United States (and Canada) a potential audience and the program was well-received; thus it was very widely imitated.
National Baseball Congress The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 15 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1935 by Hap Dumont, it has conducted an annual North American championship tournament among its members, The National Baseball Congress World Series, held at Wichita's Lawrence-Dumont Stadium annually since 1935.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, and the honoring of persons who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport.
National Basketball Association criticisms and controversies The National Basketball Association has faced a multitude of criticisms from both sports writers and fans. Motivations for criticism of the league vary from racial and generational bias to anger over dubious calls by referees.
National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player Award is presented to the National Basketball Association (NBA) player in the NBA Finals that is seen as contributing the most to his team in the series. The award typically goes to a player on the winning team, though when it was originally awarded to Jerry West in 1969, West's Lakers team had come up short against the Boston Celtics.
National Basketball Association music The National Basketball Association has been criticized for its links to hip hop music and has also had its own famous anthem in Roundball Rock. In recent years, the league has embraced country music and musicians and bands that could be considered tame by some observers (such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Rob Thomas and Justin Timberlake).
National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association first named a Most Valuable Player after the 1955-56 NBA season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, named in honor of the first president of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.
National Basketball Association Nielsen ratings The National Basketball Association has achieved a rapid rise and fall in television ratings since from the 1997-1998 NBA season, when ratings for the NBA Finals achieved a record high, to the 2002-2003 NBA season, when ratings for the same event hit an all-time record low. Blame for this rise and fall has been pinned on the destructive NBA lockout which occurred right after the 1998 season.
National Basketball League (Canada) The National Basketball League that was based in Canada lasted only one and a half seasons. It rose from the ashes of the World Basketball League which folded after the 1992 season, and had teams in various Canadian and American cities.
National Beta Club The National Beta Club is an honor society that is similar to the National Honor Society in its characteristics for admission and expectations of members. It was founded in 1934 and currently is headquartered in South Carolina, USA.
National Bicycle Association The National Bicycle Association (NBA), later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association (NBmxA) was an United States based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1972 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981. It was the first and for it first few years until 1980 the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX.
National Bicycle League The National Bicycle League (NBL) is an United States based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Pompano Beach, Florida but after several moves is now based in Hilliard, Ohio. It was created by George Edward Esser (September 17, 1925-August 31, 2006) in 1974 as first the bicycle auxiliary of the National Motorcycle League (NML) then set up as an independent non-profit organization unlike the earlier National Bicycle Association (NBA) and the later American Bicycle Association (ABA).
National Bingo Game The National Bingo Game, operated by the National Bingo Game Association is defined under UK legislation as a game of multiple bingo, where preselected numbers are called in the same time window in each participating bingo club. UK bingo clubs are permitted under law to play only 3 such games of multiple bingo during any one day.
National Biodiesel Board The National Biodiesel Board, headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri, was created in 1992 by America's soybean interests with the express purpose of getting biodiesel accepted into America's fuel mix. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has paid for human health effects testing data for biodiesel, and any company interested in selling biodiesel in the United States is required to become a member, or pay for a full set of tests themselves.
National Birds of Prey Centre The National Birds of Prey Centre in the United Kingdom houses a large collection of birds of prey with over 60 species of owls, eagles and hawks. It works towards the conservation of birds of prey through education, captive breeding, research and rehabilitation.
National Bison Range Established in 1908 as one of the earliest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, the National Bison Range is located in western Montana. The size of the Bison herd at the National Bison Range is relatively small, numbering between 350 to 500 individuals.
National Bison Range Complex National Bison Range Complex includes the Lost Trail, Ninepipe, Pablo and the Swan River National Wildlife Refuges as well as the Northwest Montana Wetland Management District. All of the refuges and associated lands are managed from the National Bison Range by the U.
National Black Law Students Association The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a nationwide organization formed to serve the needs and goals of black law students. With more than 6,000 members, NBLSA is the largest student run organization in the United States, with administrative offices in Washington, D.
National Black Police Association The National Black Police Association (NBPA) is a British police association, founded in November 1998, which seeks to improve the working environment of black and minority ethnic (BME) staff in UK police forces and to enhance racial harmony and the quality of service to the BME communities of the United Kingdom.
National Bloc of Freedom The National Bloc of Freedom (Blocco Nazionale della LibertĂ ) was a short-lived Italian political coalition of monarchist parties, most of which partecipated to the foundation of the National Monarchist Party.
National Blood Service The National Blood Service is the organisation for England and North Wales which collects blood (and other tissue) tests, process’s, and supplies all the hospitals in England and North Wales. The NBS is part of a Special Health Authority - National Health Service Blood and Transplant.
National Board for Certified Counselors The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) is a private, non-profit organization that administers a national professional certification program for people who hold master's degrees in counseling. NBCC was formed in 1982 by members of the American Counseling Association (ACA), then called the American Personnel and Guidance Association.
National Board for Higher Mathematics The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) is a board in India intended to foster the development of higher mathematics, help in the establishment and development of mathematics centres, and give financial assistance to research projects and to doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. It is funded by the Department of Atomic Energy.
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) is a non-profit national and international testing organization for the chiropractic profession that develops, administers, analyzes, scores, and reports results from various examinations. Examinations are offered twice a year (in the U.
National Board of Medical Examiners The NBME is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides examinations for the health professions. The NBME was founded in 1915 because of the need for a voluntary, nationwide examination that medical licensing authorities could accept as the standard by which to judge candidates for medical licensure.
National Bohemian National Bohemian, colloquially called National (or Natty) Boh, is an American beer originally brewed in Baltimore, Maryland, but now brewed by Miller Brewing in North Carolina and distributed by Pabst. First brewed in 1885 by the National Brewing Company (whose other brands were National Premium and Colt 45), this Bohemian-style beer's slogan has long been "From the land of pleasant living" — a reference to the Chesapeake Bay.
National Bolshevism National Bolshevism is a political movement that claims to combine elements of nationalism (historically thought of on the extreme 'Right') and Bolshevism (historically thought of on the extreme 'Left') . The ideology claims a direct link to Hegel, whom it presents as the father of idealism.
National Book Award The National Book Awards is one of the most preeminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award".
National Book Award for Poetry The National Book Award for Poetry has been given since 1950 and is part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually for outstanding literary works by American citizens. No award for poetry was given 1985-90.
National Book Development Board (Philippines) The Philippines' National Book Development Board (Filipino: Pambansang Lupon sa Pagpapaunlad ng Aklat), abbreviated as NBDB, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Education responsible for developing and supporting the Philippine book publishing industry.
National Book Foundation The National Book Foundation, founded 1988, is a non-profit American literary foundation established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America.""History of the National Book Foundation" It achieves this through two ways.
National Botanic Garden of Belgium National Botanic Garden of Belgium is located in the domain of Bouchout (Château de Bouchout) in the village of Meise, north of Brussels. It is one of the largest botanical gardens of the world with an extensive collection of living plants and herbaria.
National Bowl The National Bowl is a 65,000 capacity entertainment venue in Milton Keynes, England. The site was a former clay-pit (for brick-making), filled in and raised to form an amphitheatre using sub-soil excavated when the adjacent A5 was diverted to bypass the settlements along Watling Street.
National Bowling League The National Bowling League (NBL) is a defunct professional bowling league that tried to challenge the upstart Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) from Oct. 12, 1961 to May 6, 1962, and ride the popularity of bowling television shows.
National Boys Choir The National Boys Choir was founded in 2001 with financial support from the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund. The inaugural course was held in April 2001 for boys with unchanged voices culminating in a concert in Stirling.
National Breast Cancer Coalition The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots membership organization, comprised of hundreds of member organizations and tens of thousands of individuals dedicated to ending breast cancer through action and advocacy. Along with its research and education arm the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund (NBCCF), the Coalition's main goals are to increase federal funding for breast cancer research; improve access to high-quality health care and breast cancer clinical trials for all women; and expand the influence of breast cancer advocates.
National Bridge Inventory The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is a database, compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all bridges and tunnels in the United States that have roads passing above or below. This information includes the design of the bridge and the dimensions of the usable portion.
National Broad Left The National Broad Left (usually the NBL) was a political grouping within the National Union of Students of Australia from 1999 to 2005. The faction was a loose conglomeration of various feminist, environmentalist, autonomist, trotskyist and independent left activists.
National Buffalo Wing Festival A weekend festival held at Dunn Tire Park in Downtown Buffalo, NY to celebrate the Buffalo style chicken wing. The festival is held on Labor Day weekend and culminates with the IFOCE sanctioned Buffalo Wing eating contest.
National Bulk Vendors Association The National Bulk Vendors Association is a nonprofit trade association of bulk vendors, founded in 1950. The NBVA lobbies for legislation that will help bulk vendors; for instance, NBVA worked through the Coin Coalition to support the United States dollar coin.
National Bureau of Economic Research The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization" dedicated to studying the science and empirics of economics, especially the American economy. It is "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.
National Bureau of Education The National Bureau of Education was a small unit in the General Government of the United States. It was created on March 2, 1867, as the Department of Education, using the same titles as another unit which it superseded.
National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines) The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (Filipino: Pambansang Kawanihan ng Pagsisiyasat), abbreviated as NBI, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice responsible for handling or solving sensational cases that is in the interest of the nation.
National Bus Company The National Bus Company, or NBC, was the Australian brand for National Express Group's mass transit bus services in Melbourne and Brisbane. Its sister companies were Westbus, Hillsbus, and Glenorie in Sydney, Southern Coast Transit in Perth.
National Business Aviation Association National Business Aviation Association or NBAA, is a non-profit and nonpartisan 501(c)6 corporation based in Washington, DC. The Association has existed for over 55 years and as of this writing, represents more than 7,000 companies.
National Business Review The National Business Review (or NBR) is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector. The paper is owned by Barry Colman who also publishes the Grocers Review and several other small trade publications.
National capital territory National capital territories exists in many countries, such as Australia (Australian Capital Territory), Brazil (Federal District of Brazil), India (National Capital Territory of Delhi), Pakistan (Islamabad Capital Territory) and the United States (District of Columbia).

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