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National Renaissance Party National Renaissance Party was an American neo-fascist group lead by James Hartung Madole. It was frequently in the headlines during the 1960s and 1970s for its involvement in violent protests and riots in New York City.
National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation The National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation (NRLHF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which organizes and manages regional historical reenactments, or rendezvous, across the United States for the period between 1640 A.D.
National Renewal (Chile) National Renewal (RN) (Spanish: "RenovaciĂłn Nacional"), is a center-right liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Alliance for Chile in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). The party president is Carlos LarraĂn, and its principal leaders are Sebastián Piñera, the latest presidential candidate of the party, and AndrĂ©s Allamand (liberal).
National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional (ARENA) was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979. It was the official party of the military juntas that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985.
National Reorganization Process The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de ReorganizaciĂłn Nacional, often simply Proceso) was the name used by its leaders for the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983 (in Argentina it is simply known as "the Military Junta", even though several of them existed throughout its history).
National Republican Alliance The National Republican Alliance (Alliance Nationale RĂ©publicaine, ANR) is a minor Algerian political party led by ex-Prime Minister Redha Malek and founded on May 5, 1995. It is sometimes considered an offshoot of the older FLN.
National Republican Movement The National Republican Movement (Mouvement National RĂ©publicain or MNR) is a French far-right political party, created by Bruno MĂ©gret as a split from Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front. Although political observers considers the MNR as a far-right party, the MNR presents itself as classical liberal and nationalist.
National Republican Senatorial Committee The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to that body. The NRSC was founded in 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.
National Research Council Time Signal The National Research Council Time Signal is Canada's longest running but shortest radio programme. Heard every day since November 5, 1939 (three years and three days after the CBC's establishment), at 13:00 ET across the CBC Radio One network and at 12:00 ET across the SRC Première Chaîne radio network, it lasts as little as fifteen seconds.
National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science The National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (Dutch: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica or CWI) is located at the Science Park Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and was founded in 1946 by J. G.
National Research Universal Reactor The National Research Universal (NRU) reactor operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is a research reactor that is still considered one of the world's finest for its versatility and high neutron flux. It produces about 60% of the world's supply of molybdenum-99, a critical isotope used for medical diagnoses, as well as other radioisotopes.
National Residency Matching Program The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. Five organizations sponsor the NRMP:
National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA) began as a guerilla army of Uganda in the 1980s, led by Yoweri Museveni. In 1986 the NRA took power, after five years of a bloody insurgency, often called "the war in the bush", against the regimes of Milton Obote and Tito Okello.
National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe The National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (FRNSTP) was a political party founded in 1981 by SĂŁo TomĂ©an exiles who opposed the socialist policies of the single party Movement for the Liberation of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (MLSTP) government, and sought its overthrow.
National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe-Renewal The National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe-Renewal (FRNSTP-R) was a political movement of SĂŁo TomĂ©an exiles who opposed the socialist policies of the single party Movement for the Liberation of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (MLSTP) government, and sought its overthrow. The FRNSTP-R was formed in 1986 by a small faction of National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (FRNSTP) members who refused to give up the idea of armed struggle as a means of overthrowing the SĂŁo TomĂ©an government.
National Resource Center for Health Information Technology In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the United States Department of Health and Human Services created the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology (the National Resource Center or NRC) to support over 125 federal grants and contracts that are demonstrating the value and implementation of information technology in health care (health information technology).
National Resources Commission The National Resources Commission () was a powerful organ of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China that existed from 1932 to 1952 and was responsible for industrial development and the management of public enterprises. It was staffed entirely by technocrats who reported directly to the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.
National Response Plan The National Response Plan is the national plan to respond to national emergencies such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or emergency. Within the United States natural disaster response and planning is first and foremost a local government responsibility.
National Restaurant Association The National Restaurant Association, founded in 1919, is a restaurant industry business association in the United States. It claims 60,000 member companies, which combined represent more than 300,000 restaurants.
National Restoration National Restoration (RestauraciĂłn Nacional) is a Peruvian political party controlled by evangelical christians and associated with religious fundamentalism. At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 4.
National Retail Foundation The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.
National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA, , sometimes shortened to 國軍 or Nationalist Army) was the National Army of the Republic of China in the early 20th Century. Controlled largely by the Kuomintang (KMT), the National Revolutionary Army fought major engagements in the Northern Expedition against the Chinese Beiyang Army warlords, Second Sino-Japanese War against the Imperial Japanese Army, and the Chinese Civil War against the People's Liberation Army.
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti (in French: Front pour la Libération et la Reconstruction Nationales) is a rebel group in Haïti that presently controls most of the country following the 2004 Haiti Rebellion. It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004 to emphasize its national scope.
National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit group for the promotion of marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and personal protection firearm rights in the United States, established in New York in 1871 as the American Rifle Association. It sponsors firearm safety training courses, as well as marksmanship events featuring shooting skills and sports.
National Right to Life Committee The National Right to Life Committee is a right to life/pro-life organization. It is the United States' largest pro-life organization and was founded in Detroit as a non-sectarian, non-partisan group, opposed to abortion, euthanasia and infanticide.
National Rivers Authority The National Rivers Authority (NRA) was one of the forerunners of the Environment Agency of England and Wales, existing between 1989 and 1996. Prior to 1989 the regulation of the aquatic environment had largely been carried out by the ten Regional Water Authorities (RWAs).
National Road The National Road or Cumberland Road was one of the first major improved highways in the United States, built by the Federal Government. Construction began in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland on the Potomac River, and the road reached Wheeling, West Virginia on the Ohio River in 1818.
National Roads Authority The National Roads Authority (NRA) (An tÚdarás urn Bóithre Náisiúnta in Irish) is a state body in the Republic of Ireland, responsible for the national road network. The NRA was established as part of the Roads Act, 1993, and commenced operations on 1 January 1994.
National Roads in South Africa The National Road System is a network of highways that links all the major population centers in South Africa. The system was mostly built by the Apartheid government during the 1970s, although construction of new roads and repairs of existing stretches continue today.
National Romantic style The National Romantic Style was a Nordic architectural style that was part of the national romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th century. The style can be seen as a reaction to industrialism and unhealthy urban lifestyles.
National Rose Garden, Canberra The National Rose Gardens are located in Parkes Canberra, at the sides of Old Parliament House at the side of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The gardens were officially restored and re-opened in December 2004 following their decline after the Parliament moved to the new Parliament House in 1988.
National Route 3 (Argentina) Ruta Nacional 3 ("National Route 3") is one of the most imporatnt highways in Argentina, stretching from the eastern side of the country in Buenos Aires at its northern end, down to 11 km past Ushuaia at the south, breaking only in the pass from the continent to the Tierra del Fuego island under Chilean territory.
National Route 40 (Argentina) Ruta nacional 40 is a road in western Argentina, stretching from the border with Bolivia in the north, to RĂo Gallegos in the south. Although it is notorious for being largely unpaved, the government has pledged to put it under tarmac by 2007, a task they are mostly on track to complete on schedule.
National Route 9 (Argentina) National Route 9 (in Spanish, Ruta Nacional 9) is a major road in Argentina, which runs from the center-east to the northwest of the country, crossing the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy. It starts on Avenida General Paz, which marks the border between the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the surrounding province of the same name, and ends in the Horacio Guzmán International Bridge, on the La Quiaca River, traversing 1,966 km, most of them fully asphalted except for a small part in Jujuy.
National Rugby League 2001 League Table This was the final standings for the 2001 season in the National Rugby League Competition in Australia. The team finishing in first place after the regular season were named Minor Premiers, while the top eight went through to the playoffs.
National Rugby League season 1998 The inaugural season of the National Rugby League saw the Brisbane Broncos claim their fourth premiership in seven seasons, defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs 38-12 in the last grand final played at the Sydney Football Stadium. It was also the second highest scoring grand final in Australian rugby league history, the highest being when the Newcastle Knights defeated the Parramatta Eels 30 -24.
National Rugby League season 1999 The second season of the National Rugby League saw the Melbourne Storm claim their maiden premiership in just their second season, defeating the St George Illawarra Dragons 20-18 in the first grand final played at Stadium Australia. The Dragons became the first joint-venture club to appear in the grand final.
National Rugby League season 2000 The third season of the National Rugby League saw the Brisbane Broncos claim their fifth premiership in nine seasons, defeating the Sydney Roosters in the last grand final played during the afternoon. It was the Roosters' first grand final appearance since 1980.
National Rugby League season 2003 15 clubs contested in the 6th NRL season, with the Penrith Panthers defeating reigning champions Sydney Roosters in the grand final and claiming their first premiership since 1991. Manly rejoined the competition for the first time since 1999, with the license of the former Northern Eagles reverting back to the Sea Eagles.
National Rugby League season 2004 15 clubs contested the 7th NRL season, with the Bulldogs defeating the Sydney Roosters in the grand final and claiming their eighth premiership in club history. It was the Roosters' second grand final loss in a row.
National Rugby League season 2006 The 2006 National Rugby League season was the ninth annual National Rugby League season, the premier rugby league competition in Australia, which also involves one team from New Zealand. The season began on March 10 2006 with a match between defending premiers Wests Tigers and the St George Illawarra Dragons, played at Telstra Stadium.
National Rugby League season 2007 The 2007 National Rugby League premiership will be the one hundredth season of the rugby league competition originally based in Sydney and the tenth season run as the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams will contest the premiership, and with the inclusion of new team the Gold Coast Titans, the premiership will be the largest run since 1999.
National Rugby Union Team of Greece The Greek National Rugby Union Team played its first match against Austria in Vienna on the 22nd October 2005 losing 52-3 against a much more advanced Austrian team. Since then, Greece have played two more matches against Finland losing in Athens 17-12 and then in Jyvaskyla 27-0.
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) India's United Progressive Alliance Government enacted the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to provide a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to every rural household with an adult member willing to do unskilled manual work.
National secondary road A national secondary road is a category of road in the Republic of Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network, but are secondary to the main arterial routes (which are classified as national primary roads.
National security groups A National Security Group is a non-governmental organization (NGO), think-tank, research center, or institute that formulates national security theories and finds solutions to defense challenges through research, education, and development. These organizations differ from other NGOs and think tanks by not only producing original concepts and solutions but also by finding the necessary means and mechanisms to implement them.
National security of Japan Concerning national security, Japan is in the unusual position of being a major world economic and political power, with an aggressive military tradition, resisting the development of strong armed forces. A military proscription is included as Article 9 of the 1947 constitution stating, "The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes.
National socialist film policy Despite its authoritarian core, Nazism was populist, a political movement that courted the masses by the means of slogans that were aimed directly at the instincts and emotions of the people. It is therefore not surprising that the Nazis valued film as a propaganda instrument of enormous power.
National stadium A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to a football stadium.
National student survey The National Student Survey is the largest test of student opinion ever carried out in the UK. Operated independently of universities by the UK funding councils (HEFCE) 60% of final year undergraduates completed the 2005 & 2006 surveys.
National symbols National symbols are symbols of any entity considering itself and manifesting itself to the world as a national community – namely sovereign states, but also nations and countries in a state of colonial or other dependence, (con)federal integration, or even an ethnocultural community considered a 'nationality' despite the absence of political autonomy.
National symbols of Canada National symbols of Canada are the symbols that are used in Canada and abroad to represent the country and its people. Prominently, the use of the maple leaf as a Canadian symbol dates back to the early 18th century, and is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms (or royal arms).
National symbols of Lithuania National symbols of Lithuania are the symbols that are used in Lithuania and abroad to represent the country, its people, culture, and nature. These symbols are seen in official capacities, such as flags, coats of arms, postage stamps, and currency, and in URLs.
National Safety Council The National Safety Council of the US is a not-for-profit safety organization that was chartered by the US government in 1913. It is a membership organization that helps to protect the safety of Americans at home, on the roads, and at work.
National Salvation Front The National Salvation Front (or even better translated National Rescue Front, in Romanian Frontul SalvÄrii NaĹŁionale, FSN) was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, subsequently turned into a political party. FSN is the common root of two of the three largest political parties in Romania today: the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Party (PD).
National Salvation Junta The National Salvation Junta (Portuguese: Junta de Salvação Nacional, pron. ) was a group of military officers designated to maintain the government of Portugal in April 1974, after the Carnation Revolution had overthrown the Estado Novo dictatorial regime.
National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi) was a political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party. Led by Necmettin Erbakan it was successful winning 11.
National Sanitation Foundation NSF International, formerly National Sanitation Foundation, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that develops standards and provides product certification and education in the field of public health and safety.
National Scenic Byway A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often less-traveled roads and promote tourism and economic development.
National Science Education Standards The National Science Education Standards (NSES) are a set of guidelines for the science education in primary and secondary schools in the United States, as established by the National Research Council in 1996. These provide a set of goals for teachers to set for their students and for administrators to provide professional development.
National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. With an annual budget of about $5.
National Science Teachers Association The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of more than 55,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.
National Science Week There are several "National Science Weeks" around the world but the idea may have started in the USA with the National Science and Technology Week (see talk page). In India Science Week [in National Science Day, which takes place each year on 28th February to commemorate] [[C_v_raman|C V Raman's discovery of the Raman Effect.
National Scientific and Technical Research Council The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas, CONICET) is an Argentine government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in public universities and institutes.
National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra The National Scout and Gudie Symphony Orchestra (NSGSO) was formed in 1976 as a joint orchestra of The Scout Association and the Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. Ever since, the orchestra has met yearly, undertaking a week-long course, finishing normally with 2 concerts.
National Scout Association of Belarus The National Scout Association of Belarus (БелорŃŃŃкая Национальная СкаŃŃ‚Ńкая ĐŃŃоциация, Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia, BNSA) is one of several nationwide Scouting associations in Belarus. It was the body recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1998 to 2004.
National Scout Association of Eritrea Eritrea is one of 35 countries where Scouting exists (be it embryonic or widespread) but the National Scout Association of Eritrea is not yet a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and no organization was ever recognized by WOSM during the nation's periods of Scouting history.
National Scout Association of Guinea The National Scout Association of Guinea, Scouts de Guinée, the national Scouting organization of Guinea, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement first in 1990 and again in 2005, after a break in membership. Scouting was officially founded in 1984.
National Scout jamboree (Boy Scouts of America) A national Scout jamboree is a gathering, or jamboree of thousands of members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), usually held every four years and organized by the BSA National Council. Referred to as "Jambo", or "the Jamboree", Scouts from all over the world have the opportunity to attend these jamborees, considered to be one of several unique experiences that the BSA offers.
National Scrabble Association The National Scrabble Association was created in 1978 by Selchow & Righter, then the makers of Scrabble, to promote their game. It coordinates local clubs and Scrabble tournaments in North America, including the United States Scrabble Open.
National Sculpture Society Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. Although its founding members included several architects, the purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of sculptors in America.
National Sea Grant Program The National Sea Grant Program is a national network of 30 Sea Grant Colleges and institutional programs shares research, outreach and education to solve old problems and explore new uses for the world's marine, Great Lakes and coastal resources. The program is run under the auspices of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham) The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, England is an aquarium with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life. Its one-million-litre ocean tank houses giant green sea turtles, blacktip reef sharks and tropical reef fish, with a fully transparent underwater tunnel.
National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek The Gweek Seal Sanctuary is a charity funded sanctuary for injured seal pups. It is situated on the banks of the Helford River in Cornwall, England, UK and there is a road along the creek from the centre of Gweek village to the sanctuary's large car park.
National Security Act (South Korea) The National Security Law is a South Korean law which has the avowed purpose "to restrict anti-state acts that endanger national security and to protect [the] nation's safety and its people's life and freedom."
National Security Advisor A National Security Advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. He or she is not usually a member of the cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils.
National Security Advisor (Canada) The National Security Advisor is a Deputy Secretary in the Privy Council Office (PCO) responsible for Security and Intelligence. He is supported by the Security and Intelligence Secretariat and the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat.
National Security Advisor (India) The National Security Advisor (NSA) of India is a member of the National Security Council (NSC), and the primary advisor to the Prime Minister, the Indian Cabinet and the NSC on internal and international security issues. He is tasked with regularly advise PM with all internal and external threat.
National Security Advisor (United States) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. This person serves on the National Security Council within the Executive Office of the President.
National Security Advisory Board The National Security Advisory Board forms the third element of the National Security Council (NSC) set up in India. It consists of persons of eminence outside the Government with expertise in external security, strategic analysis, foreign affairs, defence, the armed forces, internal security, science and technology and economics.
National Security Council A National Security Council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a national security advisor and staffed with senior-level officials from military, diplomatic, intelligence, law enforcement and other governmental bodies.
National Security Council (India) The National Security Council (NSC) of India is the apex agency looking into the political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns of India. It was established by the A B Vajpayee government on November 19, 1998, with Brijesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor (NSA).
National Security Council (Turkey) Per the article 118 of the Turkish Constitution, the National Security Council (Turkish: Milli GĂĽvenlik Kurulu (MGK)) is set up as an advisory organ, comprised of the Chief of General Staff and the four main Commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces and select members of the Council of Ministers, and is chaired by the President of the Republic. Like the national security councils of other countries, it develops the "national security policy of the state" of the Turkish Republic.
National Security Directive In United States, a National Security Directive (NSD) is a type of presidential directive covering national security policy signed by the President. Different presidential administrations have used various names for these documents.
National Security Group A National Security Group is a non-governmental organization, think tank, research center, or institute that formulates national security theories and finds solutions to defense challenges through research, education, and development. These organizations differ from other NGOs and think tanks by not only producing original concepts and solutions but also by finding the necessary means and mechanisms to implement them.
National Security Guards National Security Guards (NSG) is India's premier counter-terrorism force, created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of 1985. The NSG operates under the oversight of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS).
National Security League The National Security League (NSL) was a nationalistic, militaristic, and eventually quasi-fascist nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which supported the naturalization and Americanization of immigrants, Americanism, a strong military, universal conscription, meritocracy and government regulation of the economy to enhance national preparedness.
National Security Letter National Security Letters (NSL) are a form of administrative subpoena used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The oldest NSL provisions were created in 1978 as a little-used method of circumventing the Right to Financial Privacy Act.
National Security Online Resource Center The National Security Online Resource Center (NSORC) is an initiative of the Collegiate Network and private benefactors. The mission of the project is to provide college journalists with a solid grounding in national security issues.
National Security Service (United States) The National Security Service (NSS) is to be an office within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that will consolidate the bureau's counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and intelligence duties. Headed by an Executive Assistant Director, it will absorb the FBI's Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Directorate of Intelligence and will be under the authority of Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte.
National Security Strategy of the United States The National Security Strategy of the United States of America is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch of the government of the United States for congress which outlines the major national security concerns of the United States and how the administration plans to deal with them. The legal foundation for the document is spelled out in the Goldwater-Nichols Act(1).
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), founded in 2004 by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds in league with over 50 former and current United States government officials from more than a dozen agencies, is an independent, nonpartisan alliance of whistleblowers who have come forward to address weaknesses of US security agencies.
National Semiconductor SC/MP The SC/MP from National Semiconductor is an early microprocessor, which became available in early 1974. The name SC/MP (pronounced "Scamp") is an acronym for: "Simple Cost-effective Micro Processor".
National Senior Classical League The National Senior Classical League or NSCL is an organization of mostly college students which promotes the study of the Classics. It is the college-level affiliate of the National Junior Classical League, and both organizations are sponsored by the American Classical League.
National Service Act 1951 The National Service Act (1951) was Australian federal legislation providing for the compulsory call-up of males turning 18 on or after 1 November 1950, for service training of 176 days. Trainees were required to remain on the Reserve of the Commonwealth Military Forces (CMF) for five years from initial call up.
National Service Act 1964 The National Service Act (1964), was an Australian federal law,passed on 24 November 1964, required 20-year-old males to serve in the Army for a period of twenty-four months of continuous service (reduced to eighteen months in 1971) followed by three years in the Reserve. The Defence Act was amended in May 1965 to provide that conscripts could be obliged to serve overseas, and in March 1966 Prime Minister Holt announced that National Servicemen would be sent to Vietnam to fight in units of the Australian Regular Army.
National Service Framework National Service Frameworks (NSFs) are policies set by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom to define standards of care for major medical issues such as cancer, coronary heart disease, mental health and diabetes. NSFs are also defined for some key patient groups including children and older people.
National Service in Nigeria National Service in Nigeria is a scheme to involve graduates in the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria but since 1973 graduates of Universities and later Polytecnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.
National Service in Singapore National Service (NS) in Singapore is the name given to the compulsory conscription of all male Singapore citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18. They serve a two-year period as Full Time National Servicemen (NSFs) in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), or the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
National Service Learning Conference The National Service Learning Conference®, first held in 1988 to serve as "the largest gathering of youths and practitioners from the service-learning movement." The conference is a program of the National Youth Leadership Council, and is hosted annually by partner organizations in the state or region where it is being held.
National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation The National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation (NRLHF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which organizes and manages regional historical reenactments, or rendezvous, across the United States for the period between 1640 A.D.
National Renewal (Chile) National Renewal (RN) (Spanish: "RenovaciĂłn Nacional"), is a center-right liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Alliance for Chile in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). The party president is Carlos LarraĂn, and its principal leaders are Sebastián Piñera, the latest presidential candidate of the party, and AndrĂ©s Allamand (liberal).
National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional (ARENA) was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979. It was the official party of the military juntas that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985.
National Reorganization Process The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de ReorganizaciĂłn Nacional, often simply Proceso) was the name used by its leaders for the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983 (in Argentina it is simply known as "the Military Junta", even though several of them existed throughout its history).
National Republican Alliance The National Republican Alliance (Alliance Nationale RĂ©publicaine, ANR) is a minor Algerian political party led by ex-Prime Minister Redha Malek and founded on May 5, 1995. It is sometimes considered an offshoot of the older FLN.
National Republican Movement The National Republican Movement (Mouvement National RĂ©publicain or MNR) is a French far-right political party, created by Bruno MĂ©gret as a split from Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front. Although political observers considers the MNR as a far-right party, the MNR presents itself as classical liberal and nationalist.
National Republican Senatorial Committee The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to that body. The NRSC was founded in 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.
National Research Council Time Signal The National Research Council Time Signal is Canada's longest running but shortest radio programme. Heard every day since November 5, 1939 (three years and three days after the CBC's establishment), at 13:00 ET across the CBC Radio One network and at 12:00 ET across the SRC Première Chaîne radio network, it lasts as little as fifteen seconds.
National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science The National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (Dutch: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica or CWI) is located at the Science Park Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and was founded in 1946 by J. G.
National Research Universal Reactor The National Research Universal (NRU) reactor operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is a research reactor that is still considered one of the world's finest for its versatility and high neutron flux. It produces about 60% of the world's supply of molybdenum-99, a critical isotope used for medical diagnoses, as well as other radioisotopes.
National Residency Matching Program The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. Five organizations sponsor the NRMP:
National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA) began as a guerilla army of Uganda in the 1980s, led by Yoweri Museveni. In 1986 the NRA took power, after five years of a bloody insurgency, often called "the war in the bush", against the regimes of Milton Obote and Tito Okello.
National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe The National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (FRNSTP) was a political party founded in 1981 by SĂŁo TomĂ©an exiles who opposed the socialist policies of the single party Movement for the Liberation of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (MLSTP) government, and sought its overthrow.
National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe-Renewal The National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe-Renewal (FRNSTP-R) was a political movement of SĂŁo TomĂ©an exiles who opposed the socialist policies of the single party Movement for the Liberation of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (MLSTP) government, and sought its overthrow. The FRNSTP-R was formed in 1986 by a small faction of National Resistance Front of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (FRNSTP) members who refused to give up the idea of armed struggle as a means of overthrowing the SĂŁo TomĂ©an government.
National Resource Center for Health Information Technology In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the United States Department of Health and Human Services created the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology (the National Resource Center or NRC) to support over 125 federal grants and contracts that are demonstrating the value and implementation of information technology in health care (health information technology).
National Resources Commission The National Resources Commission () was a powerful organ of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China that existed from 1932 to 1952 and was responsible for industrial development and the management of public enterprises. It was staffed entirely by technocrats who reported directly to the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.
National Response Plan The National Response Plan is the national plan to respond to national emergencies such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or emergency. Within the United States natural disaster response and planning is first and foremost a local government responsibility.
National Restaurant Association The National Restaurant Association, founded in 1919, is a restaurant industry business association in the United States. It claims 60,000 member companies, which combined represent more than 300,000 restaurants.
National Restoration National Restoration (RestauraciĂłn Nacional) is a Peruvian political party controlled by evangelical christians and associated with religious fundamentalism. At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 4.
National Retail Foundation The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.
National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA, , sometimes shortened to 國軍 or Nationalist Army) was the National Army of the Republic of China in the early 20th Century. Controlled largely by the Kuomintang (KMT), the National Revolutionary Army fought major engagements in the Northern Expedition against the Chinese Beiyang Army warlords, Second Sino-Japanese War against the Imperial Japanese Army, and the Chinese Civil War against the People's Liberation Army.
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti (in French: Front pour la Libération et la Reconstruction Nationales) is a rebel group in Haïti that presently controls most of the country following the 2004 Haiti Rebellion. It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004 to emphasize its national scope.
National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit group for the promotion of marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and personal protection firearm rights in the United States, established in New York in 1871 as the American Rifle Association. It sponsors firearm safety training courses, as well as marksmanship events featuring shooting skills and sports.
National Right to Life Committee The National Right to Life Committee is a right to life/pro-life organization. It is the United States' largest pro-life organization and was founded in Detroit as a non-sectarian, non-partisan group, opposed to abortion, euthanasia and infanticide.
National Rivers Authority The National Rivers Authority (NRA) was one of the forerunners of the Environment Agency of England and Wales, existing between 1989 and 1996. Prior to 1989 the regulation of the aquatic environment had largely been carried out by the ten Regional Water Authorities (RWAs).
National Road The National Road or Cumberland Road was one of the first major improved highways in the United States, built by the Federal Government. Construction began in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland on the Potomac River, and the road reached Wheeling, West Virginia on the Ohio River in 1818.
National Roads Authority The National Roads Authority (NRA) (An tÚdarás urn Bóithre Náisiúnta in Irish) is a state body in the Republic of Ireland, responsible for the national road network. The NRA was established as part of the Roads Act, 1993, and commenced operations on 1 January 1994.
National Roads in South Africa The National Road System is a network of highways that links all the major population centers in South Africa. The system was mostly built by the Apartheid government during the 1970s, although construction of new roads and repairs of existing stretches continue today.
National Romantic style The National Romantic Style was a Nordic architectural style that was part of the national romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th century. The style can be seen as a reaction to industrialism and unhealthy urban lifestyles.
National Rose Garden, Canberra The National Rose Gardens are located in Parkes Canberra, at the sides of Old Parliament House at the side of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The gardens were officially restored and re-opened in December 2004 following their decline after the Parliament moved to the new Parliament House in 1988.
National Route 3 (Argentina) Ruta Nacional 3 ("National Route 3") is one of the most imporatnt highways in Argentina, stretching from the eastern side of the country in Buenos Aires at its northern end, down to 11 km past Ushuaia at the south, breaking only in the pass from the continent to the Tierra del Fuego island under Chilean territory.
National Route 40 (Argentina) Ruta nacional 40 is a road in western Argentina, stretching from the border with Bolivia in the north, to RĂo Gallegos in the south. Although it is notorious for being largely unpaved, the government has pledged to put it under tarmac by 2007, a task they are mostly on track to complete on schedule.
National Route 9 (Argentina) National Route 9 (in Spanish, Ruta Nacional 9) is a major road in Argentina, which runs from the center-east to the northwest of the country, crossing the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy. It starts on Avenida General Paz, which marks the border between the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the surrounding province of the same name, and ends in the Horacio Guzmán International Bridge, on the La Quiaca River, traversing 1,966 km, most of them fully asphalted except for a small part in Jujuy.
National Rugby League 2001 League Table This was the final standings for the 2001 season in the National Rugby League Competition in Australia. The team finishing in first place after the regular season were named Minor Premiers, while the top eight went through to the playoffs.
National Rugby League season 1998 The inaugural season of the National Rugby League saw the Brisbane Broncos claim their fourth premiership in seven seasons, defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs 38-12 in the last grand final played at the Sydney Football Stadium. It was also the second highest scoring grand final in Australian rugby league history, the highest being when the Newcastle Knights defeated the Parramatta Eels 30 -24.
National Rugby League season 1999 The second season of the National Rugby League saw the Melbourne Storm claim their maiden premiership in just their second season, defeating the St George Illawarra Dragons 20-18 in the first grand final played at Stadium Australia. The Dragons became the first joint-venture club to appear in the grand final.
National Rugby League season 2000 The third season of the National Rugby League saw the Brisbane Broncos claim their fifth premiership in nine seasons, defeating the Sydney Roosters in the last grand final played during the afternoon. It was the Roosters' first grand final appearance since 1980.
National Rugby League season 2003 15 clubs contested in the 6th NRL season, with the Penrith Panthers defeating reigning champions Sydney Roosters in the grand final and claiming their first premiership since 1991. Manly rejoined the competition for the first time since 1999, with the license of the former Northern Eagles reverting back to the Sea Eagles.
National Rugby League season 2004 15 clubs contested the 7th NRL season, with the Bulldogs defeating the Sydney Roosters in the grand final and claiming their eighth premiership in club history. It was the Roosters' second grand final loss in a row.
National Rugby League season 2006 The 2006 National Rugby League season was the ninth annual National Rugby League season, the premier rugby league competition in Australia, which also involves one team from New Zealand. The season began on March 10 2006 with a match between defending premiers Wests Tigers and the St George Illawarra Dragons, played at Telstra Stadium.
National Rugby League season 2007 The 2007 National Rugby League premiership will be the one hundredth season of the rugby league competition originally based in Sydney and the tenth season run as the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams will contest the premiership, and with the inclusion of new team the Gold Coast Titans, the premiership will be the largest run since 1999.
National Rugby Union Team of Greece The Greek National Rugby Union Team played its first match against Austria in Vienna on the 22nd October 2005 losing 52-3 against a much more advanced Austrian team. Since then, Greece have played two more matches against Finland losing in Athens 17-12 and then in Jyvaskyla 27-0.
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) India's United Progressive Alliance Government enacted the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to provide a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to every rural household with an adult member willing to do unskilled manual work.
National secondary road A national secondary road is a category of road in the Republic of Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network, but are secondary to the main arterial routes (which are classified as national primary roads.
National security groups A National Security Group is a non-governmental organization (NGO), think-tank, research center, or institute that formulates national security theories and finds solutions to defense challenges through research, education, and development. These organizations differ from other NGOs and think tanks by not only producing original concepts and solutions but also by finding the necessary means and mechanisms to implement them.
National security of Japan Concerning national security, Japan is in the unusual position of being a major world economic and political power, with an aggressive military tradition, resisting the development of strong armed forces. A military proscription is included as Article 9 of the 1947 constitution stating, "The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes.
National socialist film policy Despite its authoritarian core, Nazism was populist, a political movement that courted the masses by the means of slogans that were aimed directly at the instincts and emotions of the people. It is therefore not surprising that the Nazis valued film as a propaganda instrument of enormous power.
National stadium A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to a football stadium.
National student survey The National Student Survey is the largest test of student opinion ever carried out in the UK. Operated independently of universities by the UK funding councils (HEFCE) 60% of final year undergraduates completed the 2005 & 2006 surveys.
National symbols National symbols are symbols of any entity considering itself and manifesting itself to the world as a national community – namely sovereign states, but also nations and countries in a state of colonial or other dependence, (con)federal integration, or even an ethnocultural community considered a 'nationality' despite the absence of political autonomy.
National symbols of Canada National symbols of Canada are the symbols that are used in Canada and abroad to represent the country and its people. Prominently, the use of the maple leaf as a Canadian symbol dates back to the early 18th century, and is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms (or royal arms).
National symbols of Lithuania National symbols of Lithuania are the symbols that are used in Lithuania and abroad to represent the country, its people, culture, and nature. These symbols are seen in official capacities, such as flags, coats of arms, postage stamps, and currency, and in URLs.
National Safety Council The National Safety Council of the US is a not-for-profit safety organization that was chartered by the US government in 1913. It is a membership organization that helps to protect the safety of Americans at home, on the roads, and at work.
National Salvation Front The National Salvation Front (or even better translated National Rescue Front, in Romanian Frontul SalvÄrii NaĹŁionale, FSN) was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, subsequently turned into a political party. FSN is the common root of two of the three largest political parties in Romania today: the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Party (PD).
National Salvation Junta The National Salvation Junta (Portuguese: Junta de Salvação Nacional, pron. ) was a group of military officers designated to maintain the government of Portugal in April 1974, after the Carnation Revolution had overthrown the Estado Novo dictatorial regime.
National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi) was a political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party. Led by Necmettin Erbakan it was successful winning 11.
National Sanitation Foundation NSF International, formerly National Sanitation Foundation, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that develops standards and provides product certification and education in the field of public health and safety.
National Scenic Byway A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often less-traveled roads and promote tourism and economic development.
National Science Education Standards The National Science Education Standards (NSES) are a set of guidelines for the science education in primary and secondary schools in the United States, as established by the National Research Council in 1996. These provide a set of goals for teachers to set for their students and for administrators to provide professional development.
National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. With an annual budget of about $5.
National Science Teachers Association The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of more than 55,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.
National Science Week There are several "National Science Weeks" around the world but the idea may have started in the USA with the National Science and Technology Week (see talk page). In India Science Week [in National Science Day, which takes place each year on 28th February to commemorate] [[C_v_raman|C V Raman's discovery of the Raman Effect.
National Scientific and Technical Research Council The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas, CONICET) is an Argentine government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in public universities and institutes.
National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra The National Scout and Gudie Symphony Orchestra (NSGSO) was formed in 1976 as a joint orchestra of The Scout Association and the Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. Ever since, the orchestra has met yearly, undertaking a week-long course, finishing normally with 2 concerts.
National Scout Association of Belarus The National Scout Association of Belarus (БелорŃŃŃкая Национальная СкаŃŃ‚Ńкая ĐŃŃоциация, Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia, BNSA) is one of several nationwide Scouting associations in Belarus. It was the body recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1998 to 2004.
National Scout Association of Eritrea Eritrea is one of 35 countries where Scouting exists (be it embryonic or widespread) but the National Scout Association of Eritrea is not yet a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and no organization was ever recognized by WOSM during the nation's periods of Scouting history.
National Scout Association of Guinea The National Scout Association of Guinea, Scouts de Guinée, the national Scouting organization of Guinea, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement first in 1990 and again in 2005, after a break in membership. Scouting was officially founded in 1984.
National Scout jamboree (Boy Scouts of America) A national Scout jamboree is a gathering, or jamboree of thousands of members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), usually held every four years and organized by the BSA National Council. Referred to as "Jambo", or "the Jamboree", Scouts from all over the world have the opportunity to attend these jamborees, considered to be one of several unique experiences that the BSA offers.
National Scrabble Association The National Scrabble Association was created in 1978 by Selchow & Righter, then the makers of Scrabble, to promote their game. It coordinates local clubs and Scrabble tournaments in North America, including the United States Scrabble Open.
National Sculpture Society Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. Although its founding members included several architects, the purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of sculptors in America.
National Sea Grant Program The National Sea Grant Program is a national network of 30 Sea Grant Colleges and institutional programs shares research, outreach and education to solve old problems and explore new uses for the world's marine, Great Lakes and coastal resources. The program is run under the auspices of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham) The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, England is an aquarium with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life. Its one-million-litre ocean tank houses giant green sea turtles, blacktip reef sharks and tropical reef fish, with a fully transparent underwater tunnel.
National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek The Gweek Seal Sanctuary is a charity funded sanctuary for injured seal pups. It is situated on the banks of the Helford River in Cornwall, England, UK and there is a road along the creek from the centre of Gweek village to the sanctuary's large car park.
National Security Act (South Korea) The National Security Law is a South Korean law which has the avowed purpose "to restrict anti-state acts that endanger national security and to protect [the] nation's safety and its people's life and freedom."
National Security Advisor A National Security Advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. He or she is not usually a member of the cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils.
National Security Advisor (Canada) The National Security Advisor is a Deputy Secretary in the Privy Council Office (PCO) responsible for Security and Intelligence. He is supported by the Security and Intelligence Secretariat and the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat.
National Security Advisor (India) The National Security Advisor (NSA) of India is a member of the National Security Council (NSC), and the primary advisor to the Prime Minister, the Indian Cabinet and the NSC on internal and international security issues. He is tasked with regularly advise PM with all internal and external threat.
National Security Advisor (United States) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. This person serves on the National Security Council within the Executive Office of the President.
National Security Advisory Board The National Security Advisory Board forms the third element of the National Security Council (NSC) set up in India. It consists of persons of eminence outside the Government with expertise in external security, strategic analysis, foreign affairs, defence, the armed forces, internal security, science and technology and economics.
National Security Council A National Security Council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a national security advisor and staffed with senior-level officials from military, diplomatic, intelligence, law enforcement and other governmental bodies.
National Security Council (India) The National Security Council (NSC) of India is the apex agency looking into the political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns of India. It was established by the A B Vajpayee government on November 19, 1998, with Brijesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor (NSA).
National Security Council (Turkey) Per the article 118 of the Turkish Constitution, the National Security Council (Turkish: Milli GĂĽvenlik Kurulu (MGK)) is set up as an advisory organ, comprised of the Chief of General Staff and the four main Commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces and select members of the Council of Ministers, and is chaired by the President of the Republic. Like the national security councils of other countries, it develops the "national security policy of the state" of the Turkish Republic.
National Security Directive In United States, a National Security Directive (NSD) is a type of presidential directive covering national security policy signed by the President. Different presidential administrations have used various names for these documents.
National Security Group A National Security Group is a non-governmental organization, think tank, research center, or institute that formulates national security theories and finds solutions to defense challenges through research, education, and development. These organizations differ from other NGOs and think tanks by not only producing original concepts and solutions but also by finding the necessary means and mechanisms to implement them.
National Security Guards National Security Guards (NSG) is India's premier counter-terrorism force, created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of 1985. The NSG operates under the oversight of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS).
National Security League The National Security League (NSL) was a nationalistic, militaristic, and eventually quasi-fascist nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which supported the naturalization and Americanization of immigrants, Americanism, a strong military, universal conscription, meritocracy and government regulation of the economy to enhance national preparedness.
National Security Letter National Security Letters (NSL) are a form of administrative subpoena used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The oldest NSL provisions were created in 1978 as a little-used method of circumventing the Right to Financial Privacy Act.
National Security Online Resource Center The National Security Online Resource Center (NSORC) is an initiative of the Collegiate Network and private benefactors. The mission of the project is to provide college journalists with a solid grounding in national security issues.
National Security Service (United States) The National Security Service (NSS) is to be an office within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that will consolidate the bureau's counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and intelligence duties. Headed by an Executive Assistant Director, it will absorb the FBI's Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Directorate of Intelligence and will be under the authority of Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte.
National Security Strategy of the United States The National Security Strategy of the United States of America is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch of the government of the United States for congress which outlines the major national security concerns of the United States and how the administration plans to deal with them. The legal foundation for the document is spelled out in the Goldwater-Nichols Act(1).
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), founded in 2004 by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds in league with over 50 former and current United States government officials from more than a dozen agencies, is an independent, nonpartisan alliance of whistleblowers who have come forward to address weaknesses of US security agencies.
National Semiconductor SC/MP The SC/MP from National Semiconductor is an early microprocessor, which became available in early 1974. The name SC/MP (pronounced "Scamp") is an acronym for: "Simple Cost-effective Micro Processor".
National Senior Classical League The National Senior Classical League or NSCL is an organization of mostly college students which promotes the study of the Classics. It is the college-level affiliate of the National Junior Classical League, and both organizations are sponsored by the American Classical League.
National Service Act 1951 The National Service Act (1951) was Australian federal legislation providing for the compulsory call-up of males turning 18 on or after 1 November 1950, for service training of 176 days. Trainees were required to remain on the Reserve of the Commonwealth Military Forces (CMF) for five years from initial call up.
National Service Act 1964 The National Service Act (1964), was an Australian federal law,passed on 24 November 1964, required 20-year-old males to serve in the Army for a period of twenty-four months of continuous service (reduced to eighteen months in 1971) followed by three years in the Reserve. The Defence Act was amended in May 1965 to provide that conscripts could be obliged to serve overseas, and in March 1966 Prime Minister Holt announced that National Servicemen would be sent to Vietnam to fight in units of the Australian Regular Army.
National Service Framework National Service Frameworks (NSFs) are policies set by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom to define standards of care for major medical issues such as cancer, coronary heart disease, mental health and diabetes. NSFs are also defined for some key patient groups including children and older people.
National Service in Nigeria National Service in Nigeria is a scheme to involve graduates in the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria but since 1973 graduates of Universities and later Polytecnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.
National Service in Singapore National Service (NS) in Singapore is the name given to the compulsory conscription of all male Singapore citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18. They serve a two-year period as Full Time National Servicemen (NSFs) in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), or the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
National Service Learning Conference The National Service Learning Conference®, first held in 1988 to serve as "the largest gathering of youths and practitioners from the service-learning movement." The conference is a program of the National Youth Leadership Council, and is hosted annually by partner organizations in the state or region where it is being held.
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