Disclosure: Larry Magid is co-director of ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization that receives financial support from Facebook.
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Disclosure: Larry Magid is co-director of ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization that receives financial support from several companies including Google and Facebook.
From 2005 to 2009, it had the highest accident rate of any big Japanese nuclear plant, according to data collected by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, a mainly government-funded group.
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You can get lots of information on keeping kids safe, secure and productive online from my site SafeKids.com and at ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization where I serve as co-director.
Public safety officials have been working the Hill and on the 21st, the Public Safety Alliance, an organization made up of a large number of public safety organizations, held a rally and press conference in Washington, D.
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But such efforts can fail to uncover some dangers: At least two garment factories at Rana Plaza had passed international labor and safety standard audits under a European trade organization which addressed specific safety concerns at the factories but didn't assess the stability of the building that housed them.
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In addition, the Organization of Safety, Asepsis and Prevention is a wonderful resource for information and training.
In October 2007, he created a management system designed to enforce safety standards consistently across the organization.
The year is also closing with another notable record: the longest period in modern aviation without a single fatal airliner accident, according to Harro Ranter, president of the Aviation Safety Network, a nonprofit organization that tracks accidents and incidents.
The Himalayan Rescue Association, a non-profit health organization that offers safety seminars to trekkers in Manang, warns that ascending more than 300 or 400 metres higher than the previous day's sleeping altitude is not safe, especially when you are above 3, 000 metres.
Under the eye of activist groups and required by order of Congress, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) research organization known as the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel or CHAP is expected to issue an updated scientific review soon.
He added that Carnival complies with all safety standards set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency.
But there has been little research conducted as they transition from supervised to unsupervised driving, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a nonprofit research and educational organization.
Cruise ships theoretically follow guidelines set forth by the International Maritime Organization and the recommendations in the Safety of Life at Sea.
At the end of 2012, all of the disparate cruise industry policy- and marketing-related organizations all over the world banded together to issue global safety recommendations and ultimately merged into one cohesive organization under the umbrella of the Cruise Lines International Association.
During my time as chief executive at Alcoa, we demonstrated it is possible to cut costs 30% to 50% in a complex organization through systems improvements and by focusing on safety.
The new organization, to be called the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, would be a government-run center made up of regulators, industry representatives, members of the academic community and the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
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During my time as chief executive at Alcoa (nyse: AA - news - people ), we demonstrated it is possible to cut costs 30% to 50% in a complex organization through systems improvements and by focusing on safety.
Safety standards for cruise ships are set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, with enforcement falling to individual countries.
He is also asking the US State Department and the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for overseeing maritime safety, to pressure foreign countries that host ships serving Americans to adopt the proposed bill.
The Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists was convened by the Director-General of UNESCO, the UN Organization responsible for media freedom.
Taylor is leading the Organization to go neighborhood by neighborhood and focus on improving five things: safety , education , health , employment , housing , with community engagement from the bottom-up as the backdrop for sustainable systemic change.
Last year, my organization, The Leapfrog Group, initiated one such effort, the Hospital Safety Score, a letter grade rating the safety of 2600 hospitals, which Dr. Jha advises us on.
The International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code put in place that year by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the U.N. body responsible for the safety and security of shipping, had a profoundly positive effect on seaport security.
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To use the Fair Trade label on their products, companies have to follow certain safety and wage standards that are based on established industry auditing groups, including the International Labor Organization.
Mr. Cafarelli, 60 years old and the president of GuardChild, an Internet safety company, has served on the board of CHCF for some 14 years, introduced to the organization through his daughter, Melissa.
The public has also reacted to the fact that, knowing this problem existed, the Dodger organization failed to do what was necessary to protect those attending ball games from this serious threat to their safety.
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Through collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the worldwide system of navigational and meteorological areas associated with the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) has recently been expanded by JCOMM to include five new areas in the Arctic.
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