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  2. Fairfax County Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    The public school system in Fairfax County, Virginia, was created following the end of the Civil War with the adoption by Virginia of the Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which provided for the first time that free public education was a constitutional right. The first superintendent of schools for Fairfax County was Thomas M ...

  3. Fairfax County Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Fairfax County Police Department, commonly referred to as FCPD, is the primary law enforcement agency serving Fairfax County, Virginia. FCPD serve a population of approximately 1,170,033 residents within an area of approximately 407 square miles (1,050 km 2 ).

  4. Noise regulation - Wikipedia

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    Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972 , [ 2 ] other local and state governments passed further regulations.

  5. United States Park Police - Wikipedia

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    The United States Park Police (USPP) is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City areas and certain other government lands.

  6. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."

  7. Bachman's warbler - Wikipedia

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    Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) is a possibly extinct passerine migratory bird. [3] This warbler was a migrant, breeding in swampy blackberry and cane thickets of the Southeastern and Midwestern United States and wintering in Cuba.

  8. 2015 in aviation - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveils its proposed regulations for the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weighing 55 pounds (25 kg) or less in the United States, requiring commercial UAV operators to register each UAV, pass a written proficiency test, and pay a fee, but not to demonstrate proficiency in flying a UAV ...