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  2. Federal Customs Authority - Wikipedia

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    Federal Law No. (1) for the year 2003 A.C. regarding establishment of the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) in the UAE defined the primary Functions and responsibilities of FCA on the basis that it is the authority concerned with drawing customs policy in cooperation with customs administrations, preparing unified legislations to regulate customs work, and supervising implementation of it by ...

  3. United States Custom House (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    [6]: 8 The Customs Service signed a long-term lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at Six World Trade Center in 1970, [7] and moved the custom house there in 1973. [8] After the World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001, employees were moved to various places in Manhattan , Queens , and ...

  4. Dubai Ports World controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Dubai Ports World controversy began in February 2006 and rose to prominence as a national security debate in the United States.At issue was the sale of port management businesses in six major U.S. seaports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and whether such a sale would compromise port security.

  5. List of New York City agencies - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Office of the Actuary (NYCOA) provides actuarial information and services for the five major New York City Retirement Systems and Pension Funds. The New York City Board of Education Retirement System (BERS) was founded on August 31, 1921.

  6. U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Wikipedia

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    United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, as well as enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration.

  7. Collector of the Port of New York - Wikipedia

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    New York's Collector was the highest paid official of the federal government; as Collector from 1871 to 1878, Chester A. Arthur's compensation exceeded the modern equivalent of $1 million annually. The custom house staffs, especially at New York's Custom House were also political appointees, and were expected to contribute a portion of their ...

  8. List of commissioners offices of New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York City Police Commissioner [25] New York City Commissioner of Ports and Trade - this department was repealed. Commissioner of Public Charities - this department was originally formed as part the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were separated in 1895. [10] It was renamed the Department of Welfare in 1920 ...

  9. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York City was originally confined to Manhattan Island and the smaller surrounding islands that formed New York County. As the city grew northward, it began annexing areas on the mainland, absorbing territory from Westchester County into New York County in 1874 and 1895 . During the 1898 consolidation, this territory was organized as the ...