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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia.
In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
Civic engagement, in general, can foster community participation and government involvement, according to ICMA: Leaders at the Core of Better Communities. The specific benefits of civic engagement are: [11] Achieving greater buy-in to decisions with fewer backlashes such as lawsuits, special elections, or a council recall.
The Centers for Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the U.S. Department of Labor is an office under the direction of the Secretary of Labor. It works to advance the secretary's mission by building partnerships with faith-based groups, community organizations, and neighborhood leaders. [ 2 ]
The USPTO pilot, officially announced in the USPTO's Official Gazette of 26 June 2007, [14] was initially restricted to patent applications from Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software and Information Security) that are voluntarily submitted to the project by the owner/assignee. The extended pilot has expanded to include so ...
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan. [1] Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. [ 2 ]
In addition to its commitment to people-centered development, the DAC High-Level Meeting in May 1996 made sustainability a concrete development goal, requiring the implementation of national sustainability initiatives by 2005 in order to reverse deforestation, water pollution, and other trends of environmental degradation.
A community of action (CoA), unlike a community of practice, exists in a situation that is structurally more open, where actors have the possibility of bringing about ...