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One of the MSPB's primary statutory functions is to protect Federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices by adjudicating employee appeals over which the Board has been given jurisdiction. Learn more here..
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Stolen Device Protection adds a layer of security when your iPhone is away from familiar locations, such as home or work, and helps protect your accounts and personal information in case your iPhone is ever stolen.
When Stolen Device Protection is enabled, some features and actions have additional security requirements when your iPhone is away from familiar locations such as home or work. These requirements help prevent someone who has stolen your device and knows your passcode from making critical changes to your account or device.
In the event that your iPhone is stolen, the security delay is designed to prevent a thief from performing critical operations so that you can mark your device as lost and make sure your Apple account is secure. Learn what to do if your iPhone is lost or stolen.
When your iPhone is in a familiar location, these additional steps are not required, and you can use your device passcode like usual. Familiar locations typically include your home, work, and certain other locations where you regularly use your iPhone. If you choose, you can set up Stolen Device Protection to always require these additional security measures, even when your iPhone is in a familiar location.
Stolen Device Protection is available with iOS 17.3 or later and must be turned on before the device is lost or stolen.
To turn on Stolen Device Protection, you must use two-factor authentication for your Apple ID and set up or enable the following on your iPhone: a device passcode; Face ID or Touch ID; and Significant Locations* (Location Services).
If you'd like your iPhone to enforce the additional Stolen Device Protection security measures regardless of its location, choose "Always" under Require Security Delay. By default, the additional security measures are required only when your iPhone is away from familiar locations.
With Stolen Device Protection, you may also be required to wait an hour before using your iPhone to make changes to critical security settings or your Apple ID. If your iPhone is not in a familiar location, you must authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID, wait for the security delay to end, then authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID again to update settings such as the following:
The rule is intended to promote appropriate nitrogen fertilizer best management practices (BMPs) and to involve local farmers and agronomists in adopting the most current science-based and economically viable practices that can reduce nitrate in groundwater. These other practices are called alternative management tools (AMTs).
Part 1 of the Groundwater Protection rule restricts the application of nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen soils if you farm in 1) an area with vulnerable groundwater or 2) those protection areas around a municipal public well, known as a drinking water supply management areas (DWSMA), with high nitrate.
Vulnerable Groundwater Areas are determined by coarse textured soils, shallow bedrock, or karst geology and are designated by quarter sections or government lot. An entire quarter section or government lot is included if 50% or more of the area is considered vulnerable.
Part 2 of the rule responds to DWSMAs which already have elevated nitrate. The goal is to take action to reduce nitrate in groundwater before a public well exceeds the health standard for nitrate. The rule is structured using a sliding scale of voluntary and regulatory actions based on the concentration of nitrate in the well and the use of the BMPs. The MDA will form a local advisory team with farmers, agronomists, and other community members. This team will be involved in reviewing, considering and advising the MDA on appropriate practices or requirements to reduce nitrate in the DWSMA.
There are four mitigation levels used to determine voluntary and regulatory actions, two voluntary levels and two regulatory levels. All areas will begin at a voluntary level and move to regulation only if BMPs are not adopted or if nitrate contamination in the groundwater increases.
Regulatory actions under Part 2 of the rule are delayed at least three years from the date the rule took effect and after a DWSMA is determined to meet the criteria for Level 2. The Groundwater Protection Rule became effective on June 24, 2019.
A Subpoena to Produce (Subpoena Duces Tecum) is a document issued by the clerk at the request of one of the parties to require the witness to bring certain documents or evidence in their possession with them to a deposition, hearing or trial.
If you are planning to ask for temporary care and control, interim decision-making, or parenting time for the child or children, or a Protection Order for the benefit of any minor child, you must complete JDF 404 Affidavit Regarding Children Pursuant to C.R.S.14-13-209.
You may keep it or you may file it with your JDF 402 Verified Complaint/Motion. If you do file this form, it will become a part of the public record and will be served on the other party as a part of the Complaint/Motion.
The Court may charge a filing fee to the person seeking a Civil Protection Order. A filing fee is required except when the person seeking a protection order is a victim of domestic abuse, domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault or sexual abuse. The court shall provide the necessary number of certified copies at no cost to petitioners in this case. If the person seeking a Protection Order is not required to pay the filing fee, the Court may require the restrained person to pay the filing fee, service-of-process fees and attorney fees at the Permanent Protection Order hearing.
You may be asked questions by the judge about your request to obtain a Temporary Protection Order and any issues regarding the child(ren), if that applies. If the Court grants your request, you will be given a written Temporary Protection Order.
The Temporary Protection Order is only temporary and you must appear at the Permanent Protection Order hearing that will be set by the Court. The result of the Permanent Protection Order hearing will determine if the Temporary Protection Order becomes permanent.
Once you receive a Temporary Protection Order, you are required to complete personal service on the restrained person with a copy of the Complaint/Motion, the Temporary Protection Order and the Affidavit/Certificate of Service. This must be done prior to your Permanent Protection Order hearing or prior to the next hearing date set by the Court.
The Permanent Protection Order hearing is usually set within 14 days from your Temporary Protection Order hearing, or the Court may set a future hearing date to address parenting time and decision-making responsibilities for the child(ren), if that applies.
Provide a copy of the Complaint/Motion, the Temporary Protection Order, and the Affidavit/Certificate of Service to be served on the restrained person. This can be done by the sheriff, a private process server, or someone you know who is 18 years or older, who is not a party to the case, and who knows the rules of service.
If personal service cannot be completed before the Permanent Protection Order hearing, you can file a motion asking the court to continue the hearing to a later date and allowing you more time to complete the personal service.
If you do not appear at the Permanent Protection Order hearing or the next hearing date set by the Court, your Temporary Protection Order will automatically expire and you will no longer have a Protection Order.
If the restrained person is not present at the Permanent Protection Order hearing and the Permanent Protection Order is different from theTemporary Protection Order, you must complete personal service.
* Landlord cannot include in a lease a penalty against a renter for calling the police or for other emergency assistance because of a domestic violence, domestic abuse, illegal sexual behavior, or stalking situation.
*The renter in a lease may tell the landlord in writing that they want to end the lease because he/she is a victim of domestic violence, domestic abuse, illegal sexual behavior, or stalking and they are afraid of imminent danger to themselves or children because of the domestic violence, domestic abuse, illegal sexual behavior, or stalking.
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