General
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Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI - Federal Ministry of the Interior)
The BMI supervises the BfV. On the Internet, the BMI provides detailed information about all topics related with internal security. http://www.bmi.bund.de/EN
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Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI - Federal Office for Information Security)
The BSI is the national security agency for the IT sector. With its online offering, it i.a. addresses IT administrators of business enterprises. http://www.bsi.bund.de/EN
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Generalbundesanwalt (GBA - Federal Public Prosecutor General)
The Federal Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice represents the supreme law enforcement agency with regard to state security in the Federal Republic of Germany. Its online offering focuses on its tasks relating to internal and external security. http://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/
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Zollkriminalamt (ZKA - Central Office of the German Customs Investigation Service)
The ZKA with its seat in Cologne is the German Customs Investigation Service's head office, the main task of which is the prosecution and prevention of petty, major and organised criminality in connection with customs affairs. http://en.zoll.de/
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Deutscher Bundestag (BT - German Bundestag)
Topics related to the protection of the constitution are also discussed in the BT. Here, plenary sessions including controversial debates are held, and the federal government replies to requests of BT members. These are published in the so-called Bundestag printed papers. http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/index.html
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Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (bpb - Federal Agency for Civic Education)
With its work, the bpb aims to deepen the understanding of political issues and to promote the awareness for democracy and to strengthen participation in politics. http://www.bpb.de/die-bpb/138852/the-federal-agency-for-civic-education
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Bundesprüfstelle für Jugendgefährdende Medien (BPjM – Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons)
The BPjM is tasked to put media on the index that are harmful to young persons. It can only do so on request or at a suggestion ("minors' legal protection against harmful media"). Furthermore, it promotes value-based media education and it fosters the public's awareness of the cause of minors' legal protection against harmful media ("Minors' legal protection against harmful media: Media education"). http://www.bundespruefstelle.de/
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jugendschutz.net (Website for Youth Protection)
jugendschutz.net was initiated in 1997 by the youth ministers of all German federal states in order to examine all Internet offerings (so-called telemedia) relevant in the context of minors' legal protection and in order to press for the observance of all provisions concerning the protection of minors. The overall aim is to achieve similar protection of minors to that in the case of traditional media. http://www.jugendschutz.net/
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ASW Bundesverband (Allianz für Sicherheit in der Wirtschaft e. V.)
The Federal Association ASW (Allianz für Sicherheit in der Wirtschaft e. V. - Alliance for Security in Industry and Commerce regd. assoc.) co-operates with all major organisations of the intelligence and police community and with other security authorities on a long-term basis. The Association strives to open up and maintain communication channels for the exchange of important information between authorities and business and industry. http://asw-bundesverband.de/
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Bundesverband der Sicherheitswirtschaft (BDSW)
The Bundesverband der Sicherheitswirtschaft (BDSW - Federal Association of the Security Industry) represents the German security industry's interests towards political and administrative authorities as well as towards science and business. http://www.bdsw.de/
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Verband Deutscher Maschinen- u. Anlagenbau (VDMA)
The Verband Deutscher Maschinen- u. Anlagenbau (VDMA - German Engineering Association) represents over 3,100 mostly medium-sized companies in the capital goods industry, making it the largest industry association in Europe. http://www.vdma.org/