Sentences with phrase «agency standards as»

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However, recently, the economic recovery seen in Portugal since the sovereign debt crisis has indeed begun affecting the way agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's see the economy, indicating that in the near future more investors could be considering buying Portuguese bonds.

As the world began to learn in September, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a shocking «notice of violation,» the vehicles met emissions standards for dangerous oxides of nitrogen, known collectively as NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab settinAs the world began to learn in September, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a shocking «notice of violation,» the vehicles met emissions standards for dangerous oxides of nitrogen, known collectively as NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab settinas NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab setting.

India - based drug manufacturing facilities have been criticized by the FDA in recent years for violating quality standards, as the agency increases oversight of key suppliers to the United States.

Until the ad industry comes to a consensus on viewability standards, which the Media Rating Council predicts will occur by the end of 2015, it's up to you as a brand or agency to educate yourself on why an ad would or wouldn't be considered viewable in different formats.

The Environmental Protection Agency's own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law.

«Assessing the legal risks of all pending enforcement actions is a critical part of the transition process and standard procedure for new leadership at enforcement agencies such as the Bureau,» the statement said.

A bond's credit quality is determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

It comes as no surprise that EPA Administrator Pruitt recently announced the Agency's intention to rollback the 2022 through 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for autos and light trucks.

Stock Rating - A stock rating is a rating given by a rating agency such as Standard & Poor, which evaluates the stock's future performance and the risk level associated with that stock.

It is also known as a conforming loan, since it conforms to standards set by the two leading rule - making agencies in the U.S., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

These portfolios primarily invest in U.S. high - income debt securities where at least 65 % or more of bond assets are not rated or are rated by a major agency such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the level of BB (considered speculative for taxable bonds) and below.

Ratings agencies such as Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings use AAA to indicate the highest credit quality, while Moody's uses Aaa.

Non-rated refers to bonds that have not been assigned a credit rating by large credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's or Moody ’s

Non-rated bonds have not been issued a rating by bond rating agencies such as Standard and Poors and Moodys.

As federal agencies like FEMA and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development were waiting for final approval, Trump nixed the standards.

In his view the agency merely has to adjust and simplify their guidelines for tokenized securities, some of which can be supported by code contracts, such as standard ERC 884, which «allows for the use of blockchains to maintain corporate share registries.»

Similar to consumer credit bureaus, there are several insurance ratinginsurance rating agencies such as A.M. Best, Moody's, Fitch Ratings, and Standard & Poor's that can provide you with an indication of an insurance company's financial stability.

Bond ratings, which typically range from AAA / Aaa (highest) to D (lowest), are assigned by credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and / or Fitch, as an indication of an issuer's creditworthiness.

This economic slowdown was directly responsible for triggering credit downgrades from major ratings agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

Following up on Kelly's plea that the standards and definitions of excellence in theological education «be agreed upon by the seminaries themselves, working not as now largely in isolation but in cooperation with other educational agencies» (Kelly, 220), Brown urged a decade after Kelly that a «Council of Seminaries» be formed, among the responsibilities of which would be the formulating and policing of standards (cf Brown, 222 - 26).

A legal system is generalized, Parsons says, to the degree it is «an integrated system of universalistic norms, applicable to the society as a whole rather than to a few functional or segmental sectors, highly generalized in terms of principles and standards, and relatively independent of both the religious agencies that legitimize the normative order of the society and vested interest groups in the operative sector, particularly in government.

It is prohibited in the UK calling a sparkling wine in a can «sparkling» under EU Regulations as applied by the UK Food Standard Agency.

We use sucralose as it is the most widely tested low calorie sweetener and approved by all food standard agencies in the world.»

Glass is the only widely - used packaging considered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as «generally recognized as safe» or «GRAS,» the agency's broadest standard for food - contact materials.

I think that this is the perfect time to bring attention to fundraising for SNF, as the USDA will be requiring — under the HHFKA — to establish standards for all levels of personnel (state agencies, local school districts and schools) for training and certification.

The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act recognized the need for USDA to establish education and training standards for all school nutrition personnel — including school nutrition assistants; managers; district supervisors and directors; and state agency directors as a means of helping to ensure that school nutrition programs meet the goal of healthy children ready to learn.

After a campaign to ban them was launched by agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, manufacturers voluntarily established a safety standard in 1997 that required that baby walkers have a rubber friction strip on the bottom that stopped the walker if any of the wheels went off a step.

As the High Country's original and premier full - service Doula agency, we are proud to set the standard for professionalism and excellence within our community and with the families we serve.

As the premier doula certifying agency, DONA International sets a standard for the certification process that will allow student doulas to explore the world of doula work from the heart, head, and hands.

Urinary As concentrations in our infants were an order of magnitude lower than the median 35 µg / L of As in a Bangladeshi population exposed to high drinking water As levels (median, 80 µg / L).28, 47 This was expected given the high rate of breastfeeding in our populations29 and the lower proportion of households with tap water As concentrations above the US Environmental Protection Agency standard of 10 µg / L (12.5 % in our study).

If this measure is to proceed, it is essential that the agencies apply the same standards as HMRC would and that their adherence to these standards is well - monitored.

«As the proud Representative of the Adirondacks, we rely on the important work being done by the EPA to protect our nation's ecological treasures, and I urge Administrator Pruitt to maintain the highest scientific standards at this important agency.»

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

Use existing agency procurement guidelines as a uniform minimum standard;

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene previously took samples from 235 and 233 East Fifth Street and 514 East 12th Street managed by Brookhill Properties, the company owned by Toledano, and found that the concentrations of lead dust far exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency's hazard standard, with the lead concentration as high as 15 times what is legally allowed in the building at 233 East Fifth Street.

While about 33 % of beneficiaries are part of this system where insurance can negotiate, known as «Medicare Advantage», most Medicare beneficiaries receive benefits directly from the government agency involved which pays 106 % of the «standard price» for prescription drugs without negotiation.

Elia — who previously said she intends to work together with the task force — said Monday that her agency will soon launch a survey to let people comment on every Common Core standard as part of its review.

The DFS superintendent would have the authority to deny a registration renewal if the applicant or its members or top executives are «not trustworthy and competent to act as or in connection with a consumer credit reporting agency «or fail to comply with any minimum standards, according to the Cuomo administration.

As the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's this week placed the AAA rated Eurozone members on negative watch it's worth remembering this is exactly where Britain was, on negative credit watch, under Labour.

«Immediate reconstitution of the board of PPPRA and PEF for the management of the new price regime and the reconstitution and the re-strengthening of relevant agencies such as Standard Organization of Nigeria, DPR and the Nigeria Customs and Excise Department to prevent the abuse of the new framework of PMS supply and distributions.»

State education department officials will launch an online survey for public input as part of the agency's review of its controversial Common Core academic standards, state education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

Sundram says for the first time, all six state agencies that deal with the disabled, as well as multiple providers that contract with the state, will all will have to live up to the same rules and standards for preventing and reporting abuse, providing «clarity».

The Ministry of Trade and Industry engaged in serious ethical violations by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to amass profit for a private non-profit organization which it can not hold to public standards of accountability as well as by using the name of the President of the Republic as a means to make such profit;

As part of his expanded Lead Primary Prevention initiative, Picente recently announced a series of free training courses dealing with lead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 housing.

ALBANY — State education commissioner MaryEllen Elia said that her agency and Gov. Andrew Cuomo need to be on the same page as the department and a Cuomo - created commission both push to review the Common Core standards and complete their reports before the governor's State of the State message in January.

James Klutse Avedzi and Dr Dominic Ayine accused the Ministry of engaging in unethical violations «by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to amass profit for a private non-profit organization which it can not hold to public standards of accountability as well as by using the name of the President of the Republic as a means to make such profit».

On Thursday, the advocates called for all state agencies, authorities and affiliates such as the SUNY Poly nonprofits to adopt a uniform set of procurement and contracting standards to ensure competition and transparency, with existing state agency standards set as the minimum.

And U.S. agencies should adopt standards for measuring, monitoring and verifying international forest activities that prevent double - counting and account for the potential for forest emissions to shift to other areas as a result of climate policy.

While government agencies try to craft and implement development and zoning standards to help reduce storm water runoff problems caused by commercial and industrial entities, there is still much that individuals can do to reduce their impact as well.

Among the highly publicized events was a series of spectacular and potentially lethal slip - ups involving such gold - standard federal research establishments as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, and a hearing looking into those agencies» safety shortcomings by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.