Sentences with phrase «agency standards for»

Assistant Program Manager of Therapeutic Foster Care for the past 5 months I am responsible for monitoring programs for goal attainment including utilization and quality and ensure programs meet and exceed agency standards for excellence.

This is particularly true when a steel - reinforced concrete dome meets Federal Emergency Management Agency standards for a tornado shelter.

The latest soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment testing at Sportsman's Park in Naperville found lead concentrations in wells within Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards for drinking water and groundwater, according to the Naperville Park District.

Many of the rice drinks had levels that exceed the US Environmental Protection Agencies standard for maximum arsenic contaminant level in drinking water, which is currently set at 10 parts per billion.

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WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's agency's plans.

The agency recently warned that some cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs) might be in violation of the law, and that much of this activity is taking place without the standard protections for investors.

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 setting.

The agency did not specifically address most of the questions we asked, including whether it supports a tougher standard for sunroof glass and if it is concerned about spikes in complaints since 2013.

Critics point to a laundry list of CFPB actions that they say could warrant removal under existing Dodd - Frank standards: Republicans have excoriated the agency for the cost of renovating its building, for example, and for an alleged lack of diversity among its employees.

Looking ahead, the agency will look at developing scientific premarket toolkits for developers that will better assure users that the devices are meeting the FDA's safety standards.

The hope here should be that this sets the standard for notification among members of the financial services community, so that government agencies don't decide what companies have to do.

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.

California's government agency responsible for maintaining healthy air quality voted on Friday to adopt stricter emissions standards for automobiles, essentially daring President Donald Trump to confront the state in a legal battle over climate change.

Such an outcome would be undesirable for the world's investors, however, which explains why ratings agency Standard & Poor's moved to downgrade U.S. treasury bills to AA + after the debt - ceiling deal had been reached.

Obama is directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to work with existing and new power plants to develop emission standards, according to a blueprint for the proposals from the White House.

The EPA found that one in every eight planes failed the agency's standards for water safety and 15 % of of tested aircraft water systems contained potentially harmful bacteria, Business Insider reports.

Although the order hasn't come in yet, Taser's CEO Rick Smith said he thinks the agency will make Taser's Axon cameras standard equipment for all officers.

Another way to gauge the strength of a company is to companies with similar credit ratings - which the big credit rating agencies, Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P)- provide for investors to look up.

The agency issued new guidance last fall clarifying some of those standards for new banks, likely in the hopes of encouraging new investment.

«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.

By comparison, for conventional bitcoin exchange, the CFTC has teeth, but the agency can't set customer protection and compliance standards for platforms.

«We get a lot of design firms that are keen on collaboration and interaction, and agencies that use the space for an injection of creativity and buzz to break up the monotony of their standard office.

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.

Last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency will abandon the long - term fuel economy standards developed by the Obama administration for 2022 - 20Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency will abandon the long - term fuel economy standards developed by the Obama administration for 2022 - 20agency will abandon the long - term fuel economy standards developed by the Obama administration for 2022 - 2025,...

The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is setting itself up for a hard legal battle over fuel economy standards, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said.

Because my former employer was a small agency responsible for only a handful of clients, our duties could easily fit into a standard five - day work week.

«' The standard of conduct the agency has articulated appears ambiguous at best,» Marcus Stanley, policy director at Americans for Financial Reform, said in a statement.

The International Labour Organization is the UN agency «responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards.»

Prime mortgages in the US are those that meet the underwriting standards for entry into mortgage pools sponsored by the agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — so called «conforming» mortgages.

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.

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.»

This part of the «for use in» standard was tested in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal case Jam Industries Ltd. v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency.

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

Is it funded by the United Fund or the Government or a body which holds member agencies accountable for accepted standards of practice?

One journalist who filed a pretty standard Freedom of Information Act for government records on national white supremacist groups seems to have gotten way, way more than he bargained for when a Department for Homeland Security - linked agency sent him a file titled, and we quote, «EM effects on human body.zip.»

Thus, while a case for government - supported mass media may be made, other independent agencies should coexist in the field with them, and safeguards should be provided in the system of government to insure that high professional standards prevail and that the media are used for the general good rather than for partisan advantage.

Opponents of the new standards claim that the recommendations could outprice organic items for conventional consumers, and that the suit could drive consumer mistrust of government agencies that can't reach an agreement without a court proceeding.

FDA's alignment with NOP standards on the use of compost recognizes the reduced food safety risk that composting can provide to public health, and FDA's decision to defer final decision on its previously proposed 9 - month minimum application interval for manure shows the agency's recognition that manure plays its own unique role in providing organic crops with adequate fertility.

Full certification for drinking water, in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standards, has -LSB-...]

FSANZ Chief Executive Officer, Steve McCutcheon, said Safe Food Australia is used by government agencies responsible for enforcing food standards.

AFAS provides assistance for capacity - building for overseas quarantine agencies (or equivalent), in respect to monitoring and registering fumigation providers, and also assists fumigators in maintaining a high standard of methyl bromide fumigation performance and compliance with Australian requirements.

There is usually a fee for the certification itself — to the certifying agency and / or to the organization that developed the standards (i.e., Rainforest Alliance, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center).

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.

By Sueli Roel Backes Over the years, a number of standards and compliance requirements have been established for the food processing industry by different regulatory agencies around the world.

Setting the global pace and standards for not only the industry but national certifying bodies and agencies, Axiom's ingredients have been featured in ground - breaking double blind clinical trials at a major American university, have earned the first GRAS approval, and their celebrated organic Oryzatein ® brown rice protein ingredient is patent - pending.

He is accountable for daily operations, planning and implementing multiple programs including; room service, personnel management, staff training and development, policy administration, purchasing, marketing of services, nutrition education, budget compliance, sanitation and adherence to the standards of hospital and regulatory agencies.

The Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection declared the agency was a cornerstone for food standards and quality in Bulgaria.

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.