Sentences with phrase «federal agency officials»

The events are free and open to the public, and will be of particular interest to the international Arctic research community, Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, Arctic educators, and the media.

Not exact matches

To come up with these new rules, NYDFS officials went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and borrowed the cybersecurity policies and practices that the U.S. Government requires all federal agencies to adhere to.

Procurement officials at federal agencies gravitate to the ANCs because, says Proffitt, «they don't have to compete contracts and worry about who might win.

As the firestorm over Trump's comment began late last week, the White House and Trump's National Security Council provided no guidance to the State Department about what to say to foreign countries who were incensed, said a U.S. official familiar with the conversations between the White House and other federal agencies.

The EPA has assessed 740 properties so far, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given out $ 6 million worth of rental and other assistance to displaced Californians, officials said.

«No existing agency has the responsibility for performing these functions, so we need these gaps to be filled to help the federal government meet its responsibilities in cybersecurity,» the official said.

If you get an official - looking document demanding money, call the state or federal agency referenced in the document to verify the demand is valid.

The agency has argued that obtaining judicial warrants are unnecessary and would place too much burden on ICE officials and federal courts.

A senior Federal Aviation Administration official said in June the agency expects to finalize regulations for commercial drone operations over the next 12 months.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the aAgency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agencyagency.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

Pruitt's trip to Australia was ultimately scuttled — the EPA said Pruitt needed to handle the agency's response to Hurricane Harvey — but not before EPA officials spent $ 45,000 in federal funds on a planning mission to Australia, according to Reuters.

William Booher, spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said his agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.&Agency (FEMA), said his agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.&agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.»

Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testimony before a Senate subcommittee Thursday.

Because of the surprising nature of the rollout, the administration wasn't able to notify senior officials in multiple federal agencies, State Department officials who needed to notify other countries of the drastic measures, or lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

ChinaThrough its official news agency Xinhua, China has stated that an investigation covering the substantial breach that compromised over 22 million federal employees was a cyberattack...

A top official from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency took to the road this week to get feedback from farmers in Pennsylvania on how new enhancements to federal crop insurance are helping organic producers.

That's why we're regularly working with elected officials, federal and state agencies, and state guilds to ensure you get a fair shake.

By way of example, on August 29, 2006, federal Drug Enforcement Agency officials in Alabama raided a compounding pharmacy (a pharmacy that makes its own drugs generically) called Applied Pharmacy Services.

Mass Audubon has communicated its concerns to federal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agfederal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agencies.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with the Department of Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of the United Mexican States (PROFECO) have signed a memorandum of understanding that officials say will result in better regulatory cooperation and exchanges of information across borders.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

Federal agencies are less likely to receive blasts of comments on rules and regulations, and I've seen agency officials step back and reconsider an action when they're deluged with citizen messages (though of course, we've all also seen agencies ignore vast amounts of public input and do exactly the opposite what's asked).

Governor Cuomo is calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to establish an official drinking water standard for the unregulated contaminant 1,4 - dioxane.

The agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»

For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

«It is suspicious that a question and answer session with the Congresswoman would not be sponsored by her official office, so that people attending who need help with a federal agency can receive assistance at the event by caseworkers,» Brindisi said.

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.

In conjunction with the Chairman of the County Legislature, the County Manager represents the Legislature in contacts with political subdivisions, State and Federal officials, and other agencies.

The proposal still requires approval from various state and federal agencies, officials said.

Police and federal officials, though, countered that they remain focused on curtailing a gang that preys on immigrants and said the steps they take are based on evidence.The report by the New York Immigration Coalition and the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic at the CUNY School of Law warns about the danger of law - enforcement agencies slipping into profiling and discriminatory policing.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized on Tuesday the response by federal emergency officials to the post-storm recovery in Puerto Rico, knocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the federal emergency officials to the post-storm recovery in Puerto Rico, knocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the island.

Meanwhile, officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Police personnel were all on ground to ensure free traffic flow at the scene of the accident.

Justice Agbim noted that «the fuel subsidy fraud involved corruption and fraud on a very massive scale»; that it involved many oil companies and officials of government's regulatory agencies «looting and stealing of trillions of naira from the Federal Government of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of Nigeria.»

All told, Katko's office sent federal agencies letters supporting Syracuse grant applications on five separate occasions since February 2015, O'Connor said, and each time his staff offered to work with city officials on the applications.

But in a sharply worded letter sent Wednesday, an official from the federal Environmental Protection Agency cautioned the loan has not yet received federal approval.

In a letter sent on Tuesday from state officials to the E.P.A.'s top official, Administrator Gina McCarthy, the state accused the federal agency of bungling the response to PFOA, and demanding that it cover at least $ 75 million in expenses, accrued already and estimated in the future, that can not be clawed back from polluters.

Cornyn and Murphy's proposal would require federal and state officials to report criminal records to the NICS, and would seek to penalize agencies that fail to comply.

Vermont officials are hoping a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover the cost of replacing a culvert in Townshend destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene means more towns will be eligible for such funding.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

The agency also misled the public and federal officials by saying inspections for lead paint hazards were happening between 2012 and 2016 when they weren't.

Under the liberal Democratic mayor, the city booted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island and has only honored the federal agency's requests it detain a suspect if that person has committed one of 170 violent felony offenses.

The balance was already paid to Nassau by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which monitored and OK'd all of VIP Splash's debris removal, said Brian Schneider, a county public works official.

A Latino advocacy group and a law firm are suing Suffolk County and federal officials and agencies, alleging that constitutional guarantees were violated when the county handed over an immigrant for deportation after he was charged in a DWI case.

Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were on ground to receive the returnees when they arrived.

Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials» correspondence be retained as part of the agency's record.

The federal agency overseeing Trump's lease for a luxury hotel in Washington ruled that his inauguration as president doesn't violate terms of the agreement barring government officials from profiting from the property.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo that he was not «overly optimistic» after speaking with federal officials on receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate federal officials on receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate region.

Officials from Western New York and the House members who represent them met with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, with both short term and long term relief in mind.