Sentences with phrase «while federal initiatives»

Not exact matches

Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other federal initiatives have tried to rein in overdraft fees charged to bank customers, the fees remain big business, especially for big banks.

The 2018 federal budget, while not as transformative as last year's, had important new initiatives related to housing and homelessness.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

While there have been some federal initiatives to discourage some subsidies, and some attempts at regional truces to reduce interstate arms races, there has been no comprehensive federal restriction on such incentives.

While the GOP - led federal government has thrown Albany off course in the last year, Gyory said Cuomo was wise to pursue parallel initiatives and not make himself a simple foil for the president.

While Glenwood Management executive Charles Dorego continues to find himself involved in federal cases against former Albany politicians Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, public documents have revealed the role of Dorego's ex-wife, attorney Doreen Small, in obscuring lobbying efforts against city waste removal initiatives.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

When contacted, the state president of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr. Bunmi Ajimoko, while commending the Federal Government for the initiative, advised the state government not to divert the money to other use.

While child poverty remains a stubborn enemy, the federal anti-poverty initiative launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson has led to health and IQ gains for disadvantaged students.

While it wasn't clear where federal efforts were making significant headway, a handful of states launched initiatives to try to raise achievement and address inequities.

Meanwhile, supporters have glowingly packaged this federal grant program as a transformational initiative, while setting a remarkably low bar for what the administration needs to do in order for the effort to be branded successful.

But while many in the cash - strapped state cheered the $ 12.5 million for raising reading achievement in the neediest schools, others were scrambling to salvage the state's existing literacy initiative after a federal panel suggested it is not aligned with current research in the...

While the Common Core initiative is actually a product of state cooperation, the 2014 Education Next survey found that 64 percent of respondents who had heard of Common Core believed that «the federal government requires all states to use the Common Core standards» (see «No Common Opinion on the Common Core,» features, Winter 2015).

Importantly, the successful provision of information related to college choice through initiatives like ECO-C is likely to magnify the return to existing federal and state aid policies, while the return to high - cost interventions such as expanding the Pell grant program is likely to be very limited unless students possess sufficient information about college alternatives.

What causes some federal initiatives to function, at least for a while, as positive game - changers, while so many others almost immediately become duds?

Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).

But the federal initiatives around education seldom take such a holistic approach; instead, competing departments engage in bureaucratic turf wars that, while fun within the Beltway, are tragic for children in our neighborhoods.

Federal funds provide additional subsidies: DSU received an award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education program while JCPS and Region 1 used Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to support their principal training initiatives.

While meeting the social, emotional, and academic needs of students is challenging enough, districts also must respond to and comply with federal and state Department of Education initiatives and requests for information, which can shift as unpredictably as the legislative winds.

Over the past nine years, sequestration, the federal government shutdown in 2013, the FAA's authorization lapse in 2011, 23 short - term FAA authorization extensions from 2007 to 2012, and three authorization extensions from 2015 to 2017, have created an environment of instability and unpredictability that has undermined the FAA's ability to effectively perform its safety and efficiency mission while managing modernization and key initiatives.

There are several types available, each of which are designed to provide an increase in the level of health care in rural areas, while also acting as part of the federal student loan forgiveness initiative.

He took the initiative and introduced the Student Loan Refinance Bill which would have lowered rates while implementing federal refinancing.

While Bill Huizenga (R) has not led many federal student loan initiatives; in fact, he believes «federal policies must provide states and institutions the flexibility necessary to innovate» which leads one to believe he supports limited federal involvement.

The second key difference is that while the Peace Corps is an agency of the federal government, our vision for Global Citizen Year is to have the flexibility and leverage of a truly cross-sector initiative.

«While our federal government is sitting on its hands, California is moving full speed ahead toward a clean energy future,» Mr. Schwarzenegger, who campaigned vigorously against the initiative, said in a recent address.

While the set back in U.S. federal policy is very serious, important leadership initiatives are emerging at the state and city level that will create pressure, again, for that country as whole to act.

While some of our attorneys are registered as federal and state lobbyists, we regularly work alongside lobbyists and public affairs professionals in the development and implementation of state based regulatory and legislative initiatives on behalf of our pharmaceutical clients.

While the rules below are likely the largest single federal initiative to protect privacy, they are by no means alone in the field.

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Early Head Start is a comprehensive, two - generation federal initiative aimed at enhancing the development of infants and toddlers while strengthening families.

MIECHV offers states considerable flexibility in the design and focus of their home visiting initiatives, while applying accountability requirements that ensure federal funding is used only for supports that work.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), MIECHV's federal funding agency, is surveying local MIECHV programs about customer satisfaction while participating in MIECHV as part of a quality improvement initiative in the federal government.