Sentences with phrase «addressing federal issues»

Levinson was recently appointed Chair of the Education Committee of the AAJ's Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, serving a two - year term through 2017, as well as Vice Chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section, addressing federal issues and focusing on auto collision cases, truck safety, highway design, low speed impact and premises liability.

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There are also forums dedicated to policy issues such as drug pricing and medical standards — last year, former Vice President Joe Biden announced a federal Genomic Data Commons to expedite cancer research during a keynote address.

Over the past few years, the Obama administration has made an effort to address the issue by proposing to raise the federal minimum to $ 10.10 an hour.

A feeble federal government has opened the door for business leaders like Starbucks» Howard Schultz to address social issues Congress has refused to touch.

Ivy adds, «We did issue statements following both election victories for President Obama, as we have after State of the Union addresses and other situations we felt warranted our voice on how certain issues that the federal government is pursuing would affect the architecture profession.»

Bernard Lord, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) lobby group, said the spectrum issue could be addressed when the federal government holds its next spectrum auction in January 2014, but more is needed.

As for the federal Conservatives, the last time Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the issue of natural resource exports, he was lobbying for American support of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline.

Developed by the New York Fed's Community Affairs department, the Facts & Trends series provides analytical summaries intended to present key facts on topical issues to assist governments, community advocates and others to better understand, monitor and address specific economic concerns within the Federal Reserve's Second District.

The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy...

The real issue that was not addressed in the budget is the absence of any economic engine to spur a recovery in growth in 2014 and beyond, The household sector is deep in debt; housing construction has stalled; companies lack confidence and are not investing; the federal and provincial governments are in serious restraint mode; and the export sector is weak and deteriorating.

Supporting women affected by violence The Austrian Federal Government committed to addressing complex social policy issues in their 2013 - 18 work programmes.

With respect to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Powell explained that the Federal Reserve has been making an effort to address the issue as to whether a centralized entity obtaining exclusive rights to permissioned systems undermines the «spirit of DLT.»

There is already a nationwide foundation in place that includes charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, businesses, grocery stores, restaurants, food producers, local, state and federal government agencies and other stakeholders that are committed to addressing this issue through prevention, donation, composting and other practices.

In the absence of federal action, many states — from California to Maine — have attempted to address this issue.

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

This will be the first time the SHAC will be addressing the board face - to - face about an issue of concern: the often nutritionally sub-par items sold on our campuses, by outside groups and HISD itself, that compete with the federal school meal.

In the first federal effort to address serious air pollution associated with fracking, the EPA issued new air quality standards that require oil and gas companies to capture toxic and climate - altering gases from wells, storage sites and pipelines.

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday that the Federal Government was on its toes to address security issues being experienced in recent times within...

«There are other pending issues that could also be addressed at a special session, including the financial hardship the State will face from potential federal cutbacks.

I thank Congressman Brian Higgins for his great leadership on this issue by securing a number of federal grants to address lead poisoning, though I ask him and the rest of our Congressional and Senate delegation to do all they can to provide more federal funding to help us in our task.

Mangelli said Thursday he stands by those comments, pointing out that he was addressing «federal issues,» not local concerns.

She said Suozzi has the experience needed to bring federal dollars back to the district to address local issues like transportation and air traffic noise.

The proposed legislation also addresses the issue of jurisdiction by streamlining the federal court process and providing concurrent federal and state review.

The PDP, which insisted that the Federal Government must address the issues it raised, noted that «the attempt by the APC Federal Government to divert attention from the fraud, by resorting to unsubstantiated allegations against the PDP only reinforces its manipulative tendencies and arrogant spurn to the sensibilities of Nigerians.»

While the federal government fails to address the issue of gun violence, we continue to fight to keep guns out of the hands of those who could devastate our communities and our residents.»

Key issues ASUU demands the federal government to address includes: Non Payment of Salaries; Non Payment of Earned Academic Allowances; Non release of operational License of NUPEMCO; Non Implementation of the provisions of the 2014 Pension Reform Act with respect to Retired Professors; Removal of the University Staff School from government funding; funds for the revitalization of Public Universities amongst others.

EJ McMahon: «(T) he initial version of the budget doesn't address any of the myriad corporate and personal income tax (PIT) conformance issues raised by passage of the new federal tax law.

«The looming threats from Washington leave us with two options: Our state budget must either fully anticipate and address our human and financial needs or we must keep working to reach compromise on the reform issues and remain financially cautious so we can adapt to federal actions once they are determined,» Cuomo stated.

«Addressing this issue on the local level is only a start, we need our federal representatives to take action and ban microbeads from personal care products.

The Cable Telecommunications Association of New York issued a similar statement on behalf of its members, saying it supports a bipartisan federal effort to address net neutrality.

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is pro-active in addressing issues at the local, state and federal level that impact businesses.

The forum will address these issues and bring together representatives from the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, as well as an official from the federal government.

While this is a positive step, Enck says the federal government still has a responsibility to address the issue.

Like the grab - bag package the county administration put together for federal stimulus funding in 2009, this application to the state does have broad appeal in addressing consolidation, firematic and education issues.

According to Chairwoman Cornell, Vanderhoef issued a letter to the legislature stating that in his opinion the move violated state and federal law by proceeding upon terms materially different from the request for outgoing bids and failing to address the responsibility of all bidders.

«We have been working closely with independent engineers, and with federal and state agencies, to address issues surrounding the May 9 transformer failure, and corrective actions are well underway,» said Bill Mohl, president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities, the Entergy business unit that owns Indian Point.

Also reacting to the anti-open grazing law, the state chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammed Hussine, said if the issue at hand was not addressed as quickly as expected by the Federal Government, it would usher in a fresh crisis.

The NBA, which addressed a press conference on Wednesday, said it was illegal to tag IPOB as a terrorist group and urged the Federal Government to follow the laid down procedures of law in handling the issue of IPOB.

Delivering the ruling, Tsoho said, «The plaintiff raised two issues in the written address for determination, to wit: Whether or not the 1st defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid statutory appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in accordance with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 and whether or not the 1st defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.»

On Thursday, John Sampson, the Senate Democratic Conference leader, reiterated that his members would return to Albany once agreements had been made on three issues: a new tuition plan for SUNY and CUNY schools; property tax reform; and a contingency plan to address the possible loss of $ 1 billion in federal Medicaid funds.

It's concerning that Syracuse, a city with the highest percentage of children with lead poisoning, according to a recent study by Journal of Pediatrics, is currently without federal funding to address the issue.

He said when Rivers State had issues with kidnappings, the Federal Government and her agents plotted to declare a state of emergency instead of addressing the security challenge.

On the issue of restructuring, the governor pointed out that agitations for the restructuring of the country would intensify until the Federal Government decided to take the right steps to address developmental challenges facing the nation.

In addition, Jean represents her office on several federal committees and working groups addressing issues ranging from mitigating the risks posed by high consequence animal diseases, to animal rights extremist groups, and enhancing preparedness of pet owners in the event of a natural or man - made disaster.

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To accompany the toolkit and provide high - level encouragement to federal agencies to use crowdsourcing approaches, Shanley worked with OSTP to help shape the White House memorandum «Addressing Societal and Scientific Challenges through Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing» issued by Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John Holdren.

Special committees of CSFS address educational, scientific, and legal issues within forensic science and act as advisory bodies to provincial and federal justice ministries.

In a recent paper, the Brookings Institution argued that as automation technology becomes more widely available, liability issues related to autonomous commercial vehicles will need to be addressed at both the state and federal levels.

Recently, the federal government announced a draft statement that directly addresses this issue by offering explicit funding in research grants to support the costs of sharing biomaterials and other forms of data (see the National Institutes of Health's Draft Statement on Sharing Research Data).

He worked with researchers at the FJC to investigate current policy issues confronting federal courts in addressing patent litigation.