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GAO also examined aggregated data provided by Education and Treasury, reviewed documentation, and interviewed agency officials about Education's processes for providing relief from offset.
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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 Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that allow Russian intelligence agencies to request or compel assistance from Kaspersky and to intercept communications transiting Russian networks,» DHS said in a statement.
The questions about Russia only deepened late Tuesday when The New York Times reported that U.S. agencies had intercepted phone calls last year between Russian intelligence officials and members of Trump's 2016 campaign team.
It is very difficult for U.S. spy agencies to acquire timely information about where and how hostages are being held, the current and former U.S. officials said.
The Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that allow Russian intelligence agencies to request or compel assistance from Kaspersky and to intercept communications transiting Russian networks.
China's official Xinhua news agency said on Monday on its verified Twitter account, noting that in the sell - off, about two - thirds of all mainland - listed stocks fell by the daily limit of 10 percent.
The agency said that ZTE lied to American officials about punishing employees who violated US sanctions against North Korea and Iran.
And when those provincial energy agencies do take meetings with Ontario government officials, the regulators should reveal — «in a timely manner» — what was talked about and who attended, the association said.
But two former FTC officials said that Facebook's allowing the psychologist to take so much data about a person's friends could constitute a violation of a 2011 consent decree with the agency.
In a letter sent to the Justice Department on Friday, she demanded the agency detail any conversations it's had with Trump or other White House officials about AT&T, Time Warner and CNN.
Shares in about 80 % of China's listed companies were suspended after falling the maximum 10 % daily limit, prompting Xinhua, China's official state news agency, to dub the day's trading «Black Monday.»
• Why did major segments of the mainstream U.S. media allow U.S. government officials and agencies to determine the parameters of debate about the crisis in Central America?
The U.S. funding accounts for about 7 percent of UNFPA's worldwide budget, according to agency officials.
About the Taiwan Tourism Bureau: The Taiwan Tourism Bureau is the official government agency responsible for domestic and international tourism policy development and execution.
Neither park district has an official dog park, and the two agencies have been working on a plan for about a year, said Greg Kuhs, executive director of the Mount Prospect Park District.
The Park District, whose officials could not be reached for comment Thursday, used about $ 441,000 in state and local funds to develop the land at Oak Hollow and another village open space, Munao Park, according to the agency's documents.
About two hours after news of Schneiderman's suspension broke, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief spokeswoman, Melissa DeRosa, issued a statement announcing the governor will «convene a meeting» with representations from the Legislature, and the AG and state comptroller to come up with a uniform email and FOIL policy that applies to all state officials and agencies.
Importers of have constantly complained about the inefficiencies at the port and about officials of these agencies who claim extort monies from them thus raising their cost of doing business.
A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.
At a forum sponsored by the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project about filing open records requests, facilitators revealed that seven (7) open records requests were filed in advanced of the forum, seeking documents and records about the proposed Brooklyn - Queens Connector, or BQX, or about Agencies or officials with discretion over the BQX.
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.»
It observed that following public outcry that the Presidency should hand the former officials to the EFCC for prosecution after their sacking, «spokesmen of the administration have been speaking in forked tongues about Presidency not teleguiding the anti-graft war and that the agency would exercise its discretion.»
New York state agencies and officials will be barred from asking about a person's immigration status, under an executive order issued Friday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said neither Simon nor any union official has reached out to the agency about a 60 - day extension of the strike deadline.
Instead, the elected officials insist they were first notified last March about the contamination — though the state Health Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency informed them little could be done because the toxic chemical was not a regulated contaminant.
At about 2.30 pm, officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency took to radio callings to inform motorists to avoid routes such as Ikorodu Road, Ojota, Airport road, and parts of Ikeja and Maryland.
David said in an interview that Cuomo administration officials place calls to JCOPE «all the time,» but insisted the communication was never to direct the agency's actions or seek information about active investigations, since such conversations are «not allowed.»
At a council hearing last month, agency officials came under scrutiny for revelations about the projects, such as 143,000 out of 175,000 units having suffered heat or hot water outages this heating season, which means 320,000 out of about 400,000 residents, or about 80 percent.
«Officials with the state Budget Division say they're planning for layoffs even though there have been no memorandums or other written guidance sent to state agencies about how the cuts would proceed, or precisely when they would begin.
New memos debunk the de Blasio's administration's claim that its top officials knew nothing about deed restrictions lifted by a city agency on a nursing home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, learning of it only in late February, after the building was sold to luxury condominium developers for $ 116 million.
Investigators sought to question an official at the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and requested agency documents about a contract that was awarded to a local company after the firm's owner donated $ 100,000 to a nonprofit affiliated with de Blasio.
The chiefs of America's intelligence agencies last week presented Obama and President - elect Donald Trump with a summary of unsubstantiated reports that Russia had collected compromising and salacious personal information about Trump, two officials with knowledge of the briefing said.
For months, the de Blasio administration has insisted that its top officials knew nothing about deed restrictions that were lifted by a city agency on a nursing home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan — learning of it only in late February, after the building was sold to luxury condominium developers for $ 116 million.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by about 30 elected officials, announced on Thursday the state may take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop a plan to allow dumping in Long Island Sound of materials dug up from dredging.
A Manhattan judge has ordered NYCHA officials to inspect thousands of apartments for lead paint within 90 days or face cross-examination by lawyers for tenants about the agency's failings.
A final decision will be made in about three months after the agency meets with local officials and residents of the 10451 zip code area, which this branch serves.
The new policy will prevent Westchester law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal agencies such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Patrol, as well as prevent county authorities from questioning individuals about their immigration status.
Any allegation about corruption against any official member of my government will be investigated by the law enforcement agencies.
He said, «President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all relevant agencies to compile documents on names of all looters with a view to promptly enforcing the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos ordering the government to release to Nigerians information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered.»
Still concerned about his travel, they notified the National Targeting Center, a federal agency that assesses potential threats, two law enforcement officials said.
The agency said Conway «impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election.»
City officials said Liu's current campaign isn't liable for his previous debts, but the agency is in talks with Liu's lawyers about paying up.
Gennaro said he intended to highlight differences between Governor Andrew Cuomo's «very nice - sounding and very responsible» sounding statements about fracking and the state agencies» sometime - incongruous actions: «It's nice when elected officials make statements like that because then you can thank them for their statements, for their good - sounding statements, and ask the agencies that answer to the governor to sort of live up to the governor's good rhetoric on this.
John Raymond was about to sell his home in Lewiston until Environmental Protection Agency officials showed up last spring armed with radiation detectors.
Organizer Sean Collins is with Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration: «And in the resolution it talks about, it calls on local law enforcement officials and agencies to utilize their discretion they have, use greater discretion to provide more leniency and more compassion in the system, and do what they can now, even though there isn't a law on the books to divert 16 - and 17 - year - olds away from prisons.»
In a written response to questions about Cuomo's impact on the PSC process, officials at the agency said they will make their decision based on information in the case, including public comments.
The decision, according to sources, came about two weeks ago at a closed - door joint meeting of county legislators, UCDC officials, IDA (Industrial Development Agency) leaders and the county executive's staff with Matteson.
A study to examine the economic viability of a living wage requirement was approved by the city's Industrial Development Agency board today, but city officials, including Comptroller John Liu, are already raising questions about whether it will be truly independent.