Sentences with phrase «agency officials said»

The EPA has supervised the cleanup of nearly 8,400 spills since 1970, but in multiple interviews with InsideClimate News, agency officials said the Marshall spill cleanup was unlike anything they'd ever faced.

In a section of a March 9 memo to the White House headed» Global warming science is compelling,» agency officials said:» The science is strongest on the fact that carbon dioxide is contributing, and will continue to contribute, to global climate change.

The average credit score of an FHA borrower is now 690, up from 630 only two years ago, agency officials said.

Texas Education Agency officials said the system will allow teachers and principals to intervene early with struggling students.

A group of astronauts may spend a year in orbit around the moon in the late 2020s as part of NASA's plan to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, agency officials said today (May 9).

This week, agency officials said the 23 - year - old Hubble telescope could potentially last through 2018, allowing for some overlap with the JWST mission that would be a boon for astronomers.

Construction and initial use of the gateway would constitute phase one of NASA's crewed efforts in the vicinity of the moon, agency officials said.

«This spacecraft would be a reusable vehicle that uses electric and chemical propulsion and would be specifically designed for crewed missions to destinations such as Mars,» agency officials said.

The move is a prelude to sending humans into space, which the Islamic Republic hopes to do by 2020, Iranian Space Agency officials said.

Understanding those differences - and corresponding climate - induced changes - could have important ramifications as the agency assesses the carbon sequestration potential of the nation's forests, agency officials said.

Space agency officials said preparations for Glory's launch next month are proceeding on schedule.

At no time will a precise time / location prediction from ESA be possible,» agency officials said in a statement.

Testing of the telescope and science instruments is proceeding well at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, agency officials said.

Jonathan Darche was named the board's executive director following a nationwide search, agency officials said.

Staten Island is considered the DOT's «laboratory» for testing new materials and strategies for road repair, agency officials said.

Furious commuters slammed the MTA Thursday morning after a 30 - foot piece of the third rail's protective board came loose, slowing the commute from Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, agency officials said.

Agency officials said they disagreed with some of the audit's findings and believe their evaluations of development projects and their potential benefits to the city are thorough.

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $ 4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said.

DEC officials dismissed her after it came to light that the truck had been hired by a General Electric contractor to cater an event on GE's Niskayuna campus; agency officials said DEC's work on GE's PCB dredging project on the Hudson should have raised a red flag for Loguidice.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency had a record - setting day today, approving tax breaks for seven projects — the largest number of projects that it has provided subsidies for in a single meeting since it was created in 1970, agency officials said.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a September collision between an Army helicopter and a drone that was illegally flying over Staten Island, agency officials said.

The state Education Department has since issued guidance to districts on how the evaluation system will run without the exam scores, and will keep working with districts on implementing the moratorium, an agency official said.

«We do not believe this was an individual sitting at a machine and downloading this much material in sequence» A US National Security Agency official says whistleblower Edward Snowden used cheap software, which should have been easily detected, to automatically «scrape» data from its websites

A House - Senate deal to fund the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration includes enough cash to stabilize the nation's struggling environmental satellite program, a top agency official said yesterday.

Agency officials say they are, in fact, acting legally.

At NSF, its 6.7 % increase, or $ 500 million, comes largely from mandatory spending — some $ 400 million that agency officials say will target young investigators launching their careers.

One science objective, agency officials say, could be to study Venus's carbon dioxide — rich atmosphere to glean insights into the buildup of the greenhouse gas in our planet's atmosphere.

After nearly four years mapping the «hidden universe,» the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space has reached the end of its life, European Space Agency officials say.

NASA has just released two free e-books about the Hubble Space Telescope and its not - yet - launched successor, with interactive features that let readers watch a galaxy collision or manipulate a telescope model between pages, agency officials say.

And agency officials say the total could be many times higher than that.

More Texans are buying federal flood insurance after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast, a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official said.

Besides, agency officials say wistfully, just wait until traffic congestion worsens, gas prices rise, everyone is living in transit - oriented developments, and transit vehicles are hauled by sparkly unicorns.

Nov. 13 — The Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing guidance for reducing methane emissions from oil and natural gas wells, a senior agency official said Nov. 13.

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«I've had the opportunity to consult with the senior officials of the security and police agencies of the government of Canada, and on the basis of all available information at the present time there would appear to be no national security connection to this particular incident,» Goodale said.

White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce will leave his post and return to the National Security Agency, a White House official said on Monday.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Bach told Kim the trip was to «express the most heartfelt thanks» to North Korea's leader for helping make February's the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics a Games that were «symbolic of peace.»

The Houthis and allied militias loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi territory during a 2-1/2 year war, said on their official news agency they had launched a mid-range ballistic missile that «hit its military target with high precision».

Yonhap News Agency cited an unidentified official at the presidential office in Seoul saying there's no «imminent crisis.»

The company said it is working with local and state government officials to identify four nonprofit agencies.

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.

In recent weeks, Mueller's team has interviewed a number of senior officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as well as Comey, officials said.

PARIS — Better information - sharing between countries, law enforcement agencies, financial services companies and the tech industry will help combat financing for the Islamic State group and al - Qaida, a senior international official said Thursday.

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.

With Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt also said to be on thin ice, political observers have been guessing which official might be next to depart an administration engulfed in multiple controversies.

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.

«But the U.S. brought the threat of war to the Korean peninsula with large - scale new sanctions on the DPRK ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony,» the state news agency said, using the initials of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

«Health officials want people who have eaten at a Chipotle between October 14 and 23, and become ill with vomiting and bloody diarrhea, to see their health care provider and mention this outbreak,» the agency said in a notice on its website.

By Wednesday afternoon, the officials, like Trump, were saying he had in fact been considering ousting the FBI director for months because of a lack of confidence in his ability to lead the agency.

«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 United States government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of diffuse risks, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday.