Sentences with phrase «agency over decisions»

New York State is preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision to permanently allow dumping of dredged material in the Long Island Sound, according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

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The decision comes on the heels of a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, an agency of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, that shows the rate of estimated drug overdose deaths increased in the third quarter of 2016 and outpaced the rate of drug - related deaths over the same period in 2015.

As I've chronicled extensively, Exondys is an extremely controversial treatment, and the FDA's decision to approve the therapy over the objections of the agency's own scientific staff stunned many observers last year, raising questions about whether or not the FDA had succumbed to a well - orchestrated and heart - wrenching PR campaign by patients and advocates.

Over 180 asset managers and asset owners in 13 countries regularly incorporate the rating agency's research into their investment decisions.

Catholic News Agency: Domino's founder sues over contraception mandate Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.

Sonoma County Tourism Agency Sued Over Super Bowl Contract: The First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit against the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau on Thursday, challenging a decision by the agency to withhold a copy of its contract with the Super Bowl 50 Host CommitAgency Sued Over Super Bowl Contract: The First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit against the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau on Thursday, challenging a decision by the agency to withhold a copy of its contract with the Super Bowl 50 Host Commitagency to withhold a copy of its contract with the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee...

Issues of asylum and immigration have been an issue of controversy in recent weeks, with the home secretary's decision to split the UK Border Agency after a scandal over lax passport checks emerged.

We need to fundamentally reform the Federal Budget and budget process, review all departments and agencies, eliminate overlapping jurisdiction over services, and base budgetary decisions on cost effectiveness and critical need.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its final decision to allow a new site to dump dredged materials in Long Island Sound.

that, over the past six months, the agency has redoubled its efforts to reach business executives, commercial real estate developers, corporate site selectors, and other decision makers on social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn as part of a broader commitment to attracting and retaining businesses in the state.

Members of Congress are fuming about the agency's decision to fork over $ 1.5 million to a consulting company to improve battered morale, following an independent review citing this as a serious problem at FDA.

In the decision, which came in June, the judge, Gabriel Gorenstein, ordered NIH to turn over the waivers, but allowed the agency to protect other documents, known as recusal lists, from public scrutiny (although they had to turn over redacted versions of the lists during the course of the litigation).

Three federal agencies announced the launch Monday of a joint program to predict climate change and its impacts on local scales over a few decades, information that decision makers will need to adapt to the inevitable.

Brooks acknowledges that the science panel, as an authorizing committee, has little sway over decisions made by the powerful Appropriations Committee, which approves the annual budgets for each federal agency.

SILVER CITY, N.M. — The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency's decision to grant itself a «recovery permit» to live - capture endangered wolves that may enter New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico or the Rocky Mountains.

What Jerry now has going for him is that single mum bookkeeper Dorothy Boyd (Zellweger), with her young son (Jonathan Lipnicki), has slavishly fallen in love with him over his idealistic decision and is willing to go the extra-mile to support her lover boy as she quits her steady job with the agency to be his entire office staff — she even takes it upon herself to apologize for his mistakes, and they get married.

Obviously early career teachers, when they go into teaching they don't have a great deal of agency in terms of control over what they do, the way they teach and certain decisions, and so over time they are assuming more control over what they teach and how they teach, although sometimes allocation is never really in the control of any teacher.

Our hope is to make this tool publicly available so that governments and agencies can track children's development globally over time, and make more informed decisions about how to allocate scarce resources to benefit the largest number of children.

Over time, key court decisions, as well as later revisions to the federal law and regulations issued by federal agencies, have spelled out the rights of students and the obligations of school districts.

The decision comes on the heels of a two - year debate between the agency, the Congress, and interest groups over the epa's failure to act on asbestos regulations.

Those six words, if taken seriously and implemented with care, hold the potential to create and provide resources to sustain a new model for decision - making within state education agencies and school districts — a model that benefits students and taxpayers and, over time, enhances our knowledge of what works in education.

«It is important for the U.S. Supreme Court to take this case, as the Ninth Circuit opinion ignores 20 years of precedents on special education law and represents yet another example of a federal agency exceeding its authority over educational decision making,» NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel said.

Consistent with the goal of shifting power over education decisions away from Sacramento, the Local Control Funding Formula law creates a new agency to work with, not dictate to, local districts on how to meet their improvement goals.

The new legislation, introduced by Republican Sen. Mark Wyland of Escondido but likely to enjoy the support of many Democrats, could signal a showdown with Gov. Jerry Brown, who vetoed similar legislation last year because it infringed on a key premise of his Local Control Funding Formula — allowing local educational agencies the bulk of authority over school spending decisions.

Agency, cultivated over an extended period of time, allows students to make the most important connections and decisions themselves.

In the five months since the «discovery» and planned publication of the manuscript was announced, countless pages and social media streams have been dedicated to debates over the 89 - year - old author's agency in the decision and discussions of what the book, written as an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird but set some 20 years later, might reveal about some of literature's most beloved characters.

It was an outrageous decision, particularly coming from an agency that has fallen over itself to facilitate fossil fuel extraction on public lands.

Youth Sue Over Detrimental State Agency Decisions in Iowa and Texas to Preserve the Future and Prevent Climate Catastrophe

a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function =??? (This is the most critical of all, but I don't understand the input parameters or how how to vary them to give justifiable range of impacts) d. Appropriate discount rates, e.g. = 3 %, 5 %, 7 %, 10 % (i.e., up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).

a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function d. Discount rate (up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).

Those agency decisions pile up over time.

The American Lung Association has received $ 24.7 million in EPA grants over the past 15 years and $ 43 million overall via a total of 591 federal grants, for applauding and promoting government agency decisions.

If properly done, benefit - cost analysis can be of great help to agencies participating in the development of environmental regulations, and it can likewise be useful in evaluating agency decision making and in shaping new laws (which brings us full - circle to the climate legislation that will be developed in the U.S. Senate over the weeks and months ahead, and which I hope to discuss in future posts).

In the first case, Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, No. 16 - 712 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018), the Court ruled in a 7 - 2 decision that the IPR process does not violate Article III of the U.S. Constitution nor the Seventh Amendment, because it is a permissible exercise of agency regulation over public rights.

Our senior lawyer has over 20 years experience with government decisions including Canada Revenue Agency, Canada Border Services Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the RCMP, Correctional Service of Canada, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Courts Administration Service.

In September of last year, I blogged about a decision of the Federal Court of Canada that ordered eBay to hand over to the Canada Revenue Agency information about Canadian «power sellers».

The five Supreme Court justices hear appeals of decisions over all matters decided in the circuit courts, including criminal convictions affirmed on appeal from magistrate court and appeals from administrative agencies.

Judge Allen considered and refused that motion, and the agency brought a further motion to the Court of Queen's Bench, seeking to quash that decision or to prohibit Judge Allen from continuing to preside over the inquest.

July 13, 2016 — «Missouri's public defender agency is suing over what it calls Gov. Jay Nixon's unconstitutional decision to withhold $ 3.5 million in funds for defending the indigent.

Following series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and United States of America respectively against the Federal Government of Nigeria for the rate of corruption and scam activities going on in these country, The united nation deems it necessary to look in to this trend and this was discussed upon during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja Nigeria in which a decision was reached to compensate noted victims of this operation, and we have been working with the (FBI & MPS) over this ugly act since then with U.N delegate there in Nigeria.

In another decision released in early 2016, the agency also ruled that Lukács did not have standing in a complaint he filed against Porter Airlines over information it posted on its website related to passenger compensation for baggage delays.

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Some smartwatches designed for children were officially banned in Germany earlier this week, following a decision of the Federal Network Agency based on concerns over their potential to be used as illegal spying tools.

Apple's decision renewed the argument over how best to help law enforcement agencies ensure our collective security without violating an individual's right to privacy.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Collaborated with an external emergency management agency, resulting in increased efficiency in internal emergency procedures • Implemented applicable maps in support of both daily and response operations which proved essential in planning disaster management activities • Wrote a communications strategy for public safety professionals, which resulted in an increased number of professionals understanding the importance of safety • Trained over 45 professionals in decision management in critical incidents

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Established research analyst with over 30 years of demonstrated success providing a wide range of decision - support skills to U.S. government departments and agencies.

Midwest Steel Blanking (Lombard, IL) 07/2004 — 08/2008 Director of Operations • Oversaw daily operations and management of 40 employees including 2 project managers • Served as an advisor to the President on all critical and strategic issues • Led presentations to banks, governmental agencies, potential investors, and large volume customers • Oversaw production, maintenance, quality control, and all other dealings with all outside vendors • Negotiated all insurance policies and contracts concerning account receivables and insurance related claims • Developed the ISO 9000 quality manual and OSHA safety awareness programs, training, and documentation • Trained future managers of the company in professional skills, managerial decision making, and business communications • Designed and implemented a new inventory control systems for managing raw - material and finished - goods • Ensured cost control limiting the direct expenses incurred and indirect impacts such as inefficiencies, downtime, and waste • Over a 3 year period, reduced the account receivables insurance premium from $ 55K to $ 13K / year • Renegotiated all other insurance contracts for better coverage and reduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training programs