Sentences with phrase «agency under the administration»

In planning for MIECHV, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in partnership with key federal agencies under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), launched Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) to conduct a transparent and extensive review of home visiting research and assess the quality and rigor of the evidence.

I've previously speculated about whether the typical deference to agency decisions might eventually lose its luster, not because conservative judges hate Chevron, but simply because courts might get tired of agencies under this Administration abusing their discretion.

On February 4, 2018, at 10:10 p.m. China Standard Time, Financialnews, a rather small news agency under the administration of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), released an article that explicitly stated that...

In planning for MIECHV, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in partnership with key federal agencies under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), launched Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) to conduct a transparent and extensive review of home visiting research and assess the quality and rigor of the evidence.

Not exact matches

The Transportation Security Administration, the federal agency in charge of screening passengers, isn't specifically looking for drugs that are illegal under federal law, a spokesman said.

Since 1996, under a provision called the Dickey Amendment, Congress has prevented agencies in the U.S. Health and Human Services administration from using funds «to advocate or promote gun control.»

If the court denies the CFPB's request, Trump could dismiss Cordray almost immediately — and the agency would have little recourse to appeal to the Supreme Court under a Republican administration.

Second, and perhaps more importantly, the Republican Party seems to have consolidated behind the Trump administration's still - fuzzy, though apparently less - extreme vision for the agency — one that still represents a significant departure from the status quo under Trump's predecessors.

Slavitt said EpiPen has patent protection, has no Food and Drug Administration - approved equivalents, and was approved by that agency under a «new drug application,» all of which make it a brand - name drug.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wasn't resting on its laurels in 2017: The agency under new commissioner Scott Gottlieb approved 46 new medicines — i.e., completely new therapies, not just additional indications on already - approved drugs — the highest number of approvals in more than two decades.

Yet career employees, despite their famous pride in serving under different administrations, are clearly steered by their agency's political leadership.

Under the Financial Administration Act, departments and agencies can only spend funds / appropriations approved by Parliament.

Among the «high crimes and misdemeanors» that, under other political circumstances, would surely constitute the Constitutional grounds for impeachment are these: the President and his top officials pressured the Central Intelligence Agency to put together a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq's nuclear weapons that both the administration and the Agency knew to be patently dishonest.

The spate of unwarranted witch hunt, bully and harassment of political opponents under the guise of the fight against corruption by the Akufo - Addo administration, using state investigative agencies is dangerous to our democracy.

A crass Facebook exchange among three lawyers of the Administration for Children's Services, the city's child welfare agency, and one from the Legal Aid Society, which represents many children and parents in court proceedings, is under scrutiny.

The Obama administration is suggesting that the inspections in Iran are going to be unprecedentedly harsher that in any other country while they are under this agreement, but even after the agreement is over the International Atomic Energy agency would have regular access as they have in any other nuclear nation.

Big savings came from abolishing NDPBs with substantial administration costs such as Regional Development Agencies, and Department of Health bodies abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Under the current Administration, the preservation of affordable housing resources has become a major priority for the State's housing agencies.

Enck joins us in - studio this week to discuss the concerns she has about her former agency under the new administration.

While Lhota has generally spoken highly of Mayor Bloomberg, he has nonetheless offered sharp comments on a number of specific actions and agency management issues under the Bloomberg administration.

Following the actions of the Trump Administration to diminish protections for transgender students, the Commissioner and Attorney General strongly encourage districts and their school attorneys to review SED's guidance on protecting transgender students, as well as our agencies» joint guidance on how to ensure districts comply with their duties under DASA as to all students.

«Given recent events and changes in priorities under the Trump administration, as parents, educators and leaders of state agencies we must all work together to protect all the children in our schools,» said State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

David Hansell, who currently works for the consulting firm KPMG, has been named as the new commissioner for the NYC Administration for Children's Services — an agency that has been under heavy scrutiny in recent months.

«Under no circumstances should court officers interfere in the administration of duties of any law enforcement agencies in and around New York State courthouses.

To facilitate fruitful exchange of reform experiences and sharing of applicable good practices, the JUSTPAL Network has organized its activities under (currently) five Communities of Practice (COPs): (i) Budgeting for the Justice Sector; (ii) Information Systems for Justice Services; (iii) Justice Sector Physical Infrastructure; (iv) Court Management and Administration; and (v) Prosecution and Anti-Corruption Agencies.

The administration had simultaneously ordered state agencies to sever contacts with lobbyist Todd Howe, who had worked under Cuomo during his time at the U.S. Department of Housing and urban Development during the 1990s and who had maintained an office at the SUNY Polytechnic campus, a key player in the Buffalo Billion initiative.

She and de Blasio — who himself served as chairman of the City Council's General Welfare Committee when he was a city councilman — first met more than 20 years ago when Carrión was serving as commissioner of the city's Community Development Agency under former Mayor David Dinkins» administration, where the mayor also got his start.

Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers is united under the leadership of Chibuike Amaechi.

Departing Gov. David A. Paterson faced stalemates with the Legislature on several issues and his administration imposed some cuts by executive order for agencies directly under his control.

«Under the de Blasio administration, the Community Affairs Unit will be taking an active role to engage with a broad range of communities in all five boroughs, and we plan to staff the agency with individuals who are best suited to build a robust dialogue with those communities,» spokeswoman Marti Adams said.

«The forecasts and the reserves — reserves upon the reserves — and that what the credit agencies look at that's what they said has greatly improved under our administration and that's why our credit rating went up.»

Her future at the agency under the new administration is unclear.

Worse, according to Mr. Stringer, was that the agency, now under the leadership of Mr. de Blasio's appointee Shola Olatoye, refused to admit that it had been derelict in its duties when faced with the comptroller's findings — even though the audit covered contracts from the Bloomberg Administration.

After all, NYCHA is but the latest in a long list of abysmally failing agencies under de Blasio, including many whose bosses had to step down: Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor; Citywide Administrative Services chief Stacey Cumberbatch; Administration for Children's Services head Gladys Carrión; Correction Department boss Joseph Ponte.

Under the Bloomberg administration, the city terminated subsidies to six Nycha developments, leaving the agency with a shortfall of $ 240 million until 2010, when the developments were federalized.

Donna Corrado, the Commissioner of DFTA, assured Council members that despite the apparent cut in funding for the agency, seniors were not necessarily being thrown under the bus by the de Blasio administration.

In February Bush directed heads of federal agencies to assist technological enterprise through a long - standing government - wide program that subsidizes private - sector research under the Small Business Administration.

For instance, when people saw Canadian science data being taken off websites and agency libraries being closed under Prime Minister Stephen Harper's administration, he said, people spoke up, and now scientists in the United States are downloading data and putting it online elsewhere.

Other agencies that keep an eye on the environment such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are taking hits under the budget as well.

For one, her managers are furiously trying to plan three fiscal years at once: the current fiscal year, which started in October but is being funded under a temporary spending bill that ends on 6 March, the 2010 budget, which agencies are still negotiating with the White House, and the 2011 budget, which will represent the first full budget submission by the Obama Administration to Congress.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

JPSS - 1's launch will be delayed in part because NOAA's $ 4.5 billion budget under the 2011 bill is roughly $ 1 billion lower than what the Obama Administration requested; roughly 80 % of the cut comes from the procurement, acquisition, and construction part of the agency's budget.

The Trump administration is «not just going after the climate science in the agency, but going after the scientists... that do fundamental air and water and land work,» says Gina McCarthy, the last EPA administrator under former President Barack Obama.

This argument is especially galling to EPA's supporters, because under President George W. Bush's administration, when Holmstead himself was an EPA official in charge of air pollution programs, the agency tried to regulate mercury pollution using a similarly flexible system of pollution allowance trading.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), meanwhile, is considering how to treat wood - burning power plants under the Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration's initiative to cut greenhouse gases coming from the electricity sector.

Late yesterday the agency announced that its proposed Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), which is intended to take humans to asteroids and eventually to Mars, will be virtually identical in design to Orion, a space capsule that was being developed under the Bush Administration's Constellation program.

Yesterday, he met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, who argues that staying in could disrupt the administration's efforts to repeal climate regulations implemented under the Obama administration.

-- The Secretary shall require each cooperating State and cooperating State agency to implement effective control measures and to effectively oversee the operation and administration of the climate change adjustment assistance program under this part, including by means of monitoring the operation of control measures to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the data being collected and reported.

However, as the EPA is getting ready to relax the future vehicle fuel economy standards, the time is right to consider whether, under the current administration, this agency's mission is,... Read more →

[10] In general, these LEA amounts may be reduced by state educational agencies to account for funds reserved for state administration, program improvement, and academic achievement awards; to adjust for recent shifts in LEA boundaries; and to provide grants to charter schools treated as separate LEAs under state law (such charter schools are not considered in the calculation of grants by USED).