Sentences with phrase «as federal mandates»

Most careers in healthcare have a fantastic outlook thanks to the aging baby boomer population, as well as the federal mandates associated with the Affordable Care Act.

He said the idea of a second resolution was the result of pressure, much of it from out - of - state groups who view the standards as federal mandates that usurp local control.

This is particularly true for conservative Republicans, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, and anyone else who views the standards as a federal mandate, aka ObamaCore.

Not exact matches

Investors were watching Herbalife's earnings report particularly closely because it was the first quarter the company began implementing changes mandated by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement last summer.

Withholdings — There are various state and federal withholdings that are mandated by the government as well as optional withholdings for items like insurance, dues, and other such items.

Federal regulations mandate that most contracts valued between $ 3,000 and $ 150,000 should be reserved for small businesses, generally defined as companies with fewer than 500 employees and less than $ 7 million in annual revenues.

The move comes as almost 30 states have considered imposing privacy rules on Internet service providers similar to the now - revoked federal rules, which, among other mandates, required that companies get permission from customers before collecting sensitive data.

So, despite raising some revenue from mandate penalties, the federal government ends up paying more as premium support.

(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

The news comes just weeks after federal officials drafted an interim final rule to roll back an Obamacare mandate that religious employers cover birth control as part of health insurance plans.

«The intrusive and expensive federal mandates on food options and menu labeling should be ended as soon as possible by a Republican Congress,» the GOP stated in its 2016 platform.

Health insurance premiums rose, in some cases heftily, in many Obamacare markets as insurers prepared for Trump to end critical federal subsidies that help pay for consumers» out - of - pocket medical costs (a move the president eventually made) and the repeal of the individual mandate.

The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law.

For purposes of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, as well as Executive Order 12875, the final rule extending the applicability date does not include any federal mandate that we expect would result in such expenditures by State, local, or tribal governments, or the private sector.

None of the Reporting Persons nor any manager or executive officer of the Reporting Persons, has, during the past five years, (a) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (b) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting, or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or a finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

As I see it, the Taylor Rule has several significant shortcomings that can be detrimental to the attainment of the Federal Reserve's mandated objectives.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

OTTAWA — As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the federal budget Thursday in the House of Commons, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on its mandate and more information on the Conservative government's spending cuts.

The FHA also mandates that homes meet minimum property standards as prescribed by local, state, and federal guidelines.

We will also add the costing of political party platforms to the PBO's mandate, as is the case in Australia and the Netherlands, so that starting in the next federal election, Canadians can review the fiscal plans of political parties from a credible and comparable baseline.

Keep in mind that the ECB's main objective is price stability, ie to control inflation, as opposed to the Federal Reserve's dual mandate to strive for full employment as well.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

[2] Even the Federal Reserve, for which the dual mandate is most strongly set down and defended, articulates a numerical description of price stability and describes it as a goal.

The Federal Reserve has what is commonly referred to as a «dual mandate»: to achieve maximum employment (in practice, around 5 % unemployment) and stable prices (2 - 3 % inflation).

While the NDP has signalled that they will only raise the price of carbon once mandated to by the federal government, the platform is unclear as to whether the current revenue neutrality of the carbon tax will be maintained.

This is the short - term interest rate at which U.S financial institutions (such as banks, credit unions, and others in the Federal Reserve system) lend money to each other overnight in order to meet mandated reserve levels.

When black students are unable to gain admission at the same rate as whites to the elite public exam school in Boston, let's ask a federal judge to mandate black excellence.

With the battle raging between the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Federal government on the HHS Mandate, some writers have likened their case to the trial of St. Thomas More as seen in Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons or Fred Zinnemann's famous film adaption.

As of today, the Green family, the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby Lobby Creative Centers and Mardel Christian Bookstores, potentially owes the federal government $ 21.3 million in fines for defying the HHS mandate that requires all companies to provide insurance coverage for all FDA - approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion - inducing drugs, including «the morning after pill» and «the week after pill.»

* 24 Department of Defense officials who learned of the FBIs congressionally mandated investigation tracking the money trail as they do for banl robberies and the woman who blew the whistle remain under federal gaga orders in spite of two US senators writing letters requesting those gags be lifted, rather.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

As I noted in Civil Eats, it seems unlikely that the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act will become law in the face of a Democratic Senate and an administration which regards the HHFKA as one of Michelle Obama's signature achievements as First LadAs I noted in Civil Eats, it seems unlikely that the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act will become law in the face of a Democratic Senate and an administration which regards the HHFKA as one of Michelle Obama's signature achievements as First Ladas one of Michelle Obama's signature achievements as First Ladas First Lady.

And, I would even say we probably try to resist some over-arching federal mandate around how much «local content» is present in the school lunches (as this would just encourage folks to re-define the term so they could meet the mandate: see also «nutritional guidelines».)

According to contributors to the Skeptics Stack Exchange, one of whom actually corresponded with Virginia state officials, there is no «federal law» (as had been reported in the media) which mandates this practice.

These rules, which were mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, represent the first significant federal effort to regulate «competitive food,» i.e., the foods and drinks sold to kids during the school day through outlets such as vending machines, school stores, cafeteria «a la carte» (snack bar) lines and school fundraisers.

I'm on the Houston ISD Food Services PAC but only recently found out — thanks to fellow school food blogger Ed Bruske — that if your district has outsourced its food services to a food service management company (as mine has), federal regulations actually mandate the formation of such a committee.

(Sadly, as I experienced, bereaved and surrogate mothers who choose to express breast milk can be excluded from the protection of the federal mandate simply due to the uniqueness of their situation.)

The machines mandated by the federal HAVA law debuted last year as part of a pilot project in some select local races, but this is the first time they've been deployed statewide.

Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.

He afterward cited the federal health care act's mandates on religious organizations as an example.

Under state and federal mandate, East Hampton Town must design and implement a comprehensive program to deal with stormwater runoff, ensuring that it does not transport pollutants into water bodies such as...

Some reforms underway at Rikers, including a new use of force policy, were mandated as a result of a federal lawsuit, Nunez v. New York City.

Note that for the German federal elections, the representation was already proportional as there are only half as many districts (and direct mandates) as there are seats in the parliament.

He has been a stalwart critic of the federal government's consistent overreach, and the state government's passing down of expensive mandates, such as massive Medicaid burdens that gobble up precious local resources.

Litts sees the legislature's role as primarily fiscal, a challenge given the large amount of spending which is mandated by state and federal requirements.

The Roman Catholic Church is using the two weeks running up to the Fourth of July for prayer and advocacy as it continues it's fight against the federal Health and Human Services Department mandate that would force some Catholic institutions to provide health insurance coverage that includes contraception.

The window for a federal court mandated reversal (ie, restoring Quiñones to the ballot) is closing quickly as ballots are being finalized for printing and distribution to absentee, military and overseas voters.

Just like the mayor, Walcott blamed cuts in federal and state funding as well as state mandates forcing the city to spend money it doesn't have.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

He also vowed to cut federal funds to «sanctuary cities» such as New York that don't cooperate with his mandates.