Sentences with phrase «as pilot state»

The governor asserted that the plethora of development initiatives, especially the Social Security Scheme and the Youth Volunteer Programmes, which his administration introduced, attracted the World Bank to Ekiti as pilot state for its Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).

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The Czechs previously sold 15 Czech - made L - 159 light combat planes to Iraq and sent instructors to train pilots for the planes as part of international efforts to help Iraq fight Islamic State militants.

«As the pilot program gets underway, the Coalition looks forward to continuing to work with Congress, the FAA, and all stakeholders to advance long - term FAA reauthorization legislation that will help ensure that the United States fully embraces the immense economic potential and consumer benefits of UAS [drones] technology in the near - term,» the group said in a statement.

Finally, Shivom recently released an announcement about their work with the Indian State Government of Andhra Pradesh, a collaboration that allows Shivom access to up to 60 mln people in the state, as well as the initiation of a pilot project in one of the largest cancer facilities in the couState Government of Andhra Pradesh, a collaboration that allows Shivom access to up to 60 mln people in the state, as well as the initiation of a pilot project in one of the largest cancer facilities in the coustate, as well as the initiation of a pilot project in one of the largest cancer facilities in the country.

Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or State departments of agriculture in states where hemp is legal to grow hemp for research or agricultural pilot programs.

JP finished school in the Top 1 % of his state, earned a technology degree with First Class honours at UNSW, completed a distinguished 10 year career in the Australian Air Force as an officer and pilot before founding a technology company in 2015.

As a result, Chan stated that he and the head of the PBOC Shenzhen Central Sub-Branch, Xing Yujing, both agreed that mainland China and Hong Kong should «consider embarking on pilot schemes» in order to assist with «the process of the nation's reform and opening - up.»

In February 2014, the President of the United States signed the Agriculture Act of 2014, otherwise known as Farm Bill 2014 (refer to section 7606), to allow universities and state departments of agriculture to cultivate industrial hemp for research and pilot program purposes.

One is a managing director of a major Southern Bank, one is an attorney, one has a PhD in Physics from Stanford and one is a Captain in the U.S. States Marine Corps, the second woman ever to pilot the attack helicopter known as the Cobra.

Spanning an overall area of 2,200 m2 at the company's headquarters in Hamburg, the Center accommodates state - of - the - art pilot plants, equipment for the refinement of milled grain products, a professional kitchen and up - to - date baking technology for application - related trials, as well as a laboratory where products can be analyzed.

Founded in 2007 by Major Dan Rooney, an F - 16 fighter pilot in the Oklahoma Air National Guard who served three tours of duty in Iraq, Folds of Honor is proud to have awarded more than 13,000 scholarships in all 50 states, as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, including more than 2,800 in 2016 alone.

Washington State is one of eight states selected to participate in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables, as directed by the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill.

But she ordered the city not to demolish any airport structures until at least 10 p.m. Wednesday to give lawyers for the state Department of Transportation as well as a group of pilots and business owners who use Meigs time to appeal her decision.

While I will not be able to participate in the roundtable, it is probably just as well because, with MomsTEAM Institute's SmartTeams Play Safe summit in Boston in my rear view mirror, I am devoting all my energies the rest of the fall sports season to working with an incredibly talented and dedicated group of certified athletic trainers at the grass roots level on our SmartTeamTM pilot program, which is helping parents, coaches, administrators, and more than 800 athletes in youth football programs in six states play safe by being smart.

The House bill also proposed a a three - state block grant pilot for school meals, an idea which was seen by some as a precursor to dismantling the entire National School Lunch Program.

Presented to Fred Wells as «project p - 57» (this was the plane Wells had taught American pilots to fly during WWII), Mills stated, «This one will fly.»

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permiAs a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permias those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permias part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

One possible solution more broadly would be state or federal laws requiring paid family leave, enabling the pilots to take a longer unpaid leave without losing as much income.

He said, «There is no way anyone can describe the selection of the beneficiaries of the CCT as partisan as the beneficiaries from eight of the nine pilot States were picked even before this administration came into office.»

One silver lining is the Senate Republicans» willingness to vote for public funding for one state office as a pilot program.

The budget would create a public matching system for the public financing of the state's comptroller race as a pilot program in the public protection, general government portion of the budget.

Greg Helsmoortel served as town supervisor and was steamrolling through this privately owned proposed tax - payer funded rental project in spite of numerous pleas and petitions to withdraw the town's support as an advocate for state funding and the pilot (payment in lieu of taxes) which would place heavy burdens on Saugerties tax payers.

After the controversy over what has come to be called the «flawed» implementation of the Common Core, there is some concern over having the state jump into a federal program, such as the pilot.

The pilot public campaign financing program, limited to just the state Comptroller's race as part of a state budget deal.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

The moratorium would end at the same time as the pilot when the state would be looking to possibly adopt a new accountability system statewide.

This came as the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, admitted that the Social Intervention Scheme piloted by the Federal Government has not performed fairly well.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli supports the use of his seat as a pilot program of sorts for public financing, but he and good government advocates had hoped for something more and different.

UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi have written U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao demanding an explanation for why a proposal from New York state, Amazon and partners in Central New York was not accepted as part of the department's drone integration pilot program.

Antonacci launched his campaign in the weeks after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to a compromise in the state budget that created the system, which at the time was referred to as a «pilot» for statewide public financing.

The Federal Government too has adopted the programme, running as pilot in 14 states already; with the possibility of all 36 states buying into the idea.

The agreement reached on Tuesday provides for a four - year extension of rent control for New York City as well as an extension of the state's cap on property tax increases, albeit with some adjustments to allow for growth in PILOTs and BOCES capital expenses.

«We appreciate the important reforms lawmakers made to the property tax cap, such as excluding some BOCES capital costs and including PILOTs in the tax base growth factor,» The New York State School Boards Association said in a statement Friday.

While the Democratic incumbent for State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, has rejected the pilot public finance program as flawed and unworkable, the newly announced Republican Candidate for Comptroller, says he's going to take advantage of the public matching small donor system.

Cuomo also plans to «establish a private equity pilot program» that would allow as many as five corporations to invest in health care facilities, which is currently illegal under New York State law.

Several Actions Announced to Foster Industry Growth and Six New Research Permits Issued Under Agricultural Research Pilot Program Governor's Proposal to Lift Cap on Number of Industrial Hemp Research Permits Passed as Part of FY 2018 State Budget Summit Supports Regional Focus on Growing Agriculture as Part of the Southern Tier Soaring Upstate Revitalization Initiative Video From Industrial Hemp Summit is Available Here

At 3:30 p.m., Slaughter will honor the service of Lt. George O. Bluhm and present his widow, Betsy Bluhm, and daughter, Thelma Joy, with the eight service medals he earned but never received as a WWII bomber pilot, 3120 Federal Bldg. 100 State St., Rochester.

The program lasts only for this year and was cast as a «pilot» program for the state comptroller's race.

Three Long Island schools were selected as among the best in two states — New York and Colorado — in a pilot program honoring campuses that «put students, not test scores, first.»

The project began as a pilot program in New York City, but a $ 10 million expansion will bring it to the rest of the state.

County to Conduct Paint Stabilization Pilot Study «Method of Cost - Effective Interim Lead Hazard Control Sought» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), through its New York State Department of Health grant, will conduct a pilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tPilot Study «Method of Cost - Effective Interim Lead Hazard Control Sought» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), through its New York State Department of Health grant, will conduct a pilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tpilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced today.

As part of the budget deal in late March, Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed to a pilot program for this year's state comptroller race.

Seen as a matured mind that could pilot the affairs of the state, Amaebi is being supported by most elders in the state.

«We are proud of our industry leading capabilities such as our unparalleled State investments, cutting - edge research in both UAS technology and UAS policy, and our proven New York test site team all of which are the basis of our comprehensive UAS integration pilot - program proposal,» Major General Marke F. (Hoot) Gibson (ret), CEO of the NUAIR Alliance, contended in the release.

As the only legislative leader who has owned and run a successful business, I will continue to promote measures like the «Small Business Full Employment Act» (A.5898 - A), which would create an environment for small businesses to grow by eliminating unnecessary taxes, and «Grow NY» (A. 6105, Kolb), which is an economic pilot program that would stimulate growth in the state economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses, and by eliminating certain taxes on manufacturers (A. 6758, Kolb).

As has been the case in several similar aid infusions to New York's capital city in recent years, the aid will come in the form of a «spin - up» of the state's annual Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), an annual sum intended to cover the Empire State Plaza's absence from the local tax rstate's annual Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), an annual sum intended to cover the Empire State Plaza's absence from the local tax rState Plaza's absence from the local tax rolls.

The announcement, made last Wednesday during the governor's State of the State address, described the pilot program as a way to evaluate the effectiveness of a statewide medical marijuana system by allowing eligible participants to legally seek relief from pain and discomfort.

In 2014, the state created a pilot program to research hemp as a commercial crop.

New York has also deployed military police, National Guard soldiers, state troopers, drone pilots and experts from the Port Authority and Power Authority to Puerto Rico, as well as four helicopters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement of plans to launch a pilot medical marijuana research program came as encouraging news to some but worried others, with both sides seeing it as New York State inching closer to the possible legalization of marijuana.