Sentences with phrase «at a federal agency for»

«Exposure to high levels of chlorine gas from a release can cause severe health effects, including death,» said Mary Anne Duncan, an epidemiologist at the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry who has assisted with the aftermath of several chlorine accidents, including the one in Tulare.

Spending at federal agencies for the 2017 fiscal year, which began last October, is currently frozen at 2016 levels through the end of April under a so - called continuing resolution.

For instance, if you are employed at a federal agency for at least three years, you may be eligible to receive up to $ 10,000 per year on your federally - insured student loan — up to a total of $ 60,000.

I worked at a federal agency for two years after graduating from law school and often saw the same type of situation where now and then, career attorneys» recommendations were overridden by political directives from above.

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J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents more than 670,000 workers in the executive branch, took a swing at the agency in ink: «We believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees,» he wrote in the letter dated Thursday, which Fortune obtained.

Susan Long, a professor of quantitative methods at the school of management at Syracuse University, co-founded a Web data clearinghouse called TRAC, which has been tracking prosecutor referrals from virtually every federal agency for more than a decade.

A federal agency for labor practices offers long - awaited guidance to employers on social - media guidelines at work.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the aAgency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agencyagency.

The project will still face at least National Energy Board approval, but more likely a federal joint review panel including both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Energy Board, similar to the proceedings currently underway for the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

The difficult legal choices being weighed by the bank — should it settle or should it fight — coincide with an unusual wave of scrutiny for JPMorgan, which is now facing investigations from at least seven federal agencies, several state regulators and two foreign nations.

Estimates put hurricane damage at $ 95 billion, and Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is asking various federal agencies for $ 94 billion in grants.

Located nearby at Kiosk 10 is The United States Patent and Trademark Office, the federal agency responsible for promoting an understanding of intellectual property protection both domestically and globally.

As a result of the MBS and agency purchases, the total assets of the Federal Reserve today exceed the total reached at the peak level of activity for the lending facilities in December 2008.»

The government forgives up to $ 17,500 of your federal student debt after you work at a low - income school or education service agency for five consecutive years.

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the maximum conforming size for mortgage loans purchased by Freddie Mac and Fannie will stay at current levels — except for in 39 «high - cost» counties where they'll increase.

At the end of 2015, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it would increase the conforming loan limit for Seattle.

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency: «the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2016 will remain at existing levels, except in 39 high - cost counties where they will increase.»

Executive Order 13360 calls for at least 3 percent of all federal agencies» contracting money to go toward businesses owned by these vets.

For Trump, badly understaffed at the White House and terribly behind in filling key posts in federal agencies, this risk is intensified.

Keith Noreika, who is serving as the acting comptroller for the agency that supervises all national banks, made his remarks at an event held Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

You wrote, «Actually open adoption agreements are legally enforceable in the majority of US states, and there are a number of adoption agencies who are advocating for birthparents and trying to make them enforceable at the federal level for all states.»

[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.

An advertiser on Washington Post web properties, for instance, can aim ads at employees of particular federal agencies, showing them only to readers coming from the selected.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke at a joint briefing organised by the state agency and the Federal Ministry of Heath, said the airline did not obtain the necessary approval to bring in the body from the Ebola - ravaged country.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Even before Trump officially opened his high - profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Friday announced $ 9,687,500 in federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs at Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc..

At least three agency commissioners hosted campaign events for the mayor, including Mark Peters, the head of the Department of Investigation who recently recused himself from a federal pay - to - play probe of the mayor's fundraising practices.

For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

On November 15, the DOI released the results of an investigation detailing how NYCHA failed to inspect for the hazardous paint at its public housing facilities, and also submitted false documentation to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) stating that the agency was in compliance with federal laws requiring the inspections to be performed.

Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.

But the Federal Emergency Management Agency is rejecting, at least for now, the state's argument that the federal agency should pay 90 percent of the extraFederal Emergency Management Agency is rejecting, at least for now, the state's argument that the federal agency should pay 90 percent of the extra Agency is rejecting, at least for now, the state's argument that the federal agency should pay 90 percent of the extrafederal agency should pay 90 percent of the extra agency should pay 90 percent of the extra costs.

«And we're going to be working with our federal colleagues at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to understand the best way to do this and create a national model for how to respond to these effectively,» Graber says.

Southold spent $ 50,000 on screened sand to build up a dune at the edge of Town Beach during the recent rehabilitation project there, and although the Federal Emergency Management Agency will likely reimburse the town for it, Town Board members are worried that the sand might be too fine to keep from blowing away.

As deadline approaches Cuomo extends transitional sheltering program for two weeks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on February 21 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14 - day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy who -LSB-...]

Saakai had during the launch of Dino Melaye's book, «Antidotes for Corruption'took a swipe at the Federal Government's anti-graft agencies, saying they preferred showmanship.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

«The Nigerian Prison Service, which is occupying properties valued at N108 million is insisting that it won't pay and we have given a seven - day ultimatum for all the federal agencies to either purchase the properties, pay rent or quit.

Under the Secure Communities plan, when a local law enforcement agency makes an arrest and submits fingerprints to the State Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to conduct a State criminal history check and to the FBI for a nationwide check, an expanded integrated records check is conducted at the Federal level that includes both criminal history and immigration status of the arrested individual.

Before his employment at MBA, Howe served as deputy chief of staff to Andrew Cuomo, who at the time headed the federal housing agency for then - President Bill Clinton.

As he has done in the past, Zucker repeatedly pointed the finger at the federal Environmental Protection Agency for bungling the response in Hoosick Falls, accusing the Obama administration of issuing conflicting and «confusing» guidance on PFOA contamination.

Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending bills.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that Mayor Bill de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

Gina McCarthy, the administrator for the EPA, fired back at New York's commissioners of health and environmental conservation, who this week accused the federal agency of giving «conflicting guidance» about a toxic chemical that polluted water supplies in eastern Rensselaer County.

«If Nuhu Ribadu is yet to face the reality that EFCC is a Federal Government agency and not a personal estate of anybody eight years after, I find it compelling to remind him, otherwise one day he would wake up to blame me for his defeat in the 2011 presidential election and even his pathetic outing in the 2015 governorship election in Adamawa state despite the slush funds deployed to ensure his victory at the polls.»

Skelos also said he would direct the county on how to spend $ 17 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for post-superstorm Sandy flood mitigation, according to the wiretapped conversation played Tuesday at the federal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville CFederal Emergency Management Agency funds for post-superstorm Sandy flood mitigation, according to the wiretapped conversation played Tuesday at the federal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Cfederal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre).

At Tuesday's state Senate hearing on the water contamination in Hoosick Falls, the federal EPA came in for criticism from some state officials who blamed the agency for failing to lead, and from some lawmakers who said they were disappointed the EPA did not send a representative to the hearing.

Parents and advocates from the Shuang Wen School / PS 184M — which the DOE is investigating for its paid after - school program and enrollment practices, among other issues — announced a federal lawsuit against the department and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a press conference Monday outside the agency's Chambers Street headquarters.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $ 100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the issue.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]