Sentences with phrase «at federal and state agencies»

Recommendation 5: Ongoing and planned research at federal and state agencies and universities that provide climate data and decision support tools should include the needs of transportation decision makers.

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Thirteen years later, she manages a staff of 23 and travels the country getting new FCi employees settled at the roughly 100 offices, mostly within federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State, where FCi operates.

In addition, many government agencies at the state and federal levels have created set - aside programs that specifically help women - owned businesses in the bidding process.

Theranos, once valued at $ 9 billion, is also being investigated by other federal and state agencies and was accused in a suit filed in May of endangering customer health through «massive failures» that misrepresented test results, according to court papers.

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.

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.

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.»

But, at least at present, the ultimate check is a triennial audit by the state agencies overseeing federal school meal programs; this audit covers hundreds of items, everything from food safety to sanitation, and also includes determining whether a district has a wellness policy in place that's being enforced.

[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.

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 couState 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 coustate 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.

State legislatures, governors» offices and state and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responState legislatures, governors» offices and state and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responstate and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responsive.

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».

Whatever the motivation, it is clear that beyond Amaechi's personal politics, the federal government (and its security agency, the Department of State Security - DSS) would love to secure at least one of Rivers, Akwa - Ibom and / or Bayelsa States from PDP's stranglehold!

His Excellency Governor Gaidam shares deeply and personally in the grief about the unfortunate event at the Girls» College and, under his leadership, the Yobe State Government will continue to do everything necessary in partnership with security agencies and the federal government to address the situation.

The 3rd State Senate Legislative District, which includes parts of Brookhaven and Islip towns, has at least 119 foreclosed properties owned by banks or federal agencies, according to a report released Tuesday by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville), who represents the district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D - BrState Senate Legislative District, which includes parts of Brookhaven and Islip towns, has at least 119 foreclosed properties owned by banks or federal agencies, according to a report released Tuesday by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville), who represents the district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Brstate Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville), who represents the district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Brstate Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx).

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.

In a letter sent on Tuesday from state officials to the E.P.A.'s top official, Administrator Gina McCarthy, the state accused the federal agency of bungling the response to PFOA, and demanding that it cover at least $ 75 million in expenses, accrued already and estimated in the future, that can not be clawed back from polluters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is involved in five separate inquiries, involving at least six different federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

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.

In a letter sent from the Cuomo administration to the EPA's top official, Administrator Gina McCarthy, the state accused the federal agency of bungling the response to PFOA, and demanding that it cover at least $ 75 million in expenses, accrued already and estimated in the future, that can not be clawed back from polluters.

«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.»

ALBANY, NY (08/05/2013)(readMedia)-- CSEA has filed federal lawsuits against the state Thruway Authority and Canal Corp. charging that last spring's layoff of union members working at the agencies was unconstitutional.

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.

Fallout from the discovery of the toxic chemical in the water supply of Hoosick Falls later erupted into a war of finger - pointing between local, state and federal agencies after questions emerged in late 2015 about why it took at least 14 months before residents were warned to stop drinking from the village's contaminated wells.

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-...]

Bellone spokeswoman Vanessa Baird - Streeter noted that the project requires «buy - in and agreement at both the county and municipal level, not to mention the various agencies of state and federal government who have varying perspectives on the project.»

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 with.

On how his fellowship has impacted his career, he said, «Since part of working for a state regulatory agency requires dealing with federal regulators and interpreting federal rules, I think having experience at EPA (as a fellow, then as an employee) was a big plus in the eyes of the people who hired me.

Individual laboratories within each of these federal agencies specialize in everything from parasitic diseases to space robotics and offer postdocs hands - on experience at state - of - the - art facilities.

«With the federal government mired in partisan gridlock, now may be a time for state governments and social service agencies to take a closer look at their policies, and reach across borders to learn from their neighbors.»

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

The data, much of which will be stored at NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center, and through NOAA's Digital Coast, will be open to local, state, and federal agencies as well as academia and the general public.

We created a new database that covers disasters in the United States from 1920 to 2010 at the county level, combining data from the American Red Cross as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its predecessors.

We have been approached many times by other federal agencies and by states at the same time — when the federal agency in question and the state might be in a fight about some issue.

«Once this method is established, state and federal agencies could restore many bridges at a fraction of the cost and time, and increase the safety of our transportation infrastructure.»

But the task of improving lower - value but still important crops — such as oats, potatoes, or forages for livestock — has been largely left to scientists at public universities and laboratories run by federal and state agencies.

Requested by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the report draws on discussions at a two - day conference last spring that brought together scientists, officials from city and state governments, business leaders and representatives of federal agencies.

Though the University of California at Davis has offered the conclusions to the EPA, the Senate, and New York City health officials, Cahill says he isn't aware of a single state or federal agency that has acted on his findings.

This effort builds on previous investigations, such as the USGS Central Valley Regional Aquifer System and Analysis (CV - RASA) project and several other groundwater studies in the Valley completed by Federal, State and local agencies at differing scales.

Overview Recent initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels have charged child welfare agencies with the challenge of better integrating research - based programs and practices into their daily routines.

Previously he served as Senior Program Director for Evaluation and Policy Research at WestEd and Founding Director of its Washington, DC office where he led a nationwide staff conducting research, evaluation, and technical assistance efforts for clients from federal, state and local agencies, national and community - based foundations, and non-profit and for - profit organizations.

The best example of this is that, while the federal regulations make specific benchmarks, they leave the implementation strategies at the discretion of third - parties (namely, school districts and state agencies)(Denhardt & Denhardt, 2007).

Officials at two state agencies have set aside a bourgeoning argument over federal reporting requirements, allowing funding to flow for special education services to infants and toddlers with disabilities.

I propose to greatly strengthen the role of the state education agencies in education governance, at the expense of «local control,» and of the federal government.

At the same time, there has been growing scrutiny of teacher preparation programs, many of which have little data to show how candidates fare in classrooms, and also have poor oversight from state and federal agencies.

Based on insight from school districts, state education agencies, policymakers and education organizations, this policy framework guides states and districts in working together to create flexibility to support scaling personalized learning, including explorations of defining areas of flexibility at the state and federal policy level, the supports needed for district implementation of personalized, competency - based education and the roles of states and districts in this work.

Due to the requirement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act that each state's Title I plan must describe «the specific steps that the state education agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers and the measures that the state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator Equity state's Title I plan must describe «the specific steps that the state education agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers and the measures that the state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator Equity state education agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers and the measures that the state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator Equity state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator Equity State Educator Equity Plan.

Developing a cooperative effort between state and federal agencies to guarantee pre-k enrollment for children at or below 200 percent of the poverty line;

Prior to joining Whiteboard, he was at the education law firm of Brustein & Manasevit where he provided counsel to state and local educational agencies on federal education programs and fiscal compliance while helping them navigate the challenges of education policy.

(B)(i) that such unit shall be located at an organizational level and shall have an organizational status within such State agency comparable to that of other major organizational units of such agency, or (ii) in the case of an agency described in clause (1)(B)(ii), either that such unit shall be so located and have such status, or that the director of such unit shall be the executive officer of such State agency; except that, in the case of a State which has designated only one State agency pursuant to clause (1) of this subsection, such State may, if it so desires, assign responsibility for the part of the plan under which vocational REHABILITATION services are provided for the blind to one organizational unit of such agency, and assign responsibility for the rest of the plan to another organizational unit of such agency, with the provisions of this clause applying separately to each of such units; provide for financial participation by the State, or if the State so elects, by the State and local agencies to meet the amount of the non - Federal share; provide that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions, except that in the case of any activity which, in the judgment of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the vocational REHABILITATION of substantially larger numbers of handicapped individuals or groups of handicapped individuals the Secretary may waive compliance with the requirement herein that the plan be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State to the extent and for such period as may be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, but only if the non - Federal share of the * cost of such vocational REHABILITATION services is met from funds made available by a local agency (including, to the extent permitted by such regulations, funds contributed to such agency by a private agency, organization, or individual);