Sentences with phrase «by agencies»

The researchers also employed standardized causality assessment methods that are used by agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Adminisration to ensure that meditation likely played a causal role in the experiences they documented.

A small number of federal researchers deemed essential by their agencies would still report to work, such as those involved in caring for patients at NIH's clinical research center, sustaining animal colonies in research laboratories, or handling weather data seen vital to public safety.

But Underwood said courts could make such judgments — which could include determining how «substantial» an emitter must be to be found culpable — by relying on standards set by the agencies.

Most if not all large scale genome sequencing projects are funded by agencies that, now usually the NIH with the National Science Foundation, that require you to release your data immediately.

They did the job well, and were adopted by agencies in other states.

A new coordinating center in the White House to ensure that applications to export items are being reviewed expeditiously by agencies.

The protection and restoration of mangrove forests that is actively funded by agencies such as USAID is a prime example,» Dr. Watson said.

Pilot projects could also be used by the agencies to evaluate future products as they move from laboratory scale, to field - or prototype - scale, to full - scale operation.

In February, OSTP announced that it had completed its review of scientific integrity policies submitted by the agencies and found that each one met or exceeded the minimum requirements.

This type of help should be welcomed by agencies when working on new environmental legislation.

Pressure to reduce government spending is intensifying, whereas demand for services provided by agencies such as NOAA is at an all - time high

Most executive branch fellowships are funded by the agencies and offices where fellows are placed.

Leaving aside the fact that the mayor's office apparently received correspondence about what was coming, de Blasio says he regrets that the Rivington House deal was «not handled right by the agencies» and insists he's perfectly cool with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman looking into it.

«The National Assembly has been strident about the opacity shrouding the management of recovered funds, which in many cases get re-looted by the agencies that investigated and recovered them.

It forbids those employees, or those employed by agencies funded by the federal government, to seek public office.

It is also difficult to determine the extent to which the outside legal costs incurred by these agencies were related to matters that ended up not appearing or factoring into the criminal complaints.

More appropriate goals will result in «better opportunities for MWBEs and less time wasted by both agencies and contractors alike pursuing goals inappropriate and unachievable for specific contracts because they have been set arbitrarily to 30 percent,» Elmendorf said.

Neighborhood agencies may be able to offer help with household tasks (donations requested by some agencies).

Nwankwo added that while INEC had responded effectively to the emergent issues in the Rivers rerun by setting up a panel to probe the allegations against its personnel, Nigerians were interested in moves being made by the commission to address the issue of security interference by the agencies.

«The [executive chamber] isn't going to weigh in on science decisions by agencies.»

The move comes as representatives at the NASUWT's Annual Conference in Birmingham are set to debate a motion condemning the exploitation of supply teachers through the use by some agencies of umbrella companies and zero - hours contracts.

They didn't hear him go on to point the finger at employment agencies, not migrants themselves: «What we wouldn't allow is this practice by agencies, who are quite disgraceful the way they do it - recruit a workforce, low paid, and bring them here in order to dismiss an existing workforce in the construction industry and pay them low wages.»

Commenting on Ed Milliband's announcement that a Labour Government will crack down on the exploitation of workers by agencies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Millions of agency workers, including supply teachers, will welcome today's commitment from Ed Milliband to get tough on unscrupulous agencies.

These are often difficult and finely - judged decisions and we do not approve every proposal put before us by the Agencies.

It would also allow local authorities to take action to fill the gap left by any agencies that closed.

Malami said Buhari was also worried that «the assets gathered overtime by the agencies of government and that are responsible for the fight against corruption are scattered all over the place.

Sizable amounts were also spent by agencies such as the Division of Homeland Security, Division of Military & Naval Affairs and Department of Health for trips that could have feasibly involved «the protection of public health, welfare and safety.»

President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa has urged the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, to turn up the heat on the Office of Government Machinery and assess the expenses incurred by the agencies under the office in recent years.

Nothing has been decided yet and there is a lot of study that would have to be done, not to mention agreements by all agencies involved, before moving ahead.

However, DiNapoli warns that tax exemptions granted by the agencies can put a strain on local governments by removing properties from the tax roll and generally depleting a main revenue source in the tax base.

Republican Senate Majority Leader, John Flanagan, defended Klein's projects, saying all were vetted by agencies within the Cuomo Administration.

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

«Money spent by these agencies for political purposes is money that's not spent on the critical business of the state.»

Currently, state digital data is hoarded by the agencies that collect it, and can be difficult for other agencies to access.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

The majority of supply teachers (55 %) said that they had not been provided with access to CPD by agencies or schools and one in three supply teachers were required by agencies to pay for their CPD;

Action by our counter parts in Pakistan, by our allies in the US, by our own coalition forces in Afghanistan and of course by agencies here and elsewhere have all made Al Qaeda weaker than at any time since 9/11.

My pet peeve is the millions in slick ads, «outreach» and «education» spent by agencies like the DOH trying to get people to stop smoking.

This is a multiple choice and true / false standardized test used widely in egg donation evaluations by agencies and clinics.

Other benefits include the possibility of avoiding the increasingly long waits that may occur with agency adoptions and the ability to adopt without meeting the sometimes arbitrary standards that may be imposed by agencies.

Co-sleeping isn't regulated by any agencies, so therefore it is suspect.

After a campaign to ban them was launched by agencies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, manufacturers voluntarily established a safety standard in 1997 that required that baby walkers have a rubber friction strip on the bottom that stopped the walker if any of the wheels went off a step.

Parents, lactation consultants, and legitimate researchers all have been inappropriately dismissed by agencies and organizations attempting to eradicate any and all forms of bedsharing.

Because prospective parents are not usually informed about RAD by their agencies, people don't know what to look for.

Even though single parent adopters of U.S. children tend to adopt older, minority, and / or handicapped children, they are often turned away by agencies.

He is not gay or have a special someone on the side I've had him followed by agencies but nothing, he's boring.

Almost every organisation that has anything to do with the family, health, education is targeted by these agencies.

(These facts were reported by agencies on the ground in Iraq for several years and then published in an important 2002 UNICEF report) I have nothing but contempt an disgust for this man and I believe that he should be ashamed for his part in that crime.

This is a type of Adwords account that is used by agencies and consultants to manage many different advertising accounts.

This score is used by agencies to determine how much money they are willing to lend you, how much credit they would extend you, and what interest rates you can get on a variety of financial products.