Sentences with phrase «by the federal agency for»

It was funded by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

A 2002 review of the research on SAMe and depression conducted by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concluded that SAMe was more effective than placebo at relieving the symptoms of depression and no better or worse than tricyclics.

The HHS checklist should be viewed merely as one of a multitude of best practice guides issued by federal agencies for health care providers and other businesses in developing and implementing cybersecurity measures.

Not exact matches

My proposals were rejected by a large federal agency for several years because they said my pricing was too low and not on par with the larger firms» proposals.

By the time the public comment period had ended for proposed rule changes to net neutrality 10 days ago, the Federal Communications Commission logged close to 800,000 responses, making it the most commented - upon rule change in the agency's history.

That led us to go deeper into the report — by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the federal Department of Health and Human Services — to see what other states are near the top of the list for marijuana users, who leads in cocaine abuse, and which states» residents most abuse alcohol and other drugs.

The bill forbids local authorities from working with federal agents, including using «agency money, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist a federal agency to investigate, detain, detect, report, or arrest a person for commercial or noncommercial marijuana or medical cannabis activity that is authorized by law in the State of California.»

A decades - old law gives the Marshals Service, which is part of the Department of Justice, primary responsibility for disposing of items seized by other federal law - enforcement agencies.

The state will «rely heavily» on the federal guidelines for self - driving vehicles released last fall by the agency, Soublet said.

Mozilla's brief came amid renewed attention to the process for disclosing computer security flaws discovered by federal agencies.

Mozilla's brief came amid renewed attention to the process for disclosing computer security flaws discovered by federal agencies, following a recent standoff between Apple and the FBI over a locked iPhone linked to a shooter involved in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in which 14 people were killed.

Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.

The shutdown of the Andromeda botnet, announced on Monday, was engineered by a taskforce coordinated by Europol which included several European law enforcement agencies, the FBI, the German Federal Office for Information Security and agencies from Australia, Belarus, Canada, Montenegro, Singapore and Taiwan.

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.

For those who don't know or aren't located in the USA: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or «SEC») is an independent federal agency which was founded in 1934, by then - President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars.

Wilkie stated, «The hard work put into this important initiative by two large federal agencies for our veterans and their families is impressive in scope and further underscores VA's values.»

However, unlike the present «pilot» program which invites all companies with any new pre-commercial product to apply for its innovation to be trialled within government, the CICP should catalyze Canadian competitiveness through «smart assistance» by focusing on addressing the identified future needs of government agencies and departments through closer collaboration with federal agencies and industry associations.

The U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im) is a vital federal agency that levels the global playing field by providing financing tools for buyers of American - made products when commercial financing is not available.

Authorized by the Federal Liberal Agency of Canada, registered agent for the Liberal Party of Canada.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average worker.

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.

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.»

The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $ 7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $ 450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.

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

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal agencies.

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.

This problem today is engendered and sustained by virtually every institution responsible for the creation of the built environment: the real estate development industry; the construction industry; federal, state and local regulatory agencies; the rule - of - thumb manuals of transportation engineers; the lending policies of banks; the professions of architecture and planning; the patrons of architecture; and above all the zoning ordinances that regulate where and how buildings get built.

in America to let federal / state security agencies MONITOR them for anti-state activities (knowing fully well that by FBI's own estimates over 80 % of American Mosques preach some form of religious hatred).

Of the «alphabet soup» of federal agencies initiated by Roosevelt, not all found equal favor with the publication; it was, for instance, doubtful about the National Recovery Administration long before the Supreme Court pronounced that agency s death sentence (even so, it carried the NRA eagle sign on its second page for many months).

The federal agency revoked the magazine's tax - exempt status for violating a specific regulation that forbids organizations covered by section 501 - c - 3 of the IRS code from endorsing political candidates.

In the workplace context, federal agencies have issued guidelines stating that employees should be permitted to determine for themselves the most appropriate and safest restroom to use, and employers should refrain from requiring or deciding which restroom should be used by an employee.

The use of video images was authorized by the federal agency in place, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

Non-discrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Promulgated by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the agency which administers the state's federal school lunch program, the «Texas School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those items.

For starters, school nutrition and academics are separated institutionally, regulated by different federal agencies.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an agency within the US Federal government requiring testing by an independent agency for weight bearing while in motion and tests for lead on the buckles.

Each local educational agency that participates in the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs is required by federal law to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction.

So, anyone affected by the CDC or other federal agency's crap propaganda on breastfeeding could file a request for correction.

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.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

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».

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For instance, what does the Buhari administration think Nigerians think about it after the appointment of so many dead people by the President into the boards of federal agencies?

«This federal funding for Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc will bring real results to young students across the Mohawk Valley by providing them with the resources they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom.

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.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOBy Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFFor the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFfor a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOby changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. announced that he supports Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's move to file a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act by failing to...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized on Tuesday the response by federal emergency officials to the post-storm recovery in Puerto Rico, knocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the federal emergency officials to the post-storm recovery in Puerto Rico, knocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the hurricane before it hit the island.