Sentences with phrase «concerns about the agency»

And when things go wrong there is a tendency to hush them up out of an overarching concern about the agency's bond rating.

IARC's absence and refusal to cooperate reinforces concerns about the Agency's commitment to transparency and accountability, and raises questions about its interest in producing cancer hazard assessments, which can have a meaningful impact on public health.»

Sandy said in an interview this week that she is growing increasingly concerned about the agency's ability to deal not only with escalating misconduct cases but also with the critically important work related to ensuring teacher preparation programs are functional and up - to - date.

For example, a convenor who impartially assists an agency in determining whether establishment of a negotiated rulemaking committee is feasible and appropriate may agree not to disclose the identity of a party who raises a particular concern about an agency.

In an e-mail exchange following my visit to the neighborhood nuclear reactors, at Indian Point, Richard Brodsky, a longtime politician from the lower Hudson Valley who is now teaching at New York University, described his concerns about the agency, in relation to efforts by Entergy Corporation to relicense this plant.

While the NASA media policy appears to be an improvement over the prior situation, GAP's analysis raises concerns about agency media policies and identifies legislative action that the Committee should consider.

«We were all concerned about agency and the way it is practiced,» says vice-chair Larry Buttress, who is from B.C. «As a group, we said that we all face these issues and if we can find a harmonized approach, it benefits everybody.»

Not exact matches

The agency did not specifically address most of the questions we asked, including whether it supports a tougher standard for sunroof glass and if it is concerned about spikes in complaints since 2013.

«I think the concern of any advertising agency is always about how much involvement there's going to be, how much pressure is there going to be, how much are they going to tell us about our business.

At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, David Freidman, acting administrator of NHTSA, told a House subcommittee that his agency was «engaged and concerned» about the injury crash complaints it received and tried to figure out why the airbags did not deploy.

While the agency is worried that the AT&T - Time Warner merger could increase the cost of basic cable for those consumers who have yet to cut the cord, they should be far more concerned about ensuring competition in the new online distribution space.

BALI, Indonesia — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he's «very concerned» about reports that Canada's top - secret electronic spy agency is doing industrial espionage in Brazil.

«The Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that allow Russian intelligence agencies to request or compel assistance from Kaspersky and to intercept communications transiting Russian networks,» DHS said in a statement.

Twenty - year - old Christian Lunny was in high school when he co-founded ad agency Dash with a pal, so he's had to learn to quash concerns about his age and experience.

National Security Council staff brought the proposal to the attention of the agency's lawyers, five people said, because they were concerned about the plan and how it was being advanced.

The agency cited concerns about potentially manipulative trading.

Apple has been increasing the level of encryption in its mobile software amid heightened privacy concerns following leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance programs.

An FCC representative said the agency wasn't concerned about the legal challenges to its anti-net neutrality rules.

Companies with outside PR agencies aren't the only ones concerned about justifying the PR budget.

The FCA is not the first body to express concerns about the state of credit in the UK, with ratings agency Moody's downgrading the outlook on four out of five types of UK consumer debt investments at the beginning of August.

New details about the National Security Agency's ability and efforts to decrypt digital information could raise concerns not only about the security of data held by business, but also the software and services marketed to protect that data.

Moody's credit rating agency changed Ontario's debt rating in July to negative from stable, citing concerns about the province's ability to eliminate the deficit as scheduled.

CNBC's Eamon Javers sits down with Rajesh De the Former General Counsel for the National Security Agency; Michele Reagan the Secretary of State of Arizona; and Mark Testoni the President and CEO of SAP National Security Services to talk about the concern of foreign interference in this year's presidential election.

The Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that allow Russian intelligence agencies to request or compel assistance from Kaspersky and to intercept communications transiting Russian networks.

«We are writing to set out Mr. Whitmarsh's concerns with respect to the manner in which the Public Service Agency's review is being conducted, as well as the damaging public comments that have been made about him recently by the Minister of Health Terry Lake, Premier Christy Clark and others in Government,» wrote Adams.

However, in August 2011 the long - term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America was downgraded to AA + from AAA by the Standard & Poor's ratings agency, reflecting increasing concerns about the U.S. budget deficit and its future trajectory.

Additionally, the agency noted wariness about actions that took place last month, writing, «Questions have also arisen concerning potentially manipulative transactions in the company's stock in November 2017.»

The agency has been pushing for a political firewall to prevent governments from making changes like the previous government did when it made the long - form census a voluntary survey, raising concerns about data quality that governments and business rely on.

The agency is also seeking feedback on cybersecurity concerns, states» and localities» concerns about investment and necessary research for infrastructure needs relative to deployment of autonomous vehicles.

«If I were concerned about anything from a long - term housing market point of view it's the supply of housing in Toronto and Vancouver,» Evan Siddal, the head of the federal housing agency, the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation, told Reuters.

«We will be reviewing the recommended redactions from DOJ and FBI, which these agencies shared with the White House, and look forward to conferring with the agencies to determine how we can properly inform the American people about the misleading attack on law enforcement by the GOP and address any concerns over sources and methods,» Schiff said.

But while the former Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts is sharply critical of U.S. human rights policy (especially as conducted by Republican Administrations), he shows less concern about UN agencies, and none at all about the financing, motives, and agendas of the very mixed bag of interest groups known as NGOs.

The spectacular growth in the number of people of mature age in our country has been accompanied by a parallel increase in organizations and service agencies concerned about aging.

In the New Testament itself the universal fatherhood of God involves the universal brotherhood of man, and, so far as human agency is concerned, only moral forces are counted on to bring about the recognition of the one and the reformation of life to fit the other.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

However, other authors have voiced concerns about consumption of artificial sweeteners, because they may promote an appetite for sweet things, they harm bone and dental health, and their long term safety profile is not precisely clear.55 However, the European Food Safety Agency recently concluded that aspartame, the most common artificial sweetener, is safe at present consumption levels.56 The shift to milk consumption as sugar sweetened drink consumption falls might be expected.

In any case, agencies having contact with children generally do not enquire about the father's PR status, and will usually only do so where there is evidence of substantial conflict with or estrangement from the mother, or major child welfare concerns regarding the father's care of the child.

They are being marketed on tv, print and online as being important for child development, but many agencies globally are concerned about the high sugar content of these products and young children would actually receive all of the nutrients they need from a healthy balanced diet.

While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had earlier stated that BPA — the chemical that hardens plastics in products like bottles and cups, and is used in linings of metal cans — is safe; the agency announced last month that a few new studies have underlined «some concerns» about BPA's possibility of potentially damaging the brain of fetuses, infants and children.

The agency previously declared the chemical safe, but agreed to revisit that opinion after a report by the federal National Toxicology Program said there was «some concern» about its risks in infants.

Americaâ $ ™ s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is very concerned about the findings and considers exposure to this chemical as a very serious issue.

Citing concerns about the possibility of a link between this toxin and impaired language, memory, cognitive thinking and fine - motor and visual - spatial skills among children who were exposed to it in utero, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have established fish - intake guidelines for women who are pregnant or might become pregnant (and, later, when nursing).

Conservativs, Labour and Lib Dems cast aside concerns about privacy with a secret deal allowing police and security agencies easy access to people's phone call data

The report appears to raise concerns about the «Lille loophole» — a way of avoiding UK Border Agency (UKBA) checks by travelling to Britain from Brussels via Lille — but this section is among those redacted by the home secretary.

«We're more than concerned about this news and will take a serious look at the extent of the agency's inappropriate actions.

Enck joins us in - studio this week to discuss the concerns she has about her former agency under the new administration.

Interfax news agency reported three Russian warships with marines and amphibious vehicles on board plan to dock in Tartus in Syria in the next few days, raising concerns about

The new commissioner of the city's child welfare agency expressed «significant concerns» about a NYC Council legislation package aimed at tightening scrutiny over his embattled department — saying it could «inhibit our efforts toward reform.»

The FBI's concern about the yet - unnamed informant reportedly prevented the agency from taking the Pimentel case.

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.