Sentences with phrase «congressional staff»

In this position, she provides legal and legislative research presentations to a wide range of patrons, including congressional staff members, federal government employees, and members of the public.

7, 8 The production of the briefs was enhanced by collaboration with Congressional staff who provided guidance and feedback.

Provided liaison support between congressional staff and range operations during congressional oversight and investigations.

This advocacy tool describes the roles of key Congressional staff so you can determine whom best to talk with when advocating for infants and toddlers.

Finally, new estimates of the budget size of various tax rules have been published by congressional staff economists.

Congressional staff members and state legislators (and their staff) may qualify, except for any period of time that they are employed by a political campaign.

The Waters Advocacy Coalition, of which NAR is an active participant, has stepped up its educational activities on the issue of «Waters of the U.S.» by hosting a Forum for congressional staff on Capitol Hill and hosting a separate webinar for interested individuals and organizations.

[Reps. Greg Walden and Frank Pallone] said last month that they wanted to hear directly from Zuckerberg after senior Facebook executives failed to answers questions during a closed - door briefing with congressional staff about how Facebook and third - party developers use and protect consumer data.

Meeting regularly with congressional staff on USDA and FDA policy, delivering testimony and remarks on the benefits of plant - based and clean meat, and collaborating with other GFI staff to showcase their expertise via Hill visits and congressional briefings.

Join Victory Institute, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, GLASS and the LGBT Congressional Staff Association for our annual Congressional...

As a result, UPACS contains PII on federal government employees and contractors, state and local employees and contractors, and a limited number of Congressional staff who also require access to one or more systems.

The 2010 FERS Question and Answer booklet states that federal employees, such as congressional staff members, who contribute 5 percent of their annual income to a TSP, will receive 33 percent more in annual retirement benefits.

Simpson recalled his days as president of the LGBT Congressional Staff Association before he left Capitol Hill when Crowe served as his deputy.

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a bill Friday (H.R. 861) to abolish the EPA, but Democratic congressional staff told Business Insider that they don't expect the bill to go anywhere.

He spent his early adult life as a local TV reporter and then congressional staff member for two U.S. senators and a representative.

Representatives came «to discuss the situation with their embattled colleague,» said one Congressional staff aide who was at the meeting.

Many of our FDA practice lawyers have worked inside the FDA and served as senior congressional staff developing major food and drug laws, including the Orphan Drug Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and, most recently, key elements of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 and the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.

With few congressional staff at work during the shutdown, no progress on ESEA reauthorization will be made.

After jobs ranging from congressional staff to State Senate Majority Leader to Republican Governor Tommy Thompson's cabinet, Cullen worked outside of politics for 20 years.

Facebook representatives, including Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Rob Sherman, met U.S. congressional staff for nearly two hours on Wednesday and planned to continue meetings on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

And there was a plethora of Midtown office spaces available when congressional staff was in the market last November - December.

Includes a «Congressional staff panel» and a panel on «The View from the State Legislatures.»

James Hansen, the NASA climatologist who for two decades has led the worldwide scientific community in sounding the alarm over global warming, yesterday issued a ringing call for a U.S. carbon tax - and - dividend in a speech to Congressional staff in Washington, DC.

OFA's strategy of waging a permanent field campaign to pressure Congress has not drawn complaints among congressional staff interviewed for the report of improper executive pressure on the legislative branch.

The Sunlight Foundation analysis counters the notion that «clicktivism» is the shallowest form of issue engagement — a concern for progressives who might muster a million signatures only to have them trashed with a keystroke by skeptical Congressional staff.

Nothing new, of course — I remember talking with a Post ad salesman eight years ago about using «workplace targeting» to bombard congressional staff, regulators at a given federal agency or even a corporate target with ads, to create the impression of a massive campaign.

Should Ryan succeed, that could produce a very plum congressional staff job for the ambitious Torres.

Updated 11:30 a.m. Senate Democrats are considering leaking a series of emails between the chiefs of staff of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker John A. Boehner regarding employer contributions to congressional staff health care plans, multiple top - level sources said late Monday.

The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $ 2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.

If the staff who respond to policy aides» requests for information have shrunk in number over time, so has the percentage of congressional staff responsible for making evidence - based legislative recommendations to their boss.

In addition, Truebe said, congressional staff showed interest in establishing the areas of each participant's academic and scientific training and posed questions that gave each scientist a chance to speak to topics that related to their specialties.

The briefing, held 26 June, drew an audience of over 100 people, including congressional staff, federal scientists, and journalists.

Cutting congressional staff, especially those with technical backgrounds, could weaken lawmakers already poor ability to understand and grapple with difficult topics, such as financial markets and climate policy, says William Hooke, director of policy programs with the American Meteorological Society in Washington, D.C. «This is a really negative thing,» he says.

I've heard Congressional staff members say, point blank, that we are going to fly the Station and squeeze every bit of usefulness out of it for as long as NASA says it is safe to do so.

White has testified before Congress, briefed top Congressional staff and met with senior White House officials on a wide range of issues, including toxic chemical pollution, water quality, energy policy, food safety and farm bill reform.

Tip: according to this now - viral advice by former Congressional staff member Emily Ellsworth, skip the social media comments, and stick to penning a letter, writing an email, and picking up the phone to ensure your point of view is heard.

Unfortunately, initial excitement surrounding the House - Senate conference committee on NCLB seems to have dwindled even as congressional staff near the finish line in NCLB negotiations.

Most congressional staff members will receive Medicare Part A, which covers inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility care, home health care, and hospice care.

Former Energy Foundation lobbyists who took the revolving door into congressional staff positions:

«We don't lobby, we educate,» said Bob Ferguson, head of the center, who spent 24 years working as a Republican Congressional staff member.

«Congressional Staff Seminar» (PDF), Science Hill Watch, February 2, 2004.

McIntyre told Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) that Joe Barton's congressional staff called him shortly after the WSJ article: «They wanted to know if I had spoken to the Wall Street Journal and if the article was true,» McIntyre said.