Sentences with phrase «federal agencies commissioned»

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If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

By the end of February, when Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler delivers his final set of rules on net neutrality, Wheeler would expand the agency's reach over the internet and broadband providers through a series of «bright line rules» that would take the debate over net neutrality to yet another level.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a striking holiday missive last year: If you're thinking of buying an at - home DNA testing kit, make sure to consider the privacy implications: «Although most tests require just a swab of the cheek,» the agency wrote, «that tiny sample can disclose the biological building blocks of what makes you you.»

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.

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appfederal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appFederal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

The green coffee bean manufacturer, Applied Food Sciences Inc., agreed to pay a $ 3.5 million settlement after the Federal Trade Commission charged the company with using the results of the flawed study to make baseless claims, the agency announced in September.

The confusing stance comes as the Federal Communications Commission under new chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon (vz) lawyer appointed by President Trump to head the agency, is working to roll back the rules.

Mnuchin is bringing together federal agencies to coordinate cryptocurrency regulation, the chairmen of two financial commissions said.

The Federal Trade Commission's $ 2 million settlement with Lumosity this week is only one of four cases the agency has brought in the past year — and there may be more to come.

The news agency, citing two anonymous sources, said that Walgreens» plan announced last month to sell 865 drugstores to tiny regional rival Fred's (fred) for $ 950 million hadn't convince the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawyers to sign off on the deal.

The Federal Trade Commission, the BBB and other consumer agencies advise the following tips:

Austrade is the Australian Trade Commission — the Federal Govern - ment's export and investment facilitation agency.

The cases, known as the London Whale episode for the outsize nature of the positions, resolved inquiries from four agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Financial Conduct Authority in London.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is taking the lead on bringing together federal government agencies to coordinate regulation of cryptocurrencies, the chairmen of two financial regulatory commissions said Tuesday.

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.

«It's a struggle to make sure third party assessments are truly independent,» said Terrell McSweeny, a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that brokered the settlement with Facebook and other tech companies.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of securities markets and facilitating capital formation.

A few months ago, ETHNews reported on the extensive partnerships that Chainalysis has signed with various US government agencies, including the IRS, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Clayton, who testified alongside Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said the agencies were coordinating with the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve on the matter, but added that lawmakers may have to clarify and enhance regulatory powers.

«The agencies continue to challenge mergers that they have reason to believe are anticompetitive,» he said in a telephone interview, citing the Federal Trade Commission's challenge of the proposed merger of the fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel.

As ETHNews previously reported, Chainalysis has signed contracts with a plethora of government entities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Drug Enforcement Agency among others.

But we also need to ensure that government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission hold companies accountable (especially companies like Facebook who are already subject to a settlement agreement based on previous privacy violations), and we need Congress and other lawmakers to strengthen privacy protections.

The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday that it plans to impose its largest fine ever of $ 100 million on AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) for violating the agency's 2010 Open Internet Order and misleading users about the speed of its unlimited data plans.

President Donald Trump's appointment of Ajit Pai as head of the Federal Communications Commission is prompting many experts to believe that the agency will change the television station cap rule in the United States.

According to Alphabet, it's teaming up with the Government of Puerto Rico, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation Authority, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other cellular spectrum partners and international aviation authorities to make this possible.

Adding to the list of alphabet soup agencies nudging into the cryptocurrency arena, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to host an informational workshop devoted to examining cryptocurrency scams.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Facebook violated an agreement it signed with the agency in 2011 by its actions in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

As president, Mr. Trump will appoint the chairmen of key regulatory agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission.

William Dudley, President and CEO (Speaker) Date: Monday, October 24, 2016 Time: 9:00 AM EDT Subject: Welcome and Introductory Remarks Event: The Evolving Structure of the U.S. Treasury Market: Second Annual Conference Organizers: U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Joint Member Agencies) Location: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY

When Mignon Clyburn, a Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission, announced last month that she would leave the agency by May 10, it signaled the end of a tenure that she says was devoted to individuals «who are too seldom heard.»

• When President Johnson's Katzenbach Commission told federal agencies to halt covert financial relationships with «U.S. educational and private voluntary organizations which operate abroad,» CIA sent out a field circular stressing stringent secrecy to prevent more exposes.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent bipartisan federal agency, added Egypt this year to a list of the worst violators of religious freedom.

This is 20 percentage points above the 60 % Federal Trade Commission threshold for general recyclability claims and labeling, issued through the agency's Green Guides.

As the voice of the flexible packaging industry, FPA works with regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other U.S. regulatory agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration to share industry positions and minimize regulatory burden on the flexible packaging industry.

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).

Last week the President's Commission on Organized Crime recommended that federal agencies and contractors be required to test employees and that private companies consider doing so, too.

In 1934, the city's 22 independent park commissions were consolidated into the Chicago Park District, and the new agency soon secured federal funds through the Works Progress Administration.

Those who'll find MAPPR most useful include conservation nonprofits, community - based land trusts, municipal planning departments and conservation commissions, Massachusetts and federal environmental agencies, and educational institutions.

In another development, the International Joint Commission sent a letter Nov. 14 to the United States and Canadian governments proposing that each nation designate a «federal lead agency «to coordinate activities dealing with high water and erosion on the Great Lakes.

Mass Audubon has communicated its concerns to federal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agfederal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other 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.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with the Department of Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of the United Mexican States (PROFECO) have signed a memorandum of understanding that officials say will result in better regulatory cooperation and exchanges of information across borders.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is the only agency authorized to regulate the financing of presidential and other federal campaigns (i.e., campaigns for the United States Senate and the United States House of RepresentaFederal Election Commission (FEC) is the only agency authorized to regulate the financing of presidential and other federal campaigns (i.e., campaigns for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representafederal campaigns (i.e., campaigns for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives).

The agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»

MIDTOWN — A nonprofit founded by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his political agenda said Friday it will not comply with a subpoena from the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, one of multiple federal and state agencies investigating whether the group broke the law.

Meanwhile, officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Police personnel were all on ground to ensure free traffic flow at the scene of the accident.

Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has made 9 appointments into Federal parastatals, agencies and commissions.

«As a man of proven integrity, who is in the forefront of supporting Mr. President's fight against corruption, the DG sought the support of anti-corruption agencies such as the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission in fighting corruption in Information Technology procurements in Federal Government's Ministries, Departments, and Agenciesagencies such as the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission in fighting corruption in Information Technology procurements in Federal Government's Ministries, Departments, and AgenciesAgencies.»

The Federal Election Commission's new chair, Ann Ravel, wants to take a fresh look at whether the agency should get involved in requiring disclosure of campaign activity and money in politics online, and as Dan Morain writes in the Sacramento Bee, the mere suggestion has already got some right - wingers in a lather.