Sentences with phrase «federal assessment of»

Therefore, federal assessment of impacts in these areas with a view to preventing significant adverse effects is likely intra vires, even when there is no decision to be made under other Federal statutes.

The memo also calls for a federal assessment of «the appropriate number of high containment U.S. laboratories required» to handle select agents.

HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS: Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander has said he wants to cut the Department of Education budget and return money to the states while rolling back federal assessments of schools.

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The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

He was among lawmakers critical of Comey's decision not to prosecute Clinton in the email server investigation, saying other government officials would have been prosecuted if they handled classified information like Clinton did, but federal officials disagree with that assessment.

An assessment of the impact of the upcoming federal budget's fiscal measures will be incorporated into the Bank's April projection.

In passing, let me note Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Don Kohn's recent assessment of what we know about the impact of globalization on short - run inflation dynamics in the United States and elsewhere.

A bill currently in the US Senate would call on federal personnel, including from the Department of Homeland Security, to develop and share with other law enforcement bodies a threat assessment describing how cryptocurrencies could be used to support terrorist activity.

The HRC also continues to monitor a separate, on - going risk assessment by senior management of the Company's broader employee compensation practices as part of the Federal Reserve's regulatory initiative on incentive compensation paid by bank holding companies.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond published the report «Debit Card Interchange Fee Regulation: Some Assessments and Considerations» in the third quarter 2012 issue of Economic Quarterly.

«It's ironic that the Committee report should come out in the midst of today's court hearings into the Site C dam, a megaproject approved by the federal and province governments over the objections of First Nations and despite a highly critical environmental assessment.»

If, on the contrary, this information has benignly been muddled due to a lack of capacity on the island, then the federal government must work hand - in - hand with Puerto Rico's government to provide a clearer assessment.»

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently released its assessment of the federal government's Fall Economic Statement and offered a number of issues for consideration by parliamentarians.

Part of the risk management assessment is performed under the supervisory authority of the Company's primary regulator, the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Janet Yellen delivered what was, relative to her past presentations and market expectations, a generally upbeat assessment of the economy.

HAZELTON — A federal environmental assessment report that concluded the proposed New Prosperity open - pit mine would have significant adverse effects for the Tsilhqot» in is a condemnation of the B.C. Liberals approach to Aboriginal rights and title, says Stikine MLA Doug...

Last week, the yield on the 10 - year Treasury note broke below 1.70 %, the lowest level since the spring of 2013, despite an upgrade in the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) assessment of U.S. economic conditions.

That over 99 % of Canada's lakes and rivers are no longer subject to federal oversight, and that some 3,000 environmental assessments were abruptly cancelled last year by the Conservatives?

The section calls for the undersecretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, along with «appropriate Federal partners,» to «develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding the actual and potential threat posed by individuals using virtual currency to carry out activities in furtherance of an act of terrorism.»

Not since Michael D. Brown got that «heckuva job» praise over the federal government's Hurricane Katrina response and then resigned over his poor performance for his Hurricane Katrina response has a presidential assessment of U.S. disaster aid swung quite...

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

David Mills offered a sober assessment of how much of the abortion regime lies outside federal law.

And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.

Mass Audubon's Challenge was based on five years of project review, including three years of ornithological fieldwork; our assessment and comments on Cape Wind's first federal Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and literature review; talks with ornithologists, scientists, and engineers; and a visit to Denmark's offshore wind farms during the 2005 spring bird migration.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

At the same time, Cuomo said it was unclear for now if the state would be able to qualify for federal disaster money as a cost assessment of the damage was yet to be determined.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we made a decision that was a very significant decision, based on my assessment of the Constitution, that this administration would not defend DOMA in the federal courts.

FEMA and the State Department of Environmental Conservation are doing a damage assessment in the region, and if the damage exceeds $ 27.5 million, it will qualify for federal aid.

We expect that — as the federal Department of State's assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline showed — new fossil fuels and climate action are incompatible.»

Elia and her aides noted that federal law requires state tests to be administered to students annually, regardless of whether assessments are also used in rating job performance of school employees.

An assessment, as of the day this article was compiled, the Federal government's Lagos - Ibadan express way which has been under reconstruction before 2007 is yet to be completed, the Oyo - Ogbomosho Federal express way is far from been completed among several others across the country in various sector.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday called on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to «move into a higher gear» and conduct a comprehensive assessment of radioactive hotspots in Niagara County and Grand Island.

According to the Minnkota project's federal environmental assessment, most of the line's study area is on agricultural land.

A March 2008 Government Accountability Office report criticized the Bush White House (pdf) for injecting politics into the EPA's chemical risk assessment of perchlorate and other toxins.The report suggested that the White House Office of Management and Budget was stalling the completion of risk assessments by forcing scientists to respond to comments from other federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.

The paper is a survey of existing research and assessments by the federal government and other experts.

The assessment is produced through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a collaboration of 13 federal agencies and departments with authors from the government and a wide swath of academia.

When imposing the restrictions in 1996, federal officials relied on assessments indicating that stocks of three important commercial species — cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder — were verging on collapse.

«RAIs are important because they are widely used in the United States in an attempt to reduce biased assessments of recidivism risk and are increasingly being mandated at the local, state and federal level,» says Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor of psychology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research.

She identified development of national flood building and disaster resiliency standards as two examples that could «drive locals to make better decisions,» and noted the president just announced that all international development programs will have to undertake a climate risk assessment going forward to qualify for federal funds.

The projections are based on an assessment of the latest climate change science and federal guidelines.

That's exactly what an assessment by Claudio Grimaldi at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne predicts.

In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has examined whether this new drug for MS offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy specified by the Federal Joint Committee (G - BA).

Within days of the accident in Tulare, federal, state and county public health officials turned to a new assessment tool in an effort to reduce chemical accidents.

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule of 2015, for example, reiterated the aims of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, requiring municipalities that receive federal housing funds to conduct fair housing assessments.

On 18 August, 13 federal agencies were due to deliver their final comments on a federal report on the state of climate science — a technical prelude to the main climate assessment due out next year.

This dossier assessment is part of the early benefit assessment according to AMNOG supervised by the Federal Joint Committee (G - BA).

In addition to his commitment to updating federal chemical safety regulations, Dooley has led efforts urging Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the best available science and technology are at the foundation of government science and risk assessment programs.

CORD is pleased that the mandate for the new federal National Pharmacare Advisory Council includes assessment of international models and establishment of expert reference groups.