Sentences with phrase «federal departments in»

Through the active involvement of Ministers and secretaries of federal departments in the trials, a clear message is being sent through mainstream federal departments that these trials matter and that government is serious about improving outcomes for Indigenous peoples.

When Congress created the Commission, Congress empowered it to serve «as a clearinghouse and information center» about federal sentencing and to assist Congress, the federal courts, and federal departments in the development of sound sentencing policies.

The Treasury Board conducted a spot audit of 47 of the 146 federal departments in 2007 and found that none complied with the standard.

Similarly, other federal departments in the USA have made their own mistakes regarding cryptocurrency.

An Abbreviated New Drug Submission (ANDS) must be approved by Health Canada, the country's federal department in charge of national health care, under Canada's Food and Drug regulations before the generic drug can be marketed in the country.

«The government took the time to get this decision right — securing the best non-partisan advice, conducting the most thorough review of any energy project and subjecting it to 157 legally - binding conditions intended to ensure safety, minimize environmental impact and augment oversight,» said the federal department in its statement.

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The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

This year, a federal court found the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department in Arizona, in the guise of assisting federal immigration enforcement, had engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination.

A U.S. Justice Department task force recently said the Cole Memorandum, which restricts federal marijuana law enforcement in states where pot is legal, should be reevaluated to see if it should be changed.

Trump's administration addressed one potential conflict when the Justice Department on Saturday said federal anti-nepotism laws do not prevent the president from appointing his son - in - law to his administration.

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index inched up 0.1 percent last month, pointing to subdued inflation which could make Federal Reserve policymakers cautious regarding another interest rate hike in 2017.

The Justice Department investigation is still in its early days, and it could take years to determine if any federal laws were broken.

«There is major uncertainty in the market and federal agencies are not sure until the budget is passed and sequestration is resolved that they will continue, and they have really reduced the scale of work,» says Zia Islam, founder of Zantech IT Services, a McLean, Virginia - based company that has worked for NASA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other federal agencies.

Justice Department lawyers argued in court earlier this month that the federal guidelines issued in May were non-binding with no legal consequences.

Data compiled by Kenney's department shows that thousands of companies and government departments, federal and provincial alike, have hired foreign help in recent years.

Borrowers with loans from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration or the Rural Housing Service will feel the most direct impact because furloughed workers are involved in processing those loans.

The emergency declaration would also free up public health emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevention.

A group of Democrats in Congress urged the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a letter this week to conduct a more in - depth review of online retailer Amazon's plan to buy grocer Whole Foods.

The trial to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice can stop AT&T's $ 85 billion purchase of media company Time Warner will begin on March 19, a federal judge in Washington said during a hearing on Thursday.

In its most recent scandal, Uber's use of the software «Greyball,» which was used to track authorities in cities that were cracking down on the app and have drivers avoid picking them up, has subjected the company to federal inquiry by the U.S. Department of JusticIn its most recent scandal, Uber's use of the software «Greyball,» which was used to track authorities in cities that were cracking down on the app and have drivers avoid picking them up, has subjected the company to federal inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justicin cities that were cracking down on the app and have drivers avoid picking them up, has subjected the company to federal inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The public will have 15 days from the publication of the proposed delay in the Federal Register on Thursday to comment on the delay itself before the Labor Department can formalize it.

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 lawsuit, to be filed sometime late Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, the California state capital, will take aim at three state laws passed last year that the Justice Department contends violate a clause in the U.S. Constitution.

The Justice Department urged the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to lift a stay imposed by a Maryland federal judge March 16th blocking the administration from carrying out the executive order.

He's worked in the communications office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, helping to formulate the public messaging of a sometimes troubled and often misunderstood wing of the federal government.

Kaspersky Lab, the Russia - based cybersecurity company known for its Internet security software, was dealt a heavy blow today when the Department of Homeland Security issued a directive banning the firm's products from use in the federal government.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

In total, 15 billion pages of data were stolen from at least 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the states of Hawaii and Indiana, the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Justice Department alleged.

The stakes in finding discriminatory intent are higher because it provides a window for opponents to argue that Texas should be forced to resume having changes to voting laws «pre-cleared» by the Justice Department or a federal court.

I learned that it was a Casascius coin, one of roughly 3,500 minted by a Bitcoin user of the same name before the US Treasury Department shut him down in 2013 for failing to have a federal money transmitter license.

The case was filed in a D.C. federal court under the direction of the Justice Department's newly installed antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US State Department announced on September 27 that a $ 5 million reward would be offered in exchange for information directly leading to the arrest or conviction of Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, alias «Chapo Isidro» or «Chapito Isidro.»

Indeed, just days before the U.S. startup visa was to be implemented last July, the Department of Homeland Security published a rule in the Federal Register, delaying the implementation until March 2018 and stating it intended to rescind the regulation altogether.

In January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind the Cole Memo — an Obama - era Justice Department memo that essentially protected states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference — caused concern in the cannabis industry that a crackdown could happeIn January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind the Cole Memo — an Obama - era Justice Department memo that essentially protected states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference — caused concern in the cannabis industry that a crackdown could happein the cannabis industry that a crackdown could happen.

The strongly worded ruling from Judge Leon was in a case brought against the governors of the Federal Reserve by a group of plaintiffs including the National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Retail Federation, the Food Marketing Institute, Miller Oil Co., Boscov's Department Store and the National Restaurant Association.

«Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used to facilitate the production of platinum coins for the purpose of avoiding an increase in the debt limit,» he said.

The State Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on Wednesday declaring U.S. passports invalid for travel to, in or through North Korea.

If enacted, the legislation would expand foreign investment review procedures overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is chaired by the treasury secretary and seeks input from the departments of defence and homeland security, among other federal bodies.

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

In addition to big banks such as Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, there were 50 participants, including major exchanges, clearinghouses, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Last November, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that a similar program at the Defense Department for «small disadvantaged businesses» was unconstitutional.

It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for example, presided over the collapse of Atlantic cod stocks in the 1980s.

Earlier this month, the National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development against Wells Fargo, alleging that the bank used discriminatory practices in the handling of foreclosed properties.

A Department of Labor rule putting the order into action entered the Federal Register in August 2016, but it was halted by a judge in October before it went into effect, who ruled it went beyond the authority Congress had given the president.

The department also did not say how much the federal program would cost, but it added that the cost would be revealed in the coming days.

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, which oversee drones in the national airspace, released rules in Aug. 2016 for how businesses can use drones for tasks like aerial photography or to monitor farms.

The Department of Labor lawsuit, originally filed in 2012, alleged that the company flouted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because its workers weren't making minimum wage ($ 7.25 an hour) when their bosses required them to take unpaid breaks, according to the Associated Press.

In 2016 I provided advice to the Department of Finance as part of the Review of Federal Tax Expenditures.