Sentences with phrase «federal government agencies use»

The standard would direct about $ 965 million to the plants over the first two years, using a formula based on expected power costs and the social price on carbon federal government agencies use in rulemaking.

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Sunshine Hillygus, who advises the federal government on the census, notes that this question is likely to fuel suspicion on the part of the undocumented that the census will become a political tool to be used against them — with negative implications for both data accuracy and for the long - run reputation of the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan agency.

Among its suggestions is a recommendation that all levels of government use procurement programs as a means to support small and medium enterprises and minority - owned businesses, including requiring supplier diversity policies for federal crown corporations and agencies.

The ACSI uses data from interviews with roughly 70,000 customers annually as inputs to an econometric model for analyzing customer satisfaction with more than 300 companies in 43 industries and 10 economic sectors, including various services of federal and local government agencies.

The federal government reimburses states and schools for the cost of the meals, and any school or qualified community agency can use these programs to ensure that no child goes hungry.

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Unfortunately I am in possession of credible information which suggests the president indeed refused to allow federal agencies to be used to defeat the will of the people, but what remains difficult to understand is why government and security agencies allowed such large - scale violence and deaths.

Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials» correspondence be retained as part of the agency's record.

«My experience working with that agency when I was in the federal government is that they are precise, they use scientific rigor, they're just very, very slow,» said Enck.

Question topics included the estimated time for completion of all of the Sandy recovery home rebuilding, the implementation of new flood maps, whether de Blasio's reported future endorsement of Hillary Clinton is tied to a longterm need for federal government assistance, whether in Secretary Castro's view the City could do better on any element of Sandy recovery efforts, communicating an increased sense of urgency to City agencies, significant variations in the reported number of Build It Back applicants, how the City will continue its increased rate of repairs, details on the construction firms used in the program and praise for developer Gerry Romski.

«The conference wants to use Pedro's vast experience in the government and private sector to help improve communications and cooperation between the State Senate and various city, state, and federal agencies,» he said.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]

Towards this end, states governments have been given a 21 days ultimatum to disarm vigilantees and neighbourhood watch group, hunters and watch - night men or any group or association under any capacity or guise other than statutory security agencies recognized and gazetted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to bear firearms of specified category; who are currently possessing and using prohibited / illegal firearms such as Pump action gun and the likes for whatsoever purpose.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business with.

The multi-society letter called on the OMB to work with leaders of government agencies to back the use of the best scientific evidence in their decision - making and to see that federal agencies support scientists doing the work required to «produce the knowledge upon which the nation relies.»

The committee that conducted the study and wrote the report recommended actions the FDA, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and health - related organizations should take — which include promoting more judicious prescribing of opioids, expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, preventing more overdose deaths, weighing societal impacts in opioid - related regulatory decisions, and investing in research to better understand the nature of pain and develop non-addictive alternatives.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have again shown their low regard for the Census Bureau, voting to use it as a bank to fund other federal agencies and telling people they don't have to fill out a survey that allows the government to track the country's changing demographics.

Government careers range from federal agencies concerned with regulatory issues, like the FDA and the US Environmental Protection Agency, to the municipality level, for example, a county interested in using geographical information systems to plot local resources.

There are two primary groups within the federal government working collaboratively to advance the use of these tools, namely the Federal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (CCS) and the Agency Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Coordifederal government working collaboratively to advance the use of these tools, namely the Federal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (CCS) and the Agency Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing CoordiFederal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (CCS) and the Agency Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Coordinators.

Federal proposals that have been approved by OSR are submitted by the OSR Propoasl Manager to the funding agency using the appropriate US Government proposal submission portal.

On this occasion, the federal government invited state education agencies to apply and use the grants to increase the number of charter schools in the country.

AFC also urged U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore to withdraw their letter from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and quit their attempt to use federal agencies to undermine a state - based school choice program.

These provisions strengthen protections for Federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse, and modify rules on the use of nondisclosure policies or agreements by government agencies.

The CMV Safety Belt Partnership is a collaboration among the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, other government agencies, and industry specific private - sector organizations designed to encourage safety belt use by commercial motor vehicle drivers.

The HMIS is used by DOT, other Federal agencies, state and local governments, industry, researchers, the media, and the public.

Canadian based Research in Motion announced today that the Playbook Tablet has been given security certification to be used by U.S. federal government agencies.

Last week, RIM announced the United States government had granted the BlackBerry PlayBook «FIPS 140 - 2 certification,» making it the first tablet approved for use by employees of U.S. federal government agencies.

Still, a PlayBook is one of the most secure tablet around, a fact brought out by it being declared suitable for use by the U.S. federal government agencies.

Interestingly, the RIM PlayBook has been awarded the prestigious FIPS 140 - 2 certification by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, which means the tablet is safe for use by U.S. federal government agencies — the only tablet in the world to be so awarded.

US Department of Education (ED or USED) Government agency that administers several federal student financial aid programs, including the Federal Pell Grant, the Federal Work - Study Program, the Federal Perkins Loans, the Federal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSfederal student financial aid programs, including the Federal Pell Grant, the Federal Work - Study Program, the Federal Perkins Loans, the Federal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSFederal Pell Grant, the Federal Work - Study Program, the Federal Perkins Loans, the Federal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSFederal Work - Study Program, the Federal Perkins Loans, the Federal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSFederal Perkins Loans, the Federal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSFederal Stafford Loans and the Federal PLUSFederal PLUS Loans.

While the GSEs» regulator and conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, hasn't weighed in on trended data specifically; it has been considering whether the two government - sponsored enterprises» use of scores needs to evolve.

If you end up in default, the entire unpaid balance of your loan and any interest would become immediately due and the federal government will take aggressive action to reclaim what you owe, including using a collection agency, garnishing wages, and withholding tax rebates.

The government watchdog urged the search giant to, «work closely with federal and state agencies to ensure your search products are not being used by individuals and companies seeking to prey on the most vulnerable student loan borrowers by implying an affiliation with the federal government.»

By requesting, obtaining or using a Credit Card from us you agree that we may release information in our records regarding you and your Credit Account: (a) to comply with government agency or court orders; (b) to share your credit performance with credit reporting agencies and other creditors who we reasonably believe are or may be doing business with you on your Credit Account; (c) to provide information on your Credit Account to any third party who we believe is conducting an inquiry in accordance with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; (d) to share information with our employees, agents or representatives performing work for us in connection with your Credit Account; or (e) as otherwise permitted by the Bank's privacy policy.

The Fund for Animals asked New York State and county health agencies to stop fox hunting when several hounds at one kennel came down with leishmaniasis; newspapers used the press releases from the group, even though the Masters of Foxhounds Association had already halted the hunts, put other control measures in place, and was working with federal government agencies to determine the spread of the disease.

If we're going to use agencies of the federal government to investigate and even prosecute «climate deniers», for making «false and misleading claims» then let's damn well do the same for «climate alarmists», who do the same thing all the time.

«The Surui Forest Carbon Project is now recognized as a national and international reference, and its concepts and methodological construction are used by Federal Government agencies such as FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio, the National Indian Foundation) and the Ministry of the Environment and other project developers in Brazil and globally,» says Mariano Cenamo, Senior Researcher at Idesam.

Secondly, she hopes to use her decades of experience with the federal government to help the commission work with the many agencies involved in Arctic research.

On this Halloween eve, it is truly frightening to grasp the extent to which America's politicians, policies, laws, regulations, energy, economy, jobs, and future are controlled by a cabal of stealthy billionaires — who receive billions from state and federal government agencies, and use those riches to become even wealthier, more powerful, and more in control of our lives, livelihoods, living standards, and liberties.

To do so, federal agencies use figures from the government's Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, which are estimates of some of the climate change damages suffered by society, expressed as a dollar figure per metric ton of CO2.

by Kathryn Watson Daily Caller A loophole in federal law allows Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees and other federal workers get away with deleting millions of official records created using cellphone text messaging, according to government transparency experts.

The portion of the FOIA that Inhofe specifically asked about (2 CFR § 251.36 (d)-RRB- is applicable to any research «that was used by the Federal Government in developing an agency action that has the force and effect of law.»

I have had to correct many spreadsheets that were used in producing reports for higher management of organizations for large manufacturing firms, state and federal government agencies.

The lawsuit seeks to obtain relief on behalf of «all individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.»

They also authorize federal agencies to use ADR processes to resolve employment claims, regulatory enforcement disputes, contracts claims, and claims against the government.

«Color of law» - the person is using authority given to him or her by a local, state, or federal government agency.

The May 27, 2008 news release on the Open Text website indicates this a renewal of their enterprise content management (ECM) system currently used by 58 federal government departments and agencies.

In the United States, there are a number of cross-functional federal and state - specific laws that govern the collection, use and disclosure of data collected by public and private companies and government agencies.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the District of Columbia approved the class of «[a] ll individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.»