Sentences with phrase «federal guidelines issued»

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

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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.

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission issued guidelines requiring the full disclosure of the relationships between bloggers and advertisers, The New York Times reports.

U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued the ruling Monday, saying it did not matter that investors eventually came out ahead since the amount of loss plays a significant role in federal sentencing guidelines.

The federal government is issuing new guidelines for self - driving cars telling automakers what to expect for developing automated vehicles.

The federal government issued guidelines in February 2014 for states where marijuana is legal, including banking regulations, but most banks seem unwilling to take advantage of them.

(RNS) For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman.

In the workplace context, federal agencies have issued guidelines stating that employees should be permitted to determine for themselves the most appropriate and safest restroom to use, and employers should refrain from requiring or deciding which restroom should be used by an employee.

Every five years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly issue the latest iteration of the federal government's formal guidance on healthy eating, the so - called «Nutrition Guidelines.»

This pitiful statistic goes back to issues surrounding federal national lunch guidelines and agricultural subsidies.

Here's another one: The federal Data Quality Act requires all federal agencies to issue guidelines «ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity» of information they disseminate.

Fending off criticism, Cuomo aides say the proposal is consistent with federal law and with guidelines issued by the White House and U.S. Department of Education.

«I have had none,» Cuomo said of pressure from the White House, and conceded that his policies may go farther than guidelines issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control.

In early 2014, months before the DOH staff member suggested the possible use of PFOA in Petersburgh in the email with colleagues, the federal Environmental Protection Agency already had issued a guideline on the pollutant, ruling that it could be dangerous to humans.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the first federal guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers this week.

At a state Senate hearing on Hoosick Falls» water crisis, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said the state had followed federal guidelines for navigating the issue, but that the EPA had offered confusing and conflicting directions.

The federal government on Friday issued guidelines for banks seeking to do business with the legal marijuana industry, stopping short of a blanket immunity for them, but strongly indicating that prosecutions for such crimes as money laundering would be unlikely.

It is one key change in guidelines stemming from controversial federal investigations that resulted in efforts by prosecutors to obtain journalist records about reporting on national security issues.

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Like draft guidelines issued in April, the new rules limit federal funding to work on ES cells derived from surplus embryos donated by couples receiving fertility treatment.

The OMB guidelines were issued in response to reports of wasteful government spending by federal employees at «junket - style» gatherings.

-- after it had appeared in the February - March 2013 issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy violated federal guidelines and that he was wrongly punished.

Brown University: According to their statement, it appears Brown will be allowing hours tracking of postdocs and, similar to the attitude of Brandeis, appear to count postdoc fellows as exempt, counter to federal definitions and guidelines (see blogpost on this issue here).

On August 23, 2010, Judge Royce Lamberth of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines allowing federal dollars to fund projects in which embryos were destroyed to derive new stem cell lines.

But many pharmacies aren't following federal guidelines, according to a new study in the journal Women's Health Issues.

And in June, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of independent experts that advises the federal government on preventive care, issued draft guidelines saying there is too little evidence to recommend vitamin D supplements for the prevention of bone fractures.

• Commitment to federal laws established by Supreme Court rulings: OCR's current reading of its authority under Title IX goes beyond the narrow interpretation adopted by the Supreme Court in two decisions that addressed the sexual harassment issue, even explicitly rejecting the rulings in guidelines issued under the Clinton administration.

In Maryland and Rhode Island, health and education officials have distributed guidelines similar to those issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control in August.

The Access Board, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, is an independent federal agency that develops minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

There's no constructive way for federal lawmakers to issue guidelines for judging whether three - and - a-half-million teachers are good at their jobs.

According to the study, «many teachers believe a need to comply with federal guidelines and a fear of penalties and the potential loss of federal dollars pushed MPS administrators to reduce discipline numbers however possible; even going so far as to stop issuing suspensions or even detentions for clear violations of school rules.»

Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of «medical marijuana.»

-- If final regulations have not been issued pursuant to this section, for new construction or alterations for which a valid and appropriate State or local building permit is obtained prior to the issuance of final regulations under this section, and for which the construction or alteration authorized by such permit begins within one year of the receipt of such permit and is completed under the terms of such permit, compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards in effect at the time the building permit is issued shall suffice to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities as required under section 303, except that, if such final regulations have not been issued one year after the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board has issued the supplemental minimum guidelines required under section 504 (a) of this Act, compliance with such supplemental minimum guidelines shall be necessary to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities prior to issuance of the final regulations.

Federal and state legislators clashed over the bathroom issue in the summer of 2016 when a Texas judge blocked Obama administration guidelines that transgender students be allowed to use the school bathroom of the gender they identified as, regardless of their biology at birth.

If you are carrying student loans issued through FFEL (private funding) or Federal Direct loans, such as Stafford or Perkins, you are eligible to consolidate your loans under federal guidelines that will ensure a reasonable fixed rate (no higher than 8.25 %) and extended payment terms (10 to 20 Federal Direct loans, such as Stafford or Perkins, you are eligible to consolidate your loans under federal guidelines that will ensure a reasonable fixed rate (no higher than 8.25 %) and extended payment terms (10 to 20 federal guidelines that will ensure a reasonable fixed rate (no higher than 8.25 %) and extended payment terms (10 to 20 years).

To help protect homeowners in the future, Federal banking regulators recently issued new disclosure guidelines for lenders, and they continue to consider new rules.

On June 29, federal regulators issued tougher lending guidelines, prompting the Mortgage Bankers Association to warn that the new rules will «constrain consumer credit choices.»

We also follow the Federal Government website guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

So if a mortgage company wants to sell its loans into the secondary mortgage market, or have them insured by the federal government, they must adhere to the underwriting guidelines issued by those organizations.

[Update - Nov. 2005: Federal regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, spurred on by watchdog groups, are requiring banks that issue credit cards to increase minimum payments in accordance with guidelines laid out in Feb. 2003.

«The core issue here is the utter failure of the new voluntary federal wind guidelines to protect our public trust resources,» said ABC's Hutchins.

Not just because the federal government missed an opportunity to link food choices with environmental issues, but because there appeared to be significant support for the inclusion of sustainability in the guidelines: one analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity looked at the 29,000 public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustaguidelines: one analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity looked at the 29,000 public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustaGuidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustainability.

Last year, the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) issued proposed guidelines, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), directing all states to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power generation, purportedly in accordance with Section 111 (d) of the federal Clean Air Act.

Gertner says judges are too often silent on issues they should publicly address, such as how federal sentencing guidelines have led to what she and other jurists consider unreasonably long prison terms for nonviolent drug offenders.

The case is Dillon v. United States, and at issue is the question of whether the federal sentencing guidelines are binding or only advisory when defendants who were originally sentenced before the decision in United States v. Booker are resentenced pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582 (c)(2), after the guidelines applicable to the offense in question are changed.

As a means of bringing some consistency to the complex process of determining what support is appropriate, in Canada the federal Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (the «Guidelines») were formally issued in 2008.

Four years later, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued new attorney advertising guidelines precluding such quotes, whereupon Dwyer took the case to federal court and lost.

Federal agencies that had issued an extensive body of technical guidelines, guides, backgrounders, fact sheets, information bulletins, infographics, videos, presentations, enforcement advisories, news releases and FAQ documents to help business and consumers understand the law.

The latest issue of the journal Federal Probation, which is published by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, features a special section looking at «30 Years with Federal Sentencing Guidelines.»

The majority of eligible clients must have incomes below 125 % of the federal poverty guidelines, and the legal issue must fall within our priority areas; this excludes all criminal cases.