Sentences with phrase «federal initiative by»
The grant money is part of a broader federal initiative by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rid the country's housing stock of lead - paint hazards.
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The federal government and private organizations have tried to encourage sharing in recent years through initiatives like the Genomic Data Commons, a «unified data repository» intended to hasten cancer cures by making research public.
Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has applauded initiatives introduced by the federal government to cut red tape for small business.
Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.
«There are 50 policy and regulatory initiatives that are currently being considered by federal and provincial governments,» he said.
A new incentive policy backed by Federal and State governments, combined with tangible initiatives such as the Jervoise Bay industrial complex, holds out the promise of more progress in future.
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.
Wilkie stated, «The hard work put into this important initiative by two large federal agencies for our veterans and their families is impressive in scope and further underscores VA's values.»
It did absolutely nothing but announce the proposed Canada Jobs Grant, which was a blunt attempt by the Harper Government to create a federal training initiative using Provincial funds.
Carson's proposals, and other initiatives aimed at low - income Americans receiving federal assistance, amount to a comprehensive effort by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to restrict access to the safety net and reduce the levels of assistance for those who do qualify.
The White House said it will appoint an adviser to lead the initiative and the office will be supported by various faith leaders from outside the federal government.
The new tower will also host the Medicine by Design initiative, set to become a leading centre in regenerative medicine at the University of Toronto with the federal government committing $ 114 - million for this project through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.
Construction of the AFIC was funded through a $ 9m grant provided through the Growing Forward 2 federal initiative and $ 4.35 m in funds provided by Western Economic Diversification Canada.
An environmental initiative that will deliver greater energy security and a cleaner, greener future at one of Australia's largest beef processing plants was launched recently (Friday, March 7) by Australian Federal Industry Minister and MP for Groom Hon Ian Macfarlane.
Beyond this near - term 20 % roadmap, ReFED has also identified the critical innovations, initiatives, policies, and awareness - building work required to reach the longer - term 50 % reduction goal by 2030 as set by the federal government.
It would take an entire book to explain how flawed the NSLP has become, how, starting in the 1970s and 80s, the program morphed from an anti-hunger initiative into one in which school districts were so starved of cash by the federal government (thank you, Ronald Reagan) that school children came to be seen as «customers» whose palates must be pleased at all costs, with heavier reliance on junk food a la carte sales and «carnival food» menus.
9 February 2014, the federal popular initiative «against mass immigration» was accepted by 50.3 % of voters.
«We therefore wish to assure citizens of ECOWAS member - states, including citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that they are welcome to travel to Ghana, and their entry into the country will not be affected by this new policy initiative we intend to introduce later this year,» she said.
The governor's prodigious fundraising has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks due to a newly revealed federal probe of the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and other development projects in western New York, including several overseen by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
The latest immigration bill, which was sponsored in February by Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, an Ossining Democrat, came in response to Republican President Donald Trump's nationwide initiative to deport undocumented immigrants, and would have prevented the county's emergency services from aiding the federal government in investigations made on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and national origin.
Osinbajo pledged the support of the federal government to the construction of the super highway by the state government, stressing that the initiative would enhance economic and social development of the state.
He informed his audiences at the various locations where he was received with fanfare that with the cantankerous and combative stance of the the present administration, Ekiti state is losing out on billions of Naira that could have come into the state in form of support from many of the intervention initiatives by the federal government to cushion the effect of the recession and restore the economic health of the nation.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will call for increasing the federal gas tax by 25 cents a gallon over the next five years to help pay for rebuilding U.S. roads and bridges as part of its push for a federal infrastructure initiative this year.
His «Buffalo Billion» initiative, meanwhile, is now the subject of a federal probe into improper lobbying and potential fraud by a pair of close Cuomo associates.
Mr. Thiele lent support to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's request to the federal government to exempt New York State from the offshore drilling plan, and said that, barring action by the secretary of the interior, New York's congressional delegation should enact legislation to remove the state from the initiative.
This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.
The EPA's abrupt new direction on legacy chemicals — like PFOA — is part of a broad initiative by the Trump administration to change the way the federal government evaluates health and environmental risks associated with hazardous chemicals, making it more aligned with the industry's wishes.
Mrs Babalola who described the initiative as a prototype of the youth empowerment programme already initiated by the Governor Rauf Aregbesola led administration in Osun, said the adoption of the scheme by the federal government would go a long way to stimulate the nation's economy and as well eradicate the challenges of unemployment in the country.
Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.
Changes that lawmakers want to economic development programs were made ripe following allegations by federal prosecutors that the Buffalo Billion and a couple of other big upstate initiatives were part of a massive, alleged pay - to - play, bid - rigging scandal.
«Top aides arrested, signature initiatives plagued by corruption, widening scandals at every turn,» Chris Martin, an NRCC spokesman, said in an email, referencing federal charges against Cuomo's one - time top aide Joe Percoco.
On Sept. 23 — the day after the state and federal charges were announced — the administration received a memo from private investigator Bart Schwartz, whose company Guidepost Solutions has been tasked by Cuomo with investigating improper lobbying and conflicts of interest in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative, and other projects overseen by SUNY Poly.
The initiatives come as federal data, released last month by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D - N.Y., show children in Western New York — ages 5 and under — suffer from the highest rate of lead poisoning in upstate New York.
Speakers at this event addressed the development of the adolescent brain, the diseases and learning difficulties that seem to correlate with adolescence, and the policy initiatives undertaken by the federal government in response.
With the SWOG anniversary, and the spotlight on cancer research cast by the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative, Unger and his colleagues wanted to study SWOG's long - term impact.
Written by Institute Associate Sonia L. Canzater, JD, MPH and Jeffrey S. Crowley, MPH, program director of infectious disease initiatives and distinguished scholar at the O'Neill Institute, the report was developed following an expert consultation held in Washington, DC, in September 2016 with diverse stakeholders, including hepatitis C medical and non-medical providers, patient advocates, epidemiologists, and federal hepatitis C policy and program staff.
It contains the $ 200 million requested by Obama for his Precision Medicine Initiative, $ 85 million in new funding for the BRAIN Initiative, and a $ 100 - million boost for NIH's role in a federal initiative on antimicrobial resistance.
«The starting point was low,» says Mas - Colell, but now, «new resources have been channeled by regional and federal authorities toward new initiatives.»
On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide abortions or discuss the procedure.
The initiative is sponsored by the German Federal Government's «Electric Mobility Showcase» program.
In 2000, a federal initiative got under way with $ 900 million set aside by the government for the establishment of 2000 research professorships, known as Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), in universities across the country.
Between the late 1960's and the start of this decade it declined by about a third, and without new Federal initiatives the future health of mathematics is at risk.
The initiative is funded by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and includes researchers from Germany and China.
The SBIR grant is supported by Senators Susan Collins (R - ME) and Angus S. King Jr. (I - ME), who have been advocates of federal initiatives to build a strong science and technology sector, including legislation to promote biotechnology research, development and manufacturing, and to protect intellectual property.
While child poverty remains a stubborn enemy, the federal anti-poverty initiative launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson has led to health and IQ gains for disadvantaged students.
Policymakers should encourage (or push) districts to create similar options for their students by tying Title I and other federal aid programs to initiatives that promote online learning for the most talented students and that also provide physical locations for these students to do their advanced group work.
I think [Common Core] is essentially a federal initiative at this point, having been created by a small group of people, including very few if any teachers, working in conjunction with the Duncan administration, and it has been at the very least aggressively encouraged for states to adopt, particularly through the Race to the Top funding.»
Two well - known commercial reading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence standards.
The federal ConnectED initiative aims to bring broadband to 99 percent of all U.S. schools by 2018, and progress has been swift.