Sentences with phrase «federal initiatives in»

This essay is a critical overview of the ideology, politics, and implications of recent federal initiatives in parent education.

Although not leading directly to new legislation, the Fathers Count Bill of 19997 set the stage for new federal initiatives in the decade that followed.

Active engagement in federal initiatives in education - federal budget sequestration, restraint and seclusion regulation, and NCLB waivers

In K — 12 education, the states are ultimately in charge and few federal initiatives in this realm work nearly as well as intended.

Not exact matches

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.

«States and the federal government should invest only in initiatives that have strong national benefit and in areas that have high potential for U.S. competitiveness.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

Continuing on the topic of jobs, raising the minimum wage beyond the $ 7.25 federal hourly rate is a key ballot initiative for this midterm cycle in several red states including Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and Nebraska.

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.

His Race to the Top initiative invites states to compete for federal dollars using tests and other methods to measure teachers, a philosophy that would not fly in Finland.

NEW YORK — As part of a new initiative to examine communities in more detail and enable locational comparisons, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released an interactive tool that provides information about home prices, distressed sales, delinquencies and foreclosures at the national, state and county levels.

So don't expect a focussed debate in the 2015 election on the need for a new economic growth strategy, one based on a federal - provincial initiative to modernize our infrastructure, and create better economic prospects.

So don't expect a focussed debate in the 2015 election on the need for a new economic growth strategy, one based on a federal provincial initiative to modernize our infrastructure, and create better economic prospects.

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.»

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

For example, the federal government implemented a number of one - time measures, including $ 4.0 billion in 2002 - 03 for health care initiatives, $ 3.5 billion in 2003 - 04 for health care initiatives and agricultural support, $ 3.6 billion in 2004 - 05 for the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sector.

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other federal initiatives have tried to rein in overdraft fees charged to bank customers, the fees remain big business, especially for big banks.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

The Office of Investor Education carries out the SEC's investor education program, which includes producing and distributing educational materials, participating in educational seminars and investor - oriented events, and partnering with federal agencies, state regulators, and others on investor literacy initiatives.

In our view as investors, the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) «Single Security» initiative is emblematic of a sunk cost fallacy.

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.

After The Close - Stocks did little more than mark time on Tuesday, turning in a mixed performance after trading broadly higher for much of the day on hopes for new policy initiatives on the part of the Federal Reserve and a lessening in fears about the euro zone.

Although first reported in a local paper, it was left to BC - based The Tyee to break open this scandal, which includes a concerted federal government cover - up of information about the TFWP, including a new TFWP initiative called the Canada - Alberta pilot project — one that has been left almost completely unregulated and which likely paved the way for the dismissal of those 270 tradespeople.

And in any case, the federal government is not stopped from partnering with the provinces on nation - wide initiatives in health, welfare and education.

Fortunately, a federal initiative to expand the Canada Pension Plan and displace the ORPP before it launches in 2017 is still possible.

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.

Regardless of the approach taken, I agree with Blackman and Stark in that the ability of a state to capture federal tax dollars via creative state tax credit initiatives is almost certainly bad tax policy when viewed from the national perspective.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

Dr. Lacy Hunt: Here's my attitude: the new federal initiatives, whether tax cuts or infrastructure or otherwise will not provide a boost to the economy if they are funded with increases in debt — that's where we're at.

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

In the 1990s the scientific study of sleep and dreams catapulted into public awareness because of a federal initiative that funded brain research.

A similar invasion of civil rights is implicit in the initiative to require doctors to report to the Department of Health persons infected with the AIDS virus, and in the proposed restrictions that would prohibit any family planning institution receiving federal funds from informing clients of the availability of abortion services.

On 16th October 1988, the Federal Minister for Justice announced the establishment of a National Committee on Violence, a joint Commonwealth - State initiative with a wide - ranging brief «to inquire into and report on violent crime and violence generally in Australian society (and) recommend preventive strategies.»

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.

He was selected as a webinar leader and a speaker for the Obama Administration Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention initiative.

In June of 2013, the USDA announced the Smart Snacks in School initiative, new federal guidelines that limit the amount of calories, fat, sugar, and sodium in snacks sold in the more than 100,000 schools that participate in the National School Lunch PrograIn June of 2013, the USDA announced the Smart Snacks in School initiative, new federal guidelines that limit the amount of calories, fat, sugar, and sodium in snacks sold in the more than 100,000 schools that participate in the National School Lunch Prograin School initiative, new federal guidelines that limit the amount of calories, fat, sugar, and sodium in snacks sold in the more than 100,000 schools that participate in the National School Lunch Prograin snacks sold in the more than 100,000 schools that participate in the National School Lunch Prograin the more than 100,000 schools that participate in the National School Lunch Prograin the National School Lunch Program.

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

1999 — 2000 FRAC obtains federal, state, and local administrative initiatives in food stamps to reverse the caseload decline among eligible people and make the program accessible to low - income working families.

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.

He said: «It is our hope that this initiative will put an end to the long - standing dispute between Federal and Lagos State Governments over the Federal Government disused lands and buildings and disputed quarters in various parts of the State which are no longer in use for the purposes for which they were originally released to the Federal Government

Federal investigators subpoenaed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's «executive chamber,» the term for his office, seeking records and other materials related to the governor's economic - development issues, especially the «Buffalo Billion,» a signature Cuomo initiative to encourage the development of hi - tech firms in the Buffalo area.

One week after federal authorities announced they had uncovered two suspected bribery plots in Queens and the Bronx, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a legislative initiative designed to give the state's 62 district attorneys more power to prosecute corruption cases.

A federal judge in 2013 had ruled that the initiative violated the constitutional rights of minorities.

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.

Gov. Cuomo's signature Buffalo Billion initiative was mired in corruption and bid - rigging, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday.

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.

Cuomo, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and members of the New York Congressional Delegation said in a joint statement Tuesday over $ 5 million in federal funding will be distributed to cities, counties and other municipalities across New York to «bolster counter terrorism initiatives and strengthen public safety efforts.»

It said that Bureau of Public Procurement and the Federal Executive Council, in 2013, approved the reconstruction, rehabilitation and expansion of the expressway on Public - Private - Partnership basis, «using private finance initiative».

Ogbeh, refuted the claims during a NAN Forum in Abuja, adding that Federal Government will revive cassava bread initiative to boost food production, stem wheat imports and encourage cassava farmers.

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.