Sentences with phrase «federal issues such»

It's also an opportunity to for managing brokers and broker - owners to educate their salespeople on important state and federal issues such as tax laws, ordinances, and other policies that directly affect business.

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There are also forums dedicated to policy issues such as drug pricing and medical standards — last year, former Vice President Joe Biden announced a federal Genomic Data Commons to expedite cancer research during a keynote address.

«Instead of pecking themselves to death trying to figure out how to comply with all the state and federal regulations,» says Breslin, «we help our clients get ahead of the legal issues — such as vacation time, workers compensation and insurance, and they can focus on what they do best.»

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued stark warnings to health care organizations over the threats of phishing emails and malware such as ransomware, which take data hostage in exchange for recompense.

Same sex marriage is now legal in 36 states, and the Supreme Court will issue a final ruling on whether such couples have a federal right to marry in June.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission issued 13 letters to manufacturers, distributors and retailers, saying the packaging resembles kid - friendly food products such...

When shares of Capital Stock are to be issued upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Incentive Award, Google shall have the authority to withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value at the date of the applicable taxable event determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations, as determined by Google in its sole discretion.

On this issue among others — like funding the government, raising the federal borrowing limit and financing highways — such business groups have found themselves at odds with traditional Republican allies who increasingly reflect a new populist strain of conservatism in the party that is often hostile toward big business.

The Fed is expected to continue raising rates, while Congress needs to wrestle with big - ticket issues such as tax reform, the debt ceiling, and the federal budget.

Absent such a standard, the shareholder proposal rule becomes nothing less than a species of private eminent domain by which the federal government allows a small minority to appropriate someone else's property — the company is a legal person, after all, and it is the company's proxy statement at issue — for use as a soap - box to disseminate their views.

Industry trade groups like ICI have taken issue with the DOL's plan to boost workers» access to retirement plans through state - run programs, arguing that such plans will spur a «confusing, state - by - state patchwork of savings programs» that could lack strict federal controls.

The online survey of 1,019 Canadians asked which federal leader they would prefer to do things with, including serious issues, such as dealing with a terrorist attack, and not - so - serious issues, such as drinking a beer and babysitting.

Kleintop added that he travels across the country and meets with LPL's 17,000 affiliated advisors, who are all reading the news and paying attention to issues such as the debt ceiling and the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE) program.

In December, he issued a statement explaining why he believes certain ICOs should fall under the jurisdiction of federal securities law and, as such, be filed beforehand.

This rise of the environment as an election issue is due to a number factors, including greater public interest in environmental issues (such as global warming) and the appearance of green politics at the federal level.

The organization... [will] make the argument that... the federal courts... are the final authority on issues important to progressives such as immigration, abortion, gay rights, social policy, the environment and corporate power, to name a few.

A federal student loan is one that is issued by the government, and a private student loan is issued by a third party financial institution, such as a bank.

For a long time, we've known about the issues that would inflate the entitlements — such as the prior - mentioned demographic problems — but there is an increasing likelihood that new federal programs with expenditure increases will further accelerate the growth in federal debt.

Sidestepping the Fraud Issue: Bailing out fraudsters instead of saving America's economic base Recent federal bankruptcy proceedings have exposed Lehman's deceptive off - balance - sheet accounting gimmicks such as Repo 105 to conceal its true position.

Certain issuers of U.S. government securities (e.g., «Government - Sponsored Enterprises» such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks) are sponsored or chartered by Congress, but their securities are neither issued by nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.

But Catholic teaching typically explains a hierarchy of public issues, prioritizing marriage and sanctity of life, for example, which are intrinsic to Christian faith, over important but less theologically binding issues of prudential judgment, such as federal entitlement programs or immigration.

Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

The issue has only become more urgent since then, with groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) lobbying this year for the First Amendment Defense Act, which «prevents the federal government from punishing an individual or faith - based business because they can not in good conscience accommodate same - sex marriage in certain situations.»

We anticipate meeting with Governor Perdue soon, and working with him on critical issues such as securing an adequate workforce through immigration reform and a new guest worker program, bolstering free and fair trade, serving the neediest Americans through federal feeding programs, and more.»

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

According to the Minister, the Federal Government through the Ministry wants to pay attention to and resolve as many of such issues as possible in order to ensure that important life impacting projects are delivered on time for the benefit of the people.

And starting next year, he'll go through several politically thorny issues such as a possible veto of newly drawn state and federal district boundaries as well as the debate over hydrofracking.

The NUPENG president had stated that the strike would draw the attention of the Federal Government and other stakeholders to some unresolved issues bordering on the welfare of workers, such as bad roads, poor remuneration, insecurity and the alleged excesses of some security agencies.

The statement issued and signed by the Forum's Chairman and the Secretary, Solomon Asemota, SAN, and Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, respectively, noted that «such a conspiracy could exist is confirmed by the flagrant violation of the Federal Character Principle in the Constitution by the Buhari Administration.»

Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code, says that «whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item (s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $ 100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.»

However, there is an extant constitutional issue regarding whether such units may be called into the federal armed services.

Whether Skelos can effectively negotiate on behalf of the conference — especially when it comes to issues such as rent control, which Skelos is accused of placing undue influence on in 2011 by the federal complaint — remains an open question for Democratic lawmakers.

Republicans and Democrats have entirely different approaches to the issue, with Republicans willing to slash taxes even at the risk of increasing the federal deficit, and Democrats such as Higgins insisting that tax reform not reduce the amount of money collected by the federal government

However we still need federal assistance with the funding of our sewer repairs and other local issues such as the Marcy Nano Center land development.

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.

She said the forum, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m., would focus on issues affecting seniors, such as the federal budget process, Medicaid and Medicare, Social Security, and their ability to remain healthy and in their homes.

Usually, a day or two after each of such attacks, the Federal Government would issue a statement quoting the President as condemning the killings and destruction of livelihoods.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today lashed out at the federal judge who issued an ultimatum yesterday forcing him to allow a special election for the seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm, and blamed such decisions for New York's high tax rates.

The survey, which also served as a fund - raising letter for the DNC, asks about such issues as the economy, environment, raising the federal minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, getting «weapons of war off our streets,» electoral reform, abortion rights, and gay and transgender rights.

In previous years, the Oneida spent $ 200,000 to lobby Congress on issues such as its land - into - trust agreement with the federal government.

In addition, volunteers will give advice about issues arising from storm damage, such as insurance claims, debt deferral, consumer protection issues, landlord - tenant issues and applying for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

Industry officials say the federal government should determine what its fuel cycle policy will be before issuing such an order.

Hosting seminars covering science policy topics, such as biosafety regulations and what working as a scientist in the federal government is like, provides a valuable opportunity for researchers to learn from experts about these issues.

Federal agencies such as the U.S. EPA, NASA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Transportation have successfully used similar expert elicitation in support of risk analysis and decision - making on issues ranging from food safety to radio - active waste management.

NASA intends for such high - speed systems to be standard issue on spacecraft starting in 2025, provided the federal wallet can support their data - hungry habits; they'd be able to download that 1.5 - GB video two to 10 times faster.

In this way, we seek to avoid the two - sided performer - user pitfall that we have observed in earlier and related federal agency endeavors to promote research / knowledge utilization: on the one hand, requiring or inducing academic grantees to torque or overstate their research findings in order to connect to immediate policy issues; on the other hand, creating unrealistic or premature expectations on the part of users that early stage fundamental research will be directly relevant to their immediate needs, leading them to be disappointed or disenchanted when well conceived and implemented academic studies fail to produce such information.

Federal agencies such as the U.S. EPA, NASA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Transportation have successfully used similar expert elicitation in support of risk analysis and decision - making on issues ranging from food safety to radioactive waste management.

The Supreme Court, hearing its biggest - ever case on the issue of global warming, spent half of its time Tuesday indulging in a desire to keep the federal courts involved in such cases, and half the time addressing the seeming reality that such a case would simply not be manageable as a lawsuit.

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