Sentences with phrase «federal office when»

But Prabhakar, who first led a major federal office when she was only 34 and later spent time as a venture capitalist, is meeting the challenge with an outsider's enthusiasm.

Not exact matches

Parliamentary budget officer Jean - Denis Frechette's office found 10,052 projects with a combined cost to federal coffers of $ 7.2 billion have been approved for funding across 32 departments, agencies and Crown corporations since 2016, when the Liberals unveiled the first phase of their infrastructure program,.

He should have taken a lesson from London, Ont., mayor, Joe Fontana, who did declare a conflict of interest when his council voted to ask him to leave office in light of fraud charges stemming from his time as a federal cabinet minister.

Federal Reserve Chairmen Arthur F. Burns and G. William Miller tightened interest rates repeatedly over the decade's course, so that the prime rate, the interest rate charged by banks to creditworthy customers, climbed from 8.5 percent in February 1970, when Burns began in the job, to an astounding 11.75 percent in early August 1979, when Miller left office.

If the Conservatives hadn't touched the federal corporate tax rate when they took office in 2006 — if they'd kept it at 21 per cent instead of lowering it to 15 per cent — government revenues would be $ 13 billion higher, the Canadian Labour Congress argued in a paper last January.

The fashionable view at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere when Yellen took office in 2014 was that growth was slow despite very low interest rates because of «headwinds» — transitory factors associated with the financial crisis that would soon recede.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

Sales, adjusted for inflation and seasonal swings, increased 1.2 percent from October, when they dropped 1.3 percent, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today.

A stopgap measure may be needed to ensure federal offices aren't hit with a partial shutdown at midnight Friday when funding for the government expires.

When Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment 20 years ago, the Supreme Court set the precedent that a sitting president can't push off a federal case until after he leaves office.

Why does Canada have a youth unemployment rate of over 15 per cent; a federal debt $ 150 billion higher than when the they took office in 2006; a federation weakened by federal - provincial squabbling over health, training and pensions; greater uncertainty about retirement; widening income inequality?

When President Obama first took office, faith - based groups were especially concerned that organizations that discriminate in hiring based on religious beliefs would become ineligible for federal funding.

Evangelical institutions suing the federal government over the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate expected that their legal battle would end when President Donald Trump took office.

I can't wait till our gay president leaves office, then I'm gonna laugh laugh laugh when gay marriage is banned at the federal level.

When the trial court ruled against the AG's office, we encouraged them to appeal, but unfortunately the chances of a successful appeal under the federal Natural Gas Act were low.

Schneiderman, who has received quite a bit of play for the bill — never a bad thing when one is running for statewide office (in this case, AG)-- admits it only applies to New York, but also says he hopes it serves as a model for other states and eventually a federal fix.

In fact, they have long had a rocky relationship that dates back to Cuomo's HUD days when he and Spitzer — then in the AG's office — locked horns over federal gun control lawsuits.

Kellyanne Conway, a top strategist for Trump, violated federal law when she used her White House position to weigh in on political races — and the Office of Special Counsel recommended she be disciplined.

First, it was the special election to fill Skelos's seat, who was ousted from office when he was found guilty of federal corruption charges stemming for helping his son's business interests.

Semple's credentials for federal office become even more clear when considering that she was approved for Top Secret Security clearance — the highest clearance determined by the US Government that a person is eligible for access to classified information.

When Donald Trump took the oath of office, he also took responsibility for naming the next generation of federal prosecutors.

He pointed out that the former Erie County Executive praised incoming federal stimulus funding when he was in office.

The influence of Gresham's union was reaffirmed when Comptroller Scott Stringer's office, investigating the de Blasio administration's bungling of a Lower East Side land deal that appeared to allow a hospice for AIDS patients to be turned into luxury condos, released a trove of emails and text messages that showed how closely 1199 worked with City Hall to make sure the disastrous deal, also under state and federal investigation, came to fruition.

The administration of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who is not expected to seek re-election as he fights federal corruption charges, has moved more than 40 politically appointed employees into competitive union positions that will protect them from being fired when a new county executive takes office in January.

When asked his broader view of Trump's first ten days in office Massey demurred, saying only that «I disagree with him on a bunch of policies» before pivoting to talk about the importance of a mayor «getting along with the federal government» as well as the governor of New York, and attacking Mayor de Blasio as «corrupt... divisive... incompetent.»

protection by the Federal Criminal Police Office against the dangers of international terrorism when a threat transcends the boundary of one Land, when the jurisdiction of a Land's police authorities can not be perceived, or when the highest authority of an individual Land requests the assumption of federal responsiFederal Criminal Police Office against the dangers of international terrorism when a threat transcends the boundary of one Land, when the jurisdiction of a Land's police authorities can not be perceived, or when the highest authority of an individual Land requests the assumption of federal responsifederal responsibility;

Meanwhile, the comptroller's office points to revenue risks ranging from $ 205.7 million in anticipated funds from the state's Indian - run casinos as well as high uncertainty when comes to federal aid.

Adoke continued, «It will be recalled that when I assumed office in 2010, one of the reforms measures I initiated was the decentralization of payment of judgment debts, which was before then, domiciled in the federal ministry of justice.

From January 2011 to April 2014, Mr. Walsh «falsely reported to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office that he had worked certain regular and overtime hours when, in fact, he did not,» according to a press statement issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Eastern District U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.

He first served in office from 1991 until 2003, when he was convicted of 16 federal charges stemming from a scheme to steer city contracts in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in expensive wine, custom clothes, cash and home improvements.

In 2014, Spota spokesman Robert Clifford, when questioned about the program, only would say in line with other assertions that the office's activities are legal: «The Suffolk County District Attorney's office complies with the law and [state and federal asset forfeiture] guidelines at all times,» the statement said.

Sheldon Silver is a lawyer, Democratic politician, and former Speaker of the New York State Assembly, an office he held from 1994 until February of 2015, when he submitted his resignation following his arrest on federal corruption charges.

ALBANY — The state attorney general's office and a federal prosecutor are both looking into the payouts of thousands of dollars in questionable stipends to state senators who were identified in pay records as committee chairs when they weren't, the Daily News has learned.

NEW YORK — The key witness in a federal corruption investigation is a Bronx political wannabe whose dreams of political office were dashed when he lost a state assembly race to a challenger who wanted to make cupcakes the official state snack.

Observers will be watching to see how well he raises campaign cash, and also how he manages candidate recruitment — especially at a time when he has a number of aging members and two — including his predecessor, Dean Skelos; and his deputy majority leader, Tom Libous; facing federal corruption trials that could result in their abrupt ouster from office.

Definitely remind me what the «federal debt as a percentage of GDP» was when Bush the second left office?

Federal investigators» interest in the former gubernatorial aide came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from Bharara's office seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

By last month, when investigators subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo's office, the federal inquiry appeared to be focusing on the links between state officials and the sprawling investment New York has made, not only in Buffalo, but also in Syracuse and other struggling upstate cities.

Bloomberg said the city is losing $ 1.86 billion in state and federal funding for education, which forced him to boost education spending from $ 5.9 billion when he first took office to $ 13.6 billion in the upcoming fiscal year to start July 1.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

Negotiations for the interview with Mueller took a hit when federal prosecutors in Manhattan, reportedly on a tip from the Russia investigation, raided the office of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen last month.

In Cuomo's six years in office, spending has increased an average of 1.4 percent each year, when adjusted to exclude federal emergency aid for disasters like Hurricane Sandy recovery.

(CNN)- Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's primetime firebrand host, has been suspended indefinitely for violating the ethics policies of his employer earlier this year when he donated to three Democrats seeking federal office, MSNBC announced Friday.

When they are representing a client in a matter such as an initial public offering in which confidentially is guaranteed by federal statute, they will submit the full names to a «locked box» maintained by the Office of Court Administration that will be opened at a later date.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

The former surrogate for Hillary Clinton will propose new laws barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from public schools, social service offices and personnel areas of city buildings, except when the federal authorities have a warrant.

When The Post last week inquired about the year of missing rent, Rangel's office and OGS blamed federal sequestration, not the lost lease referenced in agency correspondence.

Cox also accused the governor of trying to send a message to Vance at at time when the Republicans have formally called on the prosecutor to investigate the Cuomo administration for corruption after it was revealed in a federal trial that Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, continued to use his government office after leaving the state payroll to run Cuomo's 2014 re-eelction campaign, which would violate state law.

The Lower East Side's 65th A.D. seat has been vacant since late last year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted on multiple federal graft charges and immediately stripped of his office....

In an interview on Talk 1300's «Live from the State Capitol,» DiNapoli said that federal investigators had been given access to whatever they needed as they probed the alleged bribery scheme involving Navnoor Kang, but his office learned the depth of the issue when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced charges against Kang on Wednesday.