Sentences with phrase «federal officials told»

Requiring states to draw up learning guidelines for all young children — not just those in prekindergarten or Head Start — is part of President Bush's early education and literacy initiative, federal officials told members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children gathered here Nov. 20 - 23 for their annual conference.

The federal officials told Aiello, Gerardi that «their respective stories did not appear to be credible, and they were given multiple opportunities to tell the truth,» according to court papers.

These shortcomings, federal officials told Cuomo, mean the state could lose $ 1 billion in Race to the Top and other federal money.

Federal officials told Cuomo to remove them because they were unsafe, but he refused.

Quoting ABC News: As a result of the Kentucky case, the State Department stopped processing Iraq refugees for six months in 2011, federal officials told ABC News Trump's January 25 ban applied to...

Two former federal officials told The Washington Post that they expected the FTC to investigate.

Smith said federal officials told him the centralized IT program could crumble if Statistics Canada left because it would embolden other frustrated departments to demand independence, too.

Given the scope of work that lies ahead for the provinces, the timeline of legalisation by mid-2018 is ambitious, a senior federal official told Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.

The Pope's visit has been raised to «high risk» from «medium risk» after his car got stuck in a crowd of enthusiastic followers on Monday, a Brazilian Federal official told CNN.

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A German aviation official told the AP that Lubitz's file at the country's Federal Aviation Office contained a notation that meant he needed «specific regular medical examination.»

«His common sense approach to monetary policy and financial regulation are exactly what the Federal Reserve needs right now and we look forward to his confirmation» a senior Fed official told reporters in a conference call following the appointment.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agency.

A top Federal Reserve official on Friday defended the central bank's dual mandate of full employment and price stability, but also told CNBC he's optimistic the U.S. economy is gathering strength.

The global stock market rout of the past week was sparked by concerns over a possible interest rate rise by the U.S. Federal Reserve and not by the devaluation of China's yuan currency, a senior Chinese central bank official told Reuters on Thursday.

As federal officials worked with education officials in crafting new school safety rules, they also consulted clergy, Biden told a White House auditorium filled with federal officials who have worked on the issue.

When I tell people some of the STUPID things that go on (mostly due to federal regulations & ignorant local officials) they don't believe me.

Drilling for oil in Long Island Sound and nearby Atlantic Ocean waterways would be catastrophic for environmental and economic reasons, dozens of speakers told federal officials at a hearing organized by Rep. Lee Zeldin, who opposes offshore drilling.

De Blasio claimed the firing of a top city official had «nothing to do» with the aide telling federal investigators City Hall improperly intervened on behalf of a big campaign donor.

Despite sources telling NBC 4 that Mangano is expected to appear at the federal courthouse in Central Islip Thursday, a spokesman for the Republican official, Brian Nevin, told NBC 4 New York, «County Executive Mangano has the highest integrity, has done nothing wrong, has not been contacted, and the accusations are preposterous.»

Recchia called Grimm a liar who failed to tell the truth to federal officials at an earlier debate in Brooklyn.

But lawyer Richard Morvillo assured a federal judge that Howe will tell the truth when he takes the stand next week in the bribery trial of a former high - ranking state official and three business executives.

All told, Katko's office sent federal agencies letters supporting Syracuse grant applications on five separate occasions since February 2015, O'Connor said, and each time his staff offered to work with city officials on the applications.

She drew cheers as she told the Interior officials, «Long Islanders will not stand idly by as the federal government endangers our coastline.»

«I just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor was not playing politics,» Trump said as he huddled with local and federal officials on the island for a briefing on recovery efforts.

Creeden was the fourth teenager in a row at CPAC to tell me they'd be willing to strengthen federal gun laws in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — a stark contrast to the event's official speakers and many other CPAC attendees.

Silver was arrested Thursday morning and told reporters he hopes to be «vindicated,» as he surrendered to federal officials.

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, is suspected of being the shooter at a Texas high school, federal law enforcement officials tell CNN.

A source tells Newsday federal investigators have sought communications from high - ranking Cuomo officials, including Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary and top adviser; Jim Malatras, the director of state operations; and Gil Quinones, head of the New York Power Authority.

Developers, bankers and de Blasio administration officials said they were told in meetings with aides to Cuomo the city would lose a sizable share of up to $ 900 million a year that the state provides in federal tax - exempt bonds for affordable housing projects in the five boroughs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo that he was not «overly optimistic» after speaking with federal officials on receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate federal officials on receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate region.

President Trump's official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, was «counseled» after she told TV audiences to «go buy Ivanka's stuff» — an apparent violation of federal ethics laws.

NEW YORK CITY — Two more high - ranking police officials under a federal NYPD corruption probe have filed for retirement, sources told DNAinfo New York.

All told, Dean Skelos «caused» more than $ 200,000 to be paid to his son, federal officials charged.

Last month, Department of Justice officials met with the Garner family to tell them the federal probe of the incident is ongoing.

The federal government told election officials in 21 states — not New York — that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.

Party officials told The New York Times in August that a federal investigation into claims the party circumvented campaign finance laws by using a subsidiary to aid its candidates with low - cost services has ended without charges.

Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.

The court papers said that Ms. Turnbull persisted in raising objections to Ms. Camilo and another senior official, telling them that the pay increase appeared to be «a quid pro quo reward to him» for somehow «protecting» the de Blasio administration during the federal probe.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.

The document details how after being busted, Huntley met with federal agents over a six - month period and told them that she knew of corruption involving elected officials.

McCoy told reporters that he had asked federal government officials to alert the county when trains with dangerous materials are due to travel through Albany County and disclose what HAZMAT cargo is on the train.

Syracuse officials, who had battled publicly with Cor for months, told federal prosecutors they thought the message «borders on being a threat.»

Federal Highway Administration officials, told of Schumer's request Thursday afternoon, said the agency plans to work with the state to come up with a solution.

The presiding judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, told jurors at the outset of the trial that the government must prove that Mr. Silver knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud and «received things of value in the form of bribes or kickbacks, and that he knew when he accepted those things he was expected, in exchange, to take official action as the opportunity arose.»

Federal officials did not immediately reveal who was part of the investigation, but Wills on Wednesday afternoon said in a statement that investigators told him he was»

Federal officials did not immediately reveal who was part of the investigation, but Wills on Wednesday afternoon said in a statement that investigators told him he was «not the target of any investigation arising from proceedings involving Shirley Huntley.»

On Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on Thursday.

Saying the product could cause eye, respiratory tract and nervous system disorders, FDA officials told GIB to ensure the product was safe or they would pursue an injunction in federal court and seize the product.

Federal officials will penalize overdrawing states, Shinde told the New York Times.

For obvious reasons, I'm hardly about to name drop on a dating site, but I can tell you that I'm personally connected to a certain high - ranking government official in the federal finance department who once told me while we sat in a fishing boat, «Y ’ know, it's only money.»