Sentences with phrase «federal oversight issues»

In a statement, Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan said the hearings would allow the Senate «to explore the sources of water contamination, examine state and federal oversight issues, and determine how we can prevent this from happening in the future.»

They say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from experts, local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»

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Quite apart from the argument over OSFI - style oversight, the former federal official and others stress this segment of the market at least requires more transparency and clearer data so regulators and the Bank of Canada can better understand the credit landscape and the extent of high - risk loans issued by private lenders.

The president should consider issuing an executive order to improve oversight of technology transfer laws across the federal government, specifically by centralizing oversight in a single office.

A coalition of federal agencies and universities have been chipping away at the issue for several years, and a 2012 National Academies report on the health of research universities also recommended changes in federal oversight.

Most of the issues are under the jurisdiction of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, but T&I oversees the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a whole, so has some oversight interest.

In February, the U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance that would seem to remove any remaining vestiges of federal accountability oversight altogether.

After mentioning NCTQ's plans for a nation - wide review of teacher preparation programs, McKee suggested that in order to improve teacher effectiveness the federal government should provide funding for high - performing teacher preparation programs, issue state teacher preparation report cards, and research best practices, while states should strengthen their oversight practices, and require rigorous licensing tests that do not act as a rubber stamp for all teacher candidates.

Many private lenders issue too few mortgage loans to be closely watched in the patchwork of state and federal oversight that bind banks and other larger financial institutions.

The HSUS and the Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing a proposed rule designed to close the loophole in the Animal Welfare Act regulations that has allowed thousands of large - scale commercial puppy mills to operate without federal inspections or oversight, particularly operations that sell over the Internet.

A lot of worrisome «smaller» federal sentencing issues that could benefit most from congressional oversight and legislative reform — the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act, child porn victim restitution awards, fast - track departures, the persistent growth of the federal criminal docket — did not even get mentioned.

On February 2, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board issued an unprecedented enforcement action against Wells Fargo & Company, prohibiting its asset growth until improvements in board oversight and firmwide risk management systems are...