Sentences with phrase «federal policy officials»

Mr. Baron is the founder and former president of the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that worked with federal policy officials from 2001 to 2015 to advance important evidence - based reforms, many of which were enacted into law and policy.

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In summary, the Federal Reserve has more than enough information to conduct a proper monetary policy in the absence of official federal government economiFederal Reserve has more than enough information to conduct a proper monetary policy in the absence of official federal government economifederal government economic data.

I believe that the lack of official federal government economic statistics might actually enhance the Fed's management of monetary policy.

To come up with these new rules, NYDFS officials went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and borrowed the cybersecurity policies and practices that the U.S. Government requires all federal agencies to adhere to.

The Federal Reserve, long hesitant to raise U.S. interest rates, increasingly faces risks if it waits too much longer so a gradual policy tightening is likely appropriate, a top Fed official said on Friday.

Officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve meet for two days this week, starting Tuesday, to discuss fiscal policy and the trajectory of the U.S. economy in the wake of a weak employment report for the month of May.

Minutes of meetings from the Federal Open Market Committee and speeches by Fed officials suggest that the Federal Reserve has been itching to «normalize» policy for some time now.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

«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.

Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.

In the currency markets, the differing messages of the world's major central banks on inflation and monetary policy prodded the dollar higher against the yen ahead of a series of appearances by U.S. Federal Reserve officials this week.

Federal Reserve officials go out of their way to assure financial markets that they could make a policy move at any meeting, not just the four of eight meetings per year that are accompanied by a press conference from the Fed chairman.

Don McCutchan, an international policy adviser at the Toronto law firm Gowlings and a former senior federal official, calls Carney «tough, effective and the smartest guy in the room.»

But in their most recent policy meeting, Fed officials stated they could raise the federal funds benchmark sometime this year, possibly during the second quarter.

Prior to joining U.S. Bank in 2012, Roosevelt was an associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he helped shape monetary policy by providing fixed income, foreign exchange and macroeconomic research to senior Federal Reserve officials.

In the latest policy statement, Federal Reserve officials highlighted further improvements in labor market conditions amid slower growth.

Thus far in 2005, the dollar has risen back to around 1.30 against the euro, in part reflecting the fact that the US federal funds rate has now risen above the monetary policy rate in the euro area, as well as comments from European officials expressing concerns about the extent of the appreciation of the euro.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

In a related statement, Fed officials said: «Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic outcomes, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/4 to 1/2 percent.»

Fed signals potential March rate hike In minutes released this week, US Federal Reserve officials signaled the potential for a rate hike at its next policy meeting in March.

SAN DIEGO (AP)-- A grocery store in San Diego subjected Hispanic employees to harassment and a hostile work environment by implementing a no - Spanish language policy, federal officials said Thursday.

The research provides insight into the policy options under consideration in Ottawa and how federal officials are testing various ways that those ideas could be sold to the public.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

Wine Institute and CAWG developed the report to provide an understanding of the industry's contributions to the California and U.S. economies for use in public policy discussions with state and federal legislators and other key officials.

State officials have since developed a policy that requires them to report any complaints of suspect food to state health officials and the proper federal officials.

Districts participating in the federal school meal program have been required since 2006 to formulate a wellness policy to promote student health, but such policies often consisted of boilerplate language stashed in the drawer of a district official.

Mass Audubon has communicated its concerns to federal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agfederal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agencies.

The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the official policy of federal, territorial or provincial governments.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

A federal judge disagreed, saying Clinton «violated government policy» when she used a private server to store official State Department messages.

The WFP has pledged to be a «bulwark» in New York against Trump's policies, placing pressure on Democratic state elected officials to provide an alternative policy choice to a Republican - led federal government.

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It was a pitch designed for a federal cabinet secretary or maybe a prominent member of Congress, or some other official whose job concerns federal policy.

A third of the federal policy committee have written to party officials saying they oppose Rennard's return to the committee.

A third of the federal policy committee had also written to party officials saying they opposed Rennard's return to their ranks.

O'Neill has defied the President in the past, saying in February that his officers will not enforce administrative warrants issued by federal immigration officials as a result of the expansive deportation policies.

The concern is that people in immigrant communities will be under counted in part due to a fear of federal officials and hardline immigration policies from President Donald Trump's administration.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

Also at 11 a.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney will join James, Special Policy Advisor and Executive Assistant DA Chauncey Parker of the Manhattan DA's Office, gun violence prevention activists, and local elected officials to recognize the 3 - year anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan.

But, he supports cooperation with federal immigration officials and has repeatedly said in the past that immigration policies need to be defined at the national level.

The new policy will prevent Westchester law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal agencies such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Patrol, as well as prevent county authorities from questioning individuals about their immigration status.

The eight - page county resolution — sponsored by Minority Leader Hector Rodriguez, a New Paltz Democrat, and officially called «A Policy to Maintain a Safe, Inclusive Government and Ensure the Protection, Order, Conduct, Safety, Health and Well - Being of All Persons in Ulster County» — spells out how county government officials can and can not interact with immigrants and federal immigration officials.

But, in the U.S. there isn't all that much coordination at a policy level between local government elected officials, state government elected officials, and federal government elected officials.

Officially called «A Policy to Maintain a Safe, Inclusive Government and Ensure the Protection, Order, Conduct, Safety, Health and Well - Being of All Persons in Ulster County,» the eight - page resolution spells out how government officials can interact with immigrants and federal immigration officials.

State education officials said they are still waiting to see how the new Trump administration's federal education policy will affect New York state.

One area that he will not instruct it to examine will be the issue of outside nonprofit groups created to take donations to support an elected official's policies, like the Campaign for One New York, which was created for Mr. de Blasio, and whose efforts were later examined by state and federal investigators.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

The new legislation, in addition to piggybacking the current policy, would also prevent law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection, which do not give rise to probable cause.

For Westchester County, it took 11 tries, but the county administration finally got a nod from federal officials in a long - running dispute over housing policy.

It is unclear whether federal agents can recover the content of those emails, and it is unclear whether Ms. Clinton violated official State Department policy, though a federal judge said yesterday he believed she did.