Sentences with phrase «federal recommendations for»

To that end, CLASP has issued a set of federal recommendations for reauthorization of NCLB.

Not exact matches

THE Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA remains concerned that the federal government's proposed industrial relations reforms will have a negative effect on business, despite a Senate inquiry dismissing recommendations for significant changes.

Trouble is, outside of the federal government, NIST recommendations are typically viewed as nice benchmarks to strive for, strictly on a voluntary basis.

Among its suggestions is a recommendation that all levels of government use procurement programs as a means to support small and medium enterprises and minority - owned businesses, including requiring supplier diversity policies for federal crown corporations and agencies.

«Recommendations for Federal Fiscal Policy.»

For example, Recommendation 5 states «That the federal government reaffirm is already strong commitment to keep taxes low and not impose on Canadians any form of carbon tax that would harm key sectors of the economy, while passing the costs on to Canadian families».

By Aaradhana Ramesh and Krishna Eluri (Reuters)- U.S. fund managers kept their recommendations for equity holdings steady for a third month in November, and near their lowest since the financial crisis, pending a widely - expected Federal Reserve rate hike, a Reuters poll found.

CBC News interviews our executive director Merran Smith on new report, Tracking the Energy Revolution Global 2015, and its recommendations for Canada's federal government.

And the Federal Safety Standards have lots of recommendations for you to follow with regards to baby swings.

Another important recommendation is to always follow the Federal Safety Standards, which spell out what you should do when using a baby swing for your children.

This article is intended to illuminate the scientific evidence for I - ECMH policies; examine issues faced by national, state, and local program directors and mental health practitioners in providing I - ECMH services; and propose a set of recommendations for policy improvements at the federal level.

The federal agency says only about 2 percent of the nation's youth meet the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations for daily servings of all five major food groups.

The Institute of Medicine made its school lunch recommendation late last year after determining that standards for the federal lunch program don't match up with the government's own dietary guidelines, calling for lots of fresh fruits and veggies and more whole grains.

The panel acknowledged that its recommendations would increase costs and called for a higher federal reimbursement to school districts, capital investments and money to train cafeteria workers to make the changes.

Recommendation: To improve SFAs» ability to design menus that comply with the new lunch requirements, the Secretary of Agriculture should modify federal regulations or guidance to allow school districts flexibility in complying with the defined calorie ranges for schools with students in both the grades 6 - 8 and 9 - 12 groups.

I discussed how the research on breastfeeding carried out at the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) has helped shape global policies on the recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, the use of child growth standards based on breastfed children, and the harmful long - term consequences of artificial feeding.

Recommendation: To improve school food authorities» (SFA) ability to design menus that comply with the new lunch requirements, the Secretary of Agriculture should permanently remove the weekly meat / meat alternate and grain maximums for school lunch defined in federal regulations

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

A Hamilton Family Doula postpartum doula will always be up to date on provincial and federal safety recommendations for baby care and products.

«There is a lot of confusion,» said Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, which is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendations.

Among its recommendations, the Commission called for legislation more clearly defining what candidates can not spend campaign dollars on, which would bring the state in line with stricter federal rules.

Citing the case of Federal Republic of Nigeria Vs Nganjiwa, Clarke had said that for Yunusa's dismissal to be valid, President Muhammadu Buhari, had to give a recommendation for his suspension.

Recommendations from the conference, which was well attended by traditional rulers, service chiefs, political leaders and the diplomatic community, were forwarded to federal and state governments for action.

The former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, the MP for North East Fife, who made a similar recommendation for a new Scottish conference in 2012, said it would be «a remarkable opportunity for Scotland as a whole — not just the political parties — to create a relationship with the rest of the UK which to all intents and purposes would be federal».

The Policy Committee shall advise the County Leader with respect to recommendations to be made for Borough, County, City, State and Federal governmental appointive positions, except candidates for the judiciary or for positions involving compensation of less than $ 6,500 per annum.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission regarding its proposed rulemaking to establish privacy rules for Broadband Internet Access Service providers, offering several recommendations designed to maximize consumer choice, transparency, and security.

The New York City Bar Association released a report urging federal and state leaders to «make the reduction of mass incarceration a top priority» and offering several recommendations for changing sentencing laws and other policies.

It brings New York in line with federal recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Obama administration urged colleges to administer the surveys as its first recommendation for colleges in an April report; the White House intends to pursue federal legislation requiring the studies in 2016.

Testimony includes: recommendations for the 2014 - 2015 state fiscal year; review of actual and proposed reductions in human services spending; use of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding in the 2014 - 2015 Executive Budget; and, the impact of decline in the purchasing power of the monthly cash assistance grant.

Prosecutors argued that the recommendations, which followed federal guidelines, were appropriate considering the volume of wrongdoing, pointing to the three separate schemes for which the pair was convicted, which resulted in $ 334,000 worth of» extortion payments, bribes, and gratuities.»

The report now becomes part of the House record, and although it issued no binding recommendations, Maloney said «it doesn't help» New York's effort to receive a $ 10 billion waiver from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

That's more than six times the federal safety recommendation for human consumption of 70 parts per trillion.

«Building on the innovative legacy of the New Deal, this report describes a far - reaching, two-fold agenda to tame the growth of wealth among the top one percent and establish rules and institutions that ensure security and opportunity for the middle class,» reads the document, which calls for the federal government to adopt several recommendations, including childcare subsidies and universal pre-K.

«On Wednesday, January 18, 2017, Public Advocate Letitia James will release recommendations to streamline ACCESS NYC, the online program used to determine eligibility and apply for some New York City, State, and Federal benefits.»

«The New York City business community supports recommendations of this commission to reduce some aspects of the tax burden, including simplification and consolidation of business and bank taxes, accelerated phase out of a surcharge tax on utilities, and raising the threshold for estate taxes to conform with federal standards,» she said.

She also supports the efforts of the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel, which was tasked by an executive order to provide recommendations to the Select Agent Program for optimizing laboratory biosecurity.

Help develop recommendations and guidance for the federal courts.

The report includes specific recommendations for federal, state, and regulatory agencies detailing actions that different groups can undertake to improve grid resilience.

The incoming Congress has opportunities to: cut federal subsidies for large farms by encouraging a progressive return to sustainable, integrated farming; encourage low - carbon electricity options for generating clean power; implement policies that ensure the Internet remains free and open; and ratify the World Health Organization's recommendations on how to reduce tobacco smoking.

Federal agencies that depart from its recommendations may be vulnerable to legal challenge if they do not provide a clear and reasoned explanation for their decisions, he said.

The report's «highest priority recommendation,» a doubling of federal research funding, could create a «commensurate increase in the demand for researchers.»

The study comes less than two months before a federal policy goes into effect requiring calorie labeling nationwide and provides recommendations for improving labeling that could boost the odds of diners making healthy choices.

There is considerable overlap between AAU's recommendations for the government and measures proposed by the three bills, including a call for increased federal investment in basic research and more graduate scholarships in science and engineering.

Since its release, Chairwoman Mikulski has fought for a federal investment to implement the recommendations.

I will continue to fight for a federal investment in these policy recommendations.»

EPA is also reviewing certification standards for its federal procurement recommendations.

Now a committee of ethicists has devised a set of recommendations for federal and state legislators that could help protect people like DeMark from genetic discrimination.

His panel's key recommendation is that the federal government bar employers from using genetic information for hiring purposes, «unless [they] can prove that this information is job related and consistent with business necessity.»

Hurricane Katrina caused mass devastation and loss of life because recommendations to bolster the levees shielding New Orleans and other protective measures were neglected for decades despite urgent expert warnings, and because the federal emergency relief effort failed completely after the storm.