Sentences with phrase «federal report found»

A 2013 federal report found that most traditional programs require 600 hours of student teaching.

The federal report found a 20 percent decline in out - of - school suspensions from the 2011 - 12 school year.

FRIDAY, June 23, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- A new federal report finds that fewer U.S. teens and young adults are indulging in frat - party style drinking because their levels of binge drinking have gone down over the past six years.

In 2007, two federal reports found that the performance of U.S. high school students on the reading portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) had declined between 1992 and 2005, even though students reported getting higher grades (GPAs rose from 2.68 in 1990 to 2.98 in 2005) and taking tougher classes (the percentage of students who said they took college - preparatory classes rose from 5 to 10 percent)(Schmidt, 2007).

Implicit Racial Bias Causes Black Boys to Be Disciplined at School More Than Whites, Federal Report Finds

A federal report finds that electronic stability control, or ESC, reduces fatal crashes involving a single car by 36 percent.

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A federal government report released last week found there had been a sharp fall in the number of new apprentices.

A 2013 Federal Trade Commission study found that 20 percent of consumers identified errors on their reports that might affect their score, and 5 percent had an error significant enough that it could result in their paying higher loan rates.

A 2015 report from the Federal Reserve found that nearly half of Americans wouldn't be able to afford an unexpected $ 400 expense, which means that they're ill - equipped for any surprise, much less an expensive emergency.

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An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»

The report found the US to be holding 2.3 million people in more than 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 901 juvenile correctional facilities, and 3,163 local jails, among other detention centers.

Alex Whiting, a former federal prosecutor who is now a professor at Harvard Law School, said he found it «striking» that «Mueller seems to be preparing the report with an expectation that it will eventually become public.»

Meanwhile the New York Times reports that Jared Kushner, Trump's trusted son - in - law, consulted a lawyer to find out how he could join Trump's forthcoming administration without running afoul of federal laws prohibiting nepotism.

In a report likely to jolt the red - hot market for so - called «Initial Coin Offerings» (ICOs), the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday found that the «coins» in one prominent ICO were in fact securities — meaning the transactions fell afoul of federal investment laws.

None of the Reporting Persons nor any manager or executive officer of the Reporting Persons, has, during the past five years, (a) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (b) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting, or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or a finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

«It's hard to find the right balance between being able to report on progress of projects and not overburdening them,» says one federal official.

A few years ago the Federal Trade Commission found that a significant number of credit reports contain errors.

The report finds inconsistent allocation of legal risk from electronic payments transactions depending on their form, jurisdictional overlaps and gaps between federal and provincial rules and asymmetrical service provider contracts that leave consumers at a distinct disadvantage.

The report features an Oklahoma mom, Colleen, who used Credible to find a lender to refinance high - interest federal parent PLUS loans she'd taken out to help her daughter Olivia pay for her $ 33,000 - a-year tuition at Arizona State University.

DENVER — The first report in the Energy Institute's Energy Accountability Series finds that proposals from Hillary Clinton and other politicians to ban oil, gas, and coal production on federal lands and waters would cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue.

Findings in this report are based on the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Department of Treasury.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average worker.

A report by the Federal Reserve found that deposit rates (for example, on savings, checking and money market accounts) adjust about twice as frequently when federal funds rates are falling than they do when rates are Federal Reserve found that deposit rates (for example, on savings, checking and money market accounts) adjust about twice as frequently when federal funds rates are falling than they do when rates are federal funds rates are falling than they do when rates are rising.

While the Federal Reserve report can not determine whether responsible use of a secured card account in and of itself leads to higher credit scores, it does find that keeping a secured card account open is correlated with improved creditworthiness.

The founding of the Federal Council of Churches in 1908 received considerable attention, and the CENTURY reported its activities on behalf of social justice with sympathy and appreciation.

The audit also found a lack of enforcement by federal personnel who receive state reports.

For instance: Earlier this month, the Seattle Times investigated the reported numbers of women who row for the University of Washington and «found dozens of women who appear to have not been on the women's rowing team, but whom the UW counted as crew participants in reports to federal officials over the past several years.»

Consumer Reports tested samples of apple and grape juice and found that 10 percent of the samples had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking - water standards of 10 parts per billion (ppb) and 25 percent of the samples had lead levels higher than the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) bottled - water limit of 5 ppb.

We should all keep in mind that an Institute of Medicine report, «Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients,» found that «although existing federal guidelines and regulations for evaluating the safety of food ingredients have worked well for conventional substances (e.g., vitamins, minerals), they are not sufficient to address the diversity of potential new ingredients proposed by manufacturers to develop formulas that mimic human milk.»

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

A 2015 KSHF - commissioned series of case studies of 19 schools in seven states explored the effects of these federal kitchen equipment grants on students and meal programs and found that equipment bought with these funds helped many schools overcome challenges reported in the 2013 study.

Note that some of this is public information for federal campaigns, you can dig through FEC reports to find out who did the work and how much they spent.

A previous CBO report found that the average federal tax rate was 17.4 %.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli issued a report that finds New York residents «stand to lose more than $ 72 billion in reported deductions for income and property taxes» if the proposals to change the federal tax code are approved.

According to Mauro, a much more important finding of Moynihan's report for New York State's Congressional candidates, is that our state ranks near the bottom in the distribution of so - called «discretionary» federal spending — 48th in per capita military spending and 42nd in per capita non-defense discretionary spending — but first per capita when it comes to means - tested assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance.

The report found the state receives 84 cents for every dollar it has sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years previously.

«The potential impact of federal tax law changes represents a source of both upside and downside risk to the household spending and business investment forecasts,» the report found.

The gap in money New York sends to the federal government versus what it gets back has widen in the last three years, a report released Tuesday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found.

Finding by PRNigeria revealed that the action of Magu in instituting criminal charges against Umar has caused serious confusion and embarrassment to the Federal Government because the EFCC reports had made clear that the CCT boss had no case to answer.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, he not only didn't like it, but according to the report in Capital New Yorkwebsite, his people directed them to change or pressured the federal scientists to change their findings.

The governor's plans to cope with federal cuts comes as State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli issued a report finding New Yorkers gave over $ 40 billion more in taxes in 2016 to Washington than they got back in benefits.

But in late 2013 the program was put on probation and disqualified from seeking additional grants after federal officials found fault with the city's testing procedures and quarterly reports.

A report from the comptroller's office found that a proposal to eliminate the state and local tax deductions from federal income tax forms could result in a loss of $ 72 billion in deductions for New Yorkers.

A recent report issued by State Senator Jeff Klein and Councilmember Ritchie Torres found many registered sex offenders call New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments home — despite a federal law prohibiting them from residing in public housing.

Three weeks after the Moreland Commission — which Governor Cuomo founded in 2013 — was due to release its report on public corruption in New York State, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested by federal authorities on charges of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks.

«After the November 2016 indictment of Percoco, CPV's state and federal lobbying efforts more than quadrupled,» the report found.

The Rockefeller Institute's analysis, which revived Senator Moynihan's «Fisc» reports, found that New York is the largest donor state to the federal government, while getting the least back in return.

Overall, the ABO's report found the Environmental Facilities Corp. engaged in little public discussion about the circumstances of the loan or sought to determine whether there were any assurances its approval met federal regulations and guidelines.

The report found federal officials raised issues with the details loan in a letter to EFC board members prior to approval, but those questions and reservations were dismissed.