Sentences with phrase «federal report suggests»

The answer, as a recent federal report suggests, remains frustratingly elusive.

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Walgreens, which operates about 8,000 U.S. stores, had proposed to sell off hundreds of stores to regional rival Fred's (fred) to mollify regulators, but many media reports suggested the Federal Trade Commission was not convinced that the plan would do enough to preserve competition.

The factory data added to reports on auto sales, housing and employment in suggesting the economy was regaining some speed, but probably not fast enough to encourage the Federal Reserve to start raising interest rates next month, as most economists had anticipated at the beginning of the year.

Money to Burn suggests that federal biofuel initiatives cost $ 3.00 — 3.50 for every dollar of social and environmental benefits returned, and that's assuming there are any benefits at all — the report claims that it is hard to know if biofuels have a positive environmental impact:

Canada's economy will not fully recover until 2013 and the federal government will carry a structural budgetary deficit of C$ 19 billion ($ 17.6 billion) after the crisis, a report by the parliamentary budget officer said on Monday... «PBO calculations continue to suggest that the budget is not structurally balanced over the medium term,» the report said.

The latest report should quiet speculation that the Federal Reserve will take its foot off the monetary accelerator anytime soon, as some had suggested after a spike in hiring in February.

Federal authorities did not specify exactly what they're investigating, but reports after his hotel, office, and home were raided suggest authorities are looking at potential bank fraud, wire fraud, and campaign finance violations.

Taken as a whole, the CPI report was quite pleasing and suggests that the Federal Reserve will have plenty of latitude when it convenes its next FOMC meeting on September 12th and 13th.

He has been out of jail on bail since last January, but reports suggest that Slager will be arrested again now that there's a federal warrant out.

A recent media report in the Daily Telegraph suggested that the scheme being considered by the federal and state ministers could cost consumers up to $ 8,000,000,000 ($ 8 Billion) over 20 years.

US Senator Chuck Schumer said he will push for federal highway funding to support any suggested improvements included in the final report.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Published reports have suggested Langone was behind the federal probe that exposed Spitzer as the black socks - wearing «Client - 9» who patronized the Emperor's Club VIP prostitution ring.

The report, compiled by state tax officials, also suggests several different forms of a payroll tax as one way to circumvent the new federal rules.

As the Times Union has reported, a discovery index included with a defense motion last month in the federal case suggests the investigation was far more wide - ranging than the eventual charges filed.

They point to a report by the federal Department of Health and Human Services last fall suggesting that academic gains made in the early education Head Start program fade by the time the children reach third grade.

A March 2008 Government Accountability Office report criticized the Bush White House (pdf) for injecting politics into the EPA's chemical risk assessment of perchlorate and other toxins.The report suggested that the White House Office of Management and Budget was stalling the completion of risk assessments by forcing scientists to respond to comments from other federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.

Two reports from the federal government suggest that investing in environmentally friendly technologies and practices boost the economy and reduce pollution

The report also suggests where federal research agencies should focus their attention.

«The diversity of birds dying at these solar facilities, and the differences among sites, suggest that there is no simple «fix» to reduce avian mortality,» the federal report states.

The report suggests that the recent anti-drug efforts of the federal government may be misdirected and recommends a readjustment of federal spending to provide more funding for «prevention» programs.

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

The federal regulation also suggested reporting teachers» ratings of their own preparation programs.

Evidence thus far — including a 2007 legislative report in California and concerns stemming from lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Louisiana — suggests this is happening, but ProPublica wanted to study the question more systematically by combining federal databases, and supplementing them with local data.

They show that 1) Different academic indicators measure very different aspects of school performance, suggesting that states should be allowed and encouraged to make full use of multiple measures to identify schools in the way they see fit instead of reporting a summative rating; 2) The ESSA regulations effectively restrict the weighting of the non-academic «School Quality and Student Success» indicators to zero, which is not in the spirit of the expanded measurement; and 3) The majority of schools will be identified for targeted support under the current regulations, suggesting the need for a clarification in federal policy.

In the meeting, OJJDP Acting Administrator Jeff Slowikowski suggested that a report being produced by the coordinating council likely would recommend some federal action on zero - tolerance policies in schools.

Under the group's proposal, the bonuses would double for teachers in struggling schools — the report suggests using the 33 schools eligible for federal School Improvement Grants — but they wouldn't generate changes in base salary increases unless the teachers maintained the same rating for three straight years.

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.

In both cases, the federal government has suggested removing some reporting requirements and instead asking states to create a «State Systemic Improvement Plan.»

Education Week summarizes two recent reports that said federal policymakers, in their regulation of teacher evaluation, have focused on ««consequences» before putting their emphasis on professional development, which had the effect of alienating teachers and making it harder for them to buy into the reforms,» while suggesting «that the new evaluation systems either hold a lot of promise.»

For the complete and up - to - date text of The Fair Credit Reporting Act, we suggest visiting the Federal Trade Center website.

The International Monetary Fund report suggested that the federal government get out of the business of mortgage insurance because it exposes the government and taxpayers to risk and might distort the lending market as a whole in favour of mortgages over entrepreneurship.

Moody's Investor Services issues a report suggesting that the Federal Home Loan Banks are currently facing the potential for significant accounting write - downs on their $ 76.2 billion private - label MBS securities portfolio.

The Ed Trust's report, «Doing Away With Debt: Using Existing Resources to Ensure College Affordability for Low and Middle Income Families,» suggests that for students who are willing to study, work, or serve their communities, the federal and state governments, along with their institutions, should make sure they can afford to go to college without the fear of crushing student loan debt.

On Tuesday, a report funded by federal agencies and released by the non-profit National Academy of Sciences (NAS) provided a detailed look at the state of geoengineering and suggests how the government could develop a program to better understand the consequences of further planetary tinkering, including small - scale tests.»

The report attributes the U.S. success to a long - term extension of federal tax credits for renewables, which it suggests has «improved the economics of onshore wind and solar... and has been the key driver in their expansion.»

As The New American reported last year, the Obama administration has pursued a similar course, waging a full - blown witch - hunt against «climate deniers» in the federal government and even suggesting they could be fired if their scientific views are discovered.

That's what suggested in this story, reporting that two federal prosecutors may have breached ethics rules guarding attorney - client confidentiality by using an informant to infiltrate the defense camp and gather information.

As the press report suggests, Gates could and seemingly will be getting his sentence significantly reduced via 5K1.1 of the federal sentencing guidelines by providing «substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense.»

Though the US Sentencing Commission seems unlikely to produce a «one - year - later» report on the impact of Gall and Kimbrough, it seems fair to suggest that these cases have had an important and consequential effect on federal sentencing outcomes and atmospherics.

The report also suggests that Bloomberg might be standing in the wings to take any divested WK assets since Bloomberg, as we know, is increasing their portfolio of legal, tax and regulatory content.While the newly acquired BNA has some significant editorial content in the tax area, including the Tax Management Portfolios and the Daily Tax Report, they don't have anything comparable to the fully integrated federal and state tax libraries which are the core of the CCH Tax proreport also suggests that Bloomberg might be standing in the wings to take any divested WK assets since Bloomberg, as we know, is increasing their portfolio of legal, tax and regulatory content.While the newly acquired BNA has some significant editorial content in the tax area, including the Tax Management Portfolios and the Daily Tax Report, they don't have anything comparable to the fully integrated federal and state tax libraries which are the core of the CCH Tax proReport, they don't have anything comparable to the fully integrated federal and state tax libraries which are the core of the CCH Tax products.

Ottawa should re-establish a federal minimum wage — the report does not suggest any floor but notes that many suggestions were made during hearings for a figure of at least $ 10 per hour

«[T] he weight of authority suggests that accurate news reporting — even when it is likely to have an adverse impact on the subjects of the report — usually does not give rise to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress»: Yesterday, a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a federal district court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault.

Comment: One commenter suggested that a notice of information practices that omits disclosure for voluntary reporting of fraud will chill internal whistleblowers who will be led to believe — falsely — that they would violate federal privacy law, and be lawfully subject to sanction by their employer, if they reported fraud to health oversight agencies.

One commenter suggested that the exception determination process would result in a very costly and laborious and sometimes inconsistent analysis of the occasions in which state law would Start Printed Page 82580survive federal preemption, and thus suggested the final privacy regulations preempt state law with only limited exceptions, such as reporting child abuse.

-LSB-...] In June 1985 the McGrath Report on parliamentary reform suggested that at the federal level it may be necessary for the executive to unilaterally give up some of its powers.

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Strong reactions to the Federal Government's Budget announcement of a $ 7 GP co-payment are still making headlines, and while The Guardian reported on Health Minister Peter Dutton's confidence of being able to get the policy through the Senate, PUP Senator Clive Palmer suggested he might be engaging in «wishful thinking».

The report went on to suggest that the Federal Government had, «failed to listen or act on the recommendations of the Close the Gap Steering Committee» and listed 15 recommendations, including a call for a national summit this year between federal, state and territory politicians and community lFederal Government had, «failed to listen or act on the recommendations of the Close the Gap Steering Committee» and listed 15 recommendations, including a call for a national summit this year between federal, state and territory politicians and community lfederal, state and territory politicians and community leaders.

Doctors Reform Society president Dr Tim Woodruff suggested the Federal Government's policy of subsidising private health premiums was driven by an ideological commitment to private health insurance, rather than a concern for equity and efficiency, while public health specialist Associate Professor Peter Sainsbury said the Productivity Commission report ignored the fact that the private health insurance industry was in desperate need of reform.