Sentences with phrase «federal review of»

We will continue to follow any developments in the provincial and federal review of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure and will blog about updates as they become available.

This fact sheet documents evidence that the State Department is leading a corrupt federal review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.

The first thorough federal review of research on how global warming may affect extreme climate events in North America forecasts more drenching rains, parching droughts (especially in the Southwest), intense heat waves and stronger hurricanes if long - lived greenhouse gases continue building in the atmosphere.

The federal review of tax expenditures was announced in last year's budget alongside a pledge to give the Canada Revenue Agency more money to fight offshore tax evasion.

Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton supports a federal review of the Chicago Police Department following the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer.

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday said the state won't comply with the federal review of state election systems when it comes to revealing New York's voter rolls.

B.C. New Democrats support the call for a federal review of the TFW program and a new provincial registry to track numbers and sectors of temporary workers in B.C.

The federal review of tax expenditures was announced in last year's budget alongside a pledge to give the Canada Revenue Agency more money to fight offshore tax evasion.

That led several Democratic members of Congress to push for a federal review of the government's methodology.

The Major Projects Management Office was a new federal organization, created by the former Harper government in 2007, to co-ordinate federal reviews of major projects such as pipelines.

Federal reviews of environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board: The federal government recently announced several long - awaited reviews of environmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two independent panels.

Evidence - Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence: A Selection From Federal Databases (PDF - 335 KB) U.S. Department of Justice & U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Summarizes Federal reviews of research studies and program evaluations to help localities address childhood exposure to violence and improve outcomes for children, families, and communities.

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The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the Foreign Investment Review Act (FIRA) in 1973, forming a federal agency to advise on the respective benefits and hazards of particular transactions.

ONE of Western Australia's largest Aboriginal organisations has come back from a damaging federal government review and received a clean report card from the official regulator.

THE debate around implementing legislative safeguards for franchisees has re-emerged with the federal government committing to a review of the Franchising Code of Conduct.

SEVERAL key issues and concerns with the Fair Work Act have come to light as a review of the federal legislation gets under way.

Federal regulators, which review contracts made by USPS, have not raised any issues with the terms of its contract with Amazon.

Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

In a 2012 study, Gerry Angevine and Vanadis Oviedo of the Fraser Institute described «outdated regulatory processes and procedures, unnecessary duplication of federal and provincial government project reviews, and an unwieldy environmental review process.»

With players betting thousands or even tens of thousands a night, legal experts believe it's time to review the section of the 2006 federal law that was written specifically to protect fantasy sports from being banned the way online poker was.

As part of its review of Amazon's agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Amazon misleads customers about its pricing discounts, according to a source close to the probe.

In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.

A group of Democrats in Congress urged the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a letter this week to conduct a more in - depth review of online retailer Amazon's plan to buy grocer Whole Foods.

The unanimous vote by the financial review commission, which was created as part of the city's federal court - approved debt adjustment plan, enables Detroit's elected officials to enact budgets and enter into contracts without first obtaining the board's approval.

The federal government has responded to Andrew Forrest's Creating Parity review by announcing plans to award 3 per cent of all supply contracts, worth an estimated $ 135 million per year, to indigenous businesses.

Silliman said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved Verizon's planned acquisition of Yahoo, but it still needs approval from the European Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the proxy.

The Federal Reserve approved Wednesday the capital return plans of all 34 banks it reviewed in the second part of an annual stress test.

US - CERT further recommends reviewing these safety guidelines from by the Federal Trade Commission for Hurricane Harvey - related charitable giving, and cross-checking organizations on this directory of national charities from the Better Business Bureau.

José Alberto Cabranes, who later went on to become the first Puerto Rican to be appointed to a federal judgeship, published an exhaustive review of the legislative deliberations over the question of Puerto Rico's political fate following America's annexation of the island.

Popular social - review site Yelp is in court once again over alleged extortion and review manipulating now that a group of business owners is attempting to appeal a ruling that was dismissed in federal court two years ago.

The team also found 31 practitioners who «received 80 percent or more of their Medicare income just from urine testing» — a fact that federal officials who reviewed the findings called «troubling.»

The Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline program paid at least $ 1.2 million to duplicate or deceased recipients and more than one - third of participants out of 3.5 million reviewed appeared not to be eligible, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released on Thursday.

If enacted, the legislation would expand foreign investment review procedures overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is chaired by the treasury secretary and seeks input from the departments of defence and homeland security, among other federal bodies.

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester participates in panel, «A Review of the Objectives for Monetary Policy» before the 2018 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business - 1830 GMT.

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.»

Last summer, Senators Angus King and Roy Blunt tried with the Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, which calls for a committee to come up with a plan to review, simplify, and cut federal regulations.

Tillerson's ethics agreement also helped him to avoid an immediate federal income tax bill of as much as $ 72 million, according to tax specialists who reviewed his plan at the time.

If you're unsure about the proper designation, be sure to review the IRS website, as well as the Department of Labor websites at the federal and state levels, particularly their materials on distinguishing independent contractors from employees, and check your designations with your accountant and / or labor lawyer.

Huawei or its subsidiaries have been cited as a defendant or co-defendant in at least 172 federal patent infringement cases since 2003, according to a review of court filings.

Glencore's planned acquisition of Viterra and the subsequent sale to Richardson was approved by the Canadian federal government, but is now subject to Chinese review.

Professor Poole is one of a six - member committee appointed to review collaboration between Australia's public universities and publicly funded research agencies, as part of the Federal Government's higher education reform package.

In 2016 I provided advice to the Department of Finance as part of the Review of Federal Tax Expenditures.

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 - New York State Attorney Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday said he has been investigating for six months who posted significant numbers of fake comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission in its review of net neutrality rules.

Reducing fuel efficiency goals for vehicles March 16 Trump ordered a review of federal fuel - efficiency standards for vehicles, which Obama finalized in January, well ahead of schedule.

The federal banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, also last summer said it was reviewing domestic retail sales practices at Canada's key banks, focusing on «risk culture» and «the governance of sales practices.»

Net neutrality supporters are focusing their efforts in part on the Congressional Review Act, a once - obscure law that allows Congress to overturn regulations enacted by federal agencies within 60 days of when they take effect.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it could not submit to an interagency review the hack used to access the iPhone because it did not own the method or possess sufficient knowledge of the underlying vulnerability.

Jan. 17, 2014: First of 10 applications filed in Federal Court and the Federal Appeal Court by environmental and First Nations groups seeking judicial review of panel recommendation to approve project.

The filing, which came out in March, disclosed a review of certain activities in the wealth and investment management business in response to inquiries from federal government agencies.

Dec. 19, 2013: Federal joint review panel issues report recommending approval of Northern Gateway project, subject to 209 conditions.