Sentences with phrase «fight against the department»

Del Rio is a leader in the fight against the Department of Education policy barring religious congregations from renting Sunday space in public schools.

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But the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler offers an alternative — and in our view, more credible — explanation for why the administration edited down the talking points, suggesting that the emails reveal a «bureaucratic knife fight» that pitted the State Department against the CIA.

The US Department of Agriculture hopes that these special wasps will be a key ally in the fight against emerald ash borers, invasive beetles whose larvae have destroyed trees across vast swaths of northern and eastern America in just a few decades.

THE URGENCY OF NOW: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER — A KEYNOTE CONVERSATION Under Vice President Biden's leadership, the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force catalyzed novel, innovative and impactful collaborations among twenty government agencies, departments and White House offices and over seventy private sector entities designed to achieve a decade's worth of progress in five years in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

We are particularly concerned by reports that this order went into effect with little to no consultation with the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security... Ultimately, we fear this executive order will become a self - inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.

The document provides the Justice Department's legal rationale for the controversial policy of using lethal force against U.S. citizens fighting on behalf of terrorist groups.

This is the chaos of modern academia where every department and division runs like its own little business, and most of them are pitted against each other to fight for those truckloads of cash, while the administrators act like its out of their control...

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

And while the Ministry of Defence must hedge against the different kinds of future unknowable wars that Britain will have to fight, there is no government department which deals quite as much in the imponderable questions of the future as that of energy.

Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke unveiled legislation that would require the Department of Defense to change the name of any military installation or other property currently named for individuals who fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.

UTICA — The Oneida County Health Department is coordinating several events throughout the month of March to raise awareness and money for the fight against colon cancer.

«As a man of proven integrity, who is in the forefront of supporting Mr. President's fight against corruption, the DG sought the support of anti-corruption agencies such as the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission in fighting corruption in Information Technology procurements in Federal Government's Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.»

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»

We also recognize the need for dedicated staff to support the Department's Health's rapidly expanding role as a lead agency in the fight against opioid addictions.

Our Department of Health has led the fight against lead poisoning in Erie County.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Schneiderman joins Rep. Brian Higgins to announce the latest action in his ongoing fight against smartphone theft, Town of Tonawanda Police Department, 1835 Sheridan Dr., Kenmore.

The legal fight against the immigration ban will return to Brooklyn Federal Court today when a team of lawyers who filed an emergency motion to stay the deportation of Iraqi refugees Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi over the weekend will again face off with Justice Department attorneys.

YORKVILLE — Local parents and politicians are fighting back against a Department of Education proposal that would use an «unprecedented» hybrid admissions process for a new middle school.

For instance, in 2011, they fought against the creation of bike lanes in South Williamsburg, successfully forcing the Bloomberg - era Department of Transportation to re-route bike lanes that went through predominantly Jewish areas there.

Amidst a rash of recent overdoses in the village of Mamaroneck, the mayor, Police Department, schools and concerned residents have begun to galvanize in an attempt to fight back against a sweeping opiate epidemic.

Basil Seggos, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, said Cuomo is making New York «a global leader» in the fight against climate change.

Schumer called the bill a critical first step in the fight against heroin and opioids, expanding the availability of naloxone — also known as narcan — to law enforcement and first responders, improving prescription drug monitoring programs, shifting resources to identifying and treating incarcerated people suffering from addiction, and prohibiting the Department of Education from questioning students about prior drug convictions on financial aid forms.

Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has described the promotion of ACP Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah as the acting Director General of the Police Service's Criminal Investigations Department (CID), as a worrying development in the fight against corruption in the country.

The Roman Catholic Church is using the two weeks running up to the Fourth of July for prayer and advocacy as it continues it's fight against the federal Health and Human Services Department mandate that would force some Catholic institutions to provide health insurance coverage that includes contraception.

Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke unveiled legislation on Friday that would require the Department of Defense to change the name of any military installation or other property currently named for individuals who fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.

His son - in - law, Jared Kushner, has hired Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington lawyer who recently got the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, after a lengthy court fight.

Councilor Pat Hogan emphasized crime fighting when he ran against Miner in the September primary for mayor, but Hogan said neighborhood patrols could be increased by reorganizing the department's manpower.

The PAC Chairman stated that the collaboration between the Committee and the Auditor - General's Department over the years has helped in the fight against corruption in the country.

He ha's also been a leader in fighting public corruption, especially Buffalo Police Department cases, and pushing hard against the opioid crisis in the area.

Solidarity in the continued fight against the HIV epidemic was the consistent theme of the morning dedication, which was cohosted by the NYC AIDS Memorial Foundation and the End AIDS NY 2020 Coalition, uniting more than 50 advocacy and service organizations with the city and state health departments.

«This app has the potential to help in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world, bringing the concept of mobile healthcare to reality,» said Ali Yetisen, a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, who led the research.

Meanwhile, the State Department is working to coordinate the various U.S. and international government agencies involved in the fight against Ebola, including the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, as well as U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Security Council.

Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes.

Montreal, May 31, 2017 - Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes.

Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the University of Florida a $ 4.6 million grant aimed at testing a potential new weapon in the fight against citrus greening: Zinkicide, a bactericide invented by a nanoparticle researcher at the University of Central Florida.

Pompeo, President Trump's pick to lead the State Department, has portrayed the fight against terrorism as an epic holy war.

While Gordon plays bounty hunter, Gotham City Police Department's Bullock and Barnes remain on the frontline in Gotham, fighting against crime and destruction in the monster - ridden city.

Even as education advocates nationwide fight to hold the line against district - level funding cuts, the state education departments responsible for overseeing K - 12 policy are coming under the budget ax.

Yet local boards of education, parents and superintendents in the county are fighting back against the proposed charters with rallies, petitions and letters to the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) to keep all charters out of their towns.

Macmillan is ready to fight the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five big publishers, CEO John Sargent writes in an open letter to the publishing community today.

Two employees of Seminole County's animal control department have accused supervisors of abusing and neglecting animals in their care — sometimes causing deaths.The charges came as both employees fought disciplinary action against them.

Arkham games have always had enthralling fights against Batman's main villains, so it's a bummer to see Rocksteady's supposedly last game featuring the Dark Knight to be lacking in the boss battle department.

A spokesman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change said: We believe renewables have a strong future as part of the UK and global energy mix in the fight against climate change.

Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy for climate change, said de Boer was «an enormously dedicated leader in the fight against global climate change and has made a major contribution in advancing that effort.»

Collecting and analyzing historical metrics on spend and efficiency will be a powerful tool in the fight against the data surge, but these departments should not have to do all the heavy lifting alone.

This student is fighting back against the new Department of Education policy making it harder to get forgiveness of debt for loans used to get degrees from for - profit schools that lost accreditat...

The fact this there is a fight over «zero» and warrant canaries is revealed through a close reading of the lawsuit that Twitter filed against the Justice Department this week.

The US should promote investments in blockchain as part of a broader fight against cyberthreats, a former Defense Department official has said.

Microsoft's recent lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department that fights against gag orders for secret government data requests has the support of many companies, including from rivals like Apple and Google.

Instead of fighting it out with other big - box clothing retailers, Loehmann's CEO Robert Friedman hit on the idea of positioning his stores against department stores.