Sentences with phrase «for agency priorities»

This spending is also shown in Figure 3, and it means that much more room for agency priorities.

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Releasing the final version of those rules «is a priority for the agency and we are working to publish [a guidance document] this year,» a spokesperson said in an email.

Before President Obama took office, his allies at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonprofit organization lobbying for a centrist Democratic agenda *, drafted a whitepaper outlining new priorities for the agency.

Combating harassment is another priority for the agency.

However, ask the Chief Financial Officer in any department / agency and they will tell you that they are always looking for administrative savings to reallocate to meet other priorities, such that additional savings will be difficult to achieve.

So far, competitive bidding hasn't been a top priority for federal agencies responding to Hurricane Maria.

However, ask the Chief Financial Officer in any department / agency and they will say that they are always looking for administrative savings to reallocate to meet other priorities, such that additional savings will be difficult to achieve.

The Main Estimates consist of three components: Part I, which provides an overview of federal spending for the upcoming fiscal year; Part II which supports the Appropriation Act and provides details of the spending to be included in the Appropriation Act; and Part III which includes Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs), which provide details on the spending plans for all departments and agencies.

The People's Bank of China says cryptocurrencies will be a top priority for the agency this year, in an effort to protect the national currency.

The federal government released its Report on Plans and Priorities for 2014 - 15 today with departments and agencies identifying spending estimates and work pPriorities for 2014 - 15 today with departments and agencies identifying spending estimates and work prioritiespriorities.

In the same year, Lifeway, an evangelical research agency, found that 46 percent of those it surveyed never wondered whether or not they will go to heaven, and 28 percent reported that finding a deeper purpose in life wasn't a priority for them.

For example, the concept of freedom speaks of a condition where capital has the ability to embark and disembark in a country without any approval or regulation from a social agency in which individuals and community set different priorities to seek perfection in life.

With increasing worry about terrorism, food safety has now become a priority for the government, and politicians are talking about consolidating the various federal inspection programs into one agency that would be responsible for policing the nation's food supply.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration last week affirmed the importance of several of IDFA's regulatory priorities when he announced a multi-year nutrition strategy plan for the agency.

Work with private landowners, universities, and state and federal agencies to promote effective conservation practices for grassland sites, coastal barrier beaches, and other high - priority habitats.

This may require the agencies to make significant changes to their homepage... We would appreciate you forwarding this message to the appropriate Commissioners today so they are aware of the required website change and they can make this a priority for their public information and IT shops.»

«As a law enforcement agency, the safety of people engaged in sex work is paramount to the police and tackling violence against women and girls is also a priority for the Met Police.

Under the current Administration, the preservation of affordable housing resources has become a major priority for the State's housing agencies.

As for now, one of the top priorities for the panel is finding additional revenue for the MTA to meet the agency's needs.

Speaking at a forum with online and broadcast media managers on Wednesday in Abuja, the EFCC helmsman said since his appointment as acting chairman of the EFCC, he had undertaken the re-ordering of the agency's priorities for effective implementation of its mandate.

To keep a close liaison and coordination with state security elements for the activities — the use of armed escort as much as possible and maintaining strong security training and awareness for the personnel; careful selection of all election related sites and the maintenance of security for polling staff, electoral materials and equipment and situational awareness through a well - developed public information strategy to support election operation and ensure timely distribution of security information / advisories; identify hotspots (fragile security locations) in coordination with the Security Agencies and the most likely threats in each constituency and provide a clear order of priority for concerted efforts to be made to mitigate and manage these concerns and to allow resources to be targeted for maximum effect.

For New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a second - term Democrat, it poses the annual opportunity to lobby for the city's priorities, including small and large policy changes and additional funding for city agenciFor New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a second - term Democrat, it poses the annual opportunity to lobby for the city's priorities, including small and large policy changes and additional funding for city agencifor the city's priorities, including small and large policy changes and additional funding for city agencifor city agencies.

The governor and the emir have been embroiled in a proxy war for many weeks, with the state government's anti-corruption agency launching a probe of Kano Emirate Council finances in apparent retaliation for Emir Sanusi's open criticism of the governor's top project priorities.

The Council has repeatedly called for more agency efficiencies and savings but has largely capitulated as they also advocate for funding their own priorities worth hundreds of millions, which is happening again this year, highlighted by Johnson's push for both Metrocard subsidies for low - income New Yorkers and property tax rebates for middle - class homeowners (while de Blasio has been resistant to both).

«I want to focus on what will be a recurring theme of these hearings — ensuring that the City budget is fair, transparent, and accountable to New Yorkers,» said Council Speaker Corey Johnson, in his opening statement, kicking off the series of hearings at which agency heads and top city officials will present to the Council their funding priorities for the next fiscal year while defending their programs and practices.

«The Marcy Nanocenter is a priority for Governor Cuomo,» Driscoll said in March, «and every state agency and authority relevant to this project is doing what it can to make this project a reality.»

Mr. Cuomo did have achievements in the second half of the year: For example, the Legislature agreed to create a new state agency to police abuse and neglect of people with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, which Mr. Cuomo had said was his top priority.

Adams said the DOT has analyzed traffic patterns at the intersections as part of a larger investigation of the borough's most unsafe areas under Vision Zero, but he urged the agency to make the three - way crossing a priority for improvements.

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

Raising postdoc incomes remains «a high - priority, long - range investment strategy for NSF,» the agency's budget proposal states.

«Chemical safety is an issue of utmost importance, especially for children, and this will remain a top priority for me and our agency, going forward.»

Like every government agency, NASA faces sharp cutbacks as part of the larger effort to tame the federal deficit; this was underscored in July, when the House Appropriations Committee stripped funding for the high - priority (and over-budget) James Webb Space Telescope.

«Clear - cut research priorities could accelerate a great many things, for instance, authorization by regulatory agencies, reimbursement by payers, implementation in clinical practice, and ultimately the development of effective treatments.»

The GREAT3 challenge is designed to improve methods for measuring weak lensing in preparation for future dark matter / dark energy missions, such as the European Space Agency's Euclid, in which NASA plays an important role, and the National Academy of Science's highest priority for NASA, WFIRST — also known as the WFIRST - AFTA mission, which stands for Wide - Field Infrared Survey Telescope - Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets.

ASTRONET — a network of European funding agencies and research organizations set up in 2005 to develop a strategy for European astronomy over the next 20 years — was almost done identifying key scientific priorities, and program officials were looking for a postdoctoral scientist to help coordinate the development of a road map to build the necessary infrastructure.

«Webb is the highest priority project for the agency's science mission directorate, and the largest international space science project in U.S. history,» said acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, who is retiring from the agency next month.

Also speaking at the Forum, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz outlined a new, more vital vision for the agency's 17 national laboratories, which play a major role in addressing U.S. priorities, from responding to disasters, to improving water - purification technologies.

«We're at a remarkable moment in biomedical research and its potential for making advances,» said Collins during a March 27 presentation on federal agency priorities on the opening day of the 42nd AAAS Science & Technology Policy Forum held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.

Satellites can help deliver such information, and in 10 years» time, global biodiversity monitoring from space could be a reality, but only if ecologists and space agencies agree on a priority list of satellite - based data that is essential for tracking changes in biodiversity.

Asked at a 9 February budget briefing to explain how agencies decided which programs would be funded with discretionary spending and which with mandatory spending, presidential science adviser John Holdren said that «the mandatory items were those that were both high priority and for which pay - fors could be readily identified.»

Alan Rudolph, director of Chemical and Biological Technologies for the TMT's parent office, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, is folding some TMT projects into other Pentagon efforts and reordering their priorities.

The Overseas Development Agency now has the control of communicable diseases as one of its priorities for health and population assistance, with particular attention being given to tuberculosis.

Also this year, the agency is shifting $ 154 million from expiring AIDS grants towards the new priorities, says Collins — a major disruption for a set of researchers who must now apply for non-AIDS money to continue their work.

That will make it easier for Trump to push through his policy priorities and nominees for key positions — including the leaders of science agencies such as NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for a current vacancy on the Supreme Court.

White House proposes lead roles — and more money — for two federal agencies to manage STEM education in priority areas

Recognizing unfamiliar forms of life is a priority for the space agency.

In February, NASA selected a Europa voyage as a priority for the agency's «flagship» mission to the outer solar system, edging out a proposed visit to Saturn's moon Titan that was deemed to require further study and technology development.

He emphasizes that NIH's plan applies only to its own portion of the BRAIN project — neither the National Science Foundation, which has committed $ 20 million to the project, nor the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which has pledged $ 50 million, has released a road map for their research, or explained how they are setting priorities.

The Senate bill would also allow states to ask the EPA for permission to regulate a priority chemical while it is under review by the agency, although the request could lead to protracted legal challenges.

From his perspective, this is a «golden moment» in CDC's global health efforts as it's «a core priority for the agency.»