Sentences with phrase «for federal attention»

After residents wrote to her pleading for federal attention, Enck met with the community to see what could be done.

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Mozilla's brief came amid renewed attention to the process for disclosing computer security flaws discovered by federal agencies.

The threat of a global trade war, which has caught the attention of investors in a big way, is also a concern for the Federal Reserve.

Tyco picked up half the bill for the Roman - Empire - themed 40th birthday party on the island of Sardinia, attracting the attention of federal prosecutors in Manhattan, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2002.

When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine standards, state and federal tax authorities may focus their attention on all of the firm's clients.

Mozilla's brief came amid renewed attention to the process for disclosing computer security flaws discovered by federal agencies, following a recent standoff between Apple and the FBI over a locked iPhone linked to a shooter involved in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in which 14 people were killed.

That's why the collective attention of the federal political parties is increasingly turning to setting the stage for the October 2019 campaign — including talk of updating Canada's election laws.

U.S. equity futures advanced while stocks in Europe followed Asian peers lower as investors began to switch their attention away from the Federal Reserve and back to earnings and the outlook for global trade.

Market attention now shifts to upcoming economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

The Federal reserve also pays particular attention to interest rates on treasury bonds, and raise and lower interest rates for everyone by buying and selling treasuries.

The Federal Reserve's (Fed) widely anticipated decision this week to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade has garnered plenty of attention, especially from those concerned over the possible negative economic impact of rate increases.

Market attention was focused on forecasting the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) path for raising interest rates while expecting other central banks to continue to be accommodative, specifically the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan.

Anyone who doesn't recognize that the Federal Reserve has done the same thing again — this time focused on the U.S. equity market and the market for low - grade junk and covenant - lite debt — is not paying attention to historically reliable data.

Investors paid close attention to the report as they looked for clues about the Federal Reserve's plans for future monetary policy changes.

In support of The Federal Government of Somalia, on Tuesday the United Kingdom and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened an event in London to draw urgent attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the need for a swift and substantial response.

And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.

Oddities tended to attract an undue share of public attention: there was amusement over the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs while visiting President Roosevelt at Hyde Park; outrage when the President changed the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23; excitement when Al Capone was released from a federal penitentiary after serving more than seven years for income tax evasion.

I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

Advocates also brought attention to the fact that any cuts to HFNY funding would disqualify New York from applying for millions in federal aid for home visiting because the state is required to show a Maintenance of Effort in order to receive federal funding.

Omishore said, «The attention of the office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to demand for more details regarding the earnings of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Long's release snarked that Gillibrand «took a break from her book club» (part of her Off the Sidelines campaign to get more women involved in politics) to tackle trade in hopes of deflecting attention from skyrocketing gas prices, the high unemployment rate, the growing federal deficit and lack of a federal budget for the past three years — the entire time Gillibrand has been a sentor.

According to the Minister, the Federal Government through the Ministry wants to pay attention to and resolve as many of such issues as possible in order to ensure that important life impacting projects are delivered on time for the benefit of the people.

Malliotakis sought to focus attention on recent testimony of de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, in which Rechnitz said he donated large amounts of money to Mayor de Blasio in exchange for special treatment.

The $ 52 million deal to redevelop the Brooklyn Heights library into a luxury condo tower, which City Hall awarded to a de Blasio pal who offered less money for the city - owned land than two other bidders, has attracted the attention of federal and city prosecutors, The Post has learned.

«Using official resources for campaign purposes is a clear violation» of House rules and federal law, Slaughter said, «and is a clear and undeniable abuse of official staff time, resources and attention.»

He has drawn attention in the past for his tough immigration policy after he asked for the federal government's help in a launching citywide campaign to crack down on undocumented residents, whom he said put a strain on local schools and hospitals.

Manufacturing isn't coming back to upstate New York, according to Alice Rivlin, a budget director for former President Bill Clinton and a former member of the Federal Reserve Bank's board of governors, and it's time for politicians to focus their attention elsewhere.

A federal judge in Brooklyn, in an extraordinary opinion that calls for courts to pay closer attention to how felony convictions affect people's lives, sentenced a woman in a drug case to probation rather than prison, saying the collateral consequences she would face as a felon were punishment enough.

Hydrofracking is indeed an issue on both the state and federal level, but attention in New York for the last several months has focused on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Environmental Conservation's long - awaited report on the feasibility of high - volume hydrofracking.

The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government Dr. (Mrs) Modupe Alade stressed that the N19, 800 monthly allowance was no longer sufficient for the survival of Corps Members, adding that a review of the allowance must be given an urgent attention by the Federal Government.

Continuing Falana said, «Why has his request to travel abroad for medical attention at his own expense been refused by the federal government?

The People of Southern Kaduna in Diaspora are pleased that the Federal Government has finally began to pay attention to this very serious problem that it has ignored for too long.

«He has been exemplary, I want people to understand how important it is, if you believe in the things that I have just laid out for here in New York City, if you'd like to see our federal government respond to all of us, if you want more leaders who shared these values and then acted on then, then pay attention to the leader you have right now in the state of New York right now, your Attorney General, because he has acted on those values each and every day,» Mr. de Blasio said.

Meanwhile, the elimination or limits on federal tax exemptions for municipal bonds has received less attention, but could have cost local governments $ 45 billion in higher interests costs if it had not been in place.

The Cuomo administration seems to be training its fire and attention on reviving the state's economy, particularly after perceived dysfunction on the federal level has been blamed for the inability of the country to turn the corner in the Great Recession.

Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata representing Birniwa / Guri / Kiri - Kasamma federal constituency of Jigawa State has explained that the environmental challenges of desertification, flooding and typher grass which has been threatening the State in the last sixteen years was receiving federal government's attention for the first time.

And Kanu, a young man who might have desired nothing more than the attention that the Federal Government gave him by slamming him with charges bordering on terrorism and treason and holding him for months, while in detention, was having his time in the sun.

«I think it's essential that we have the hearings that you've asked for on the state level, on the federal level, so that we have as many people as possible pay attention to the crisis here and come up with real solutions so that it never again happens to us or to anyone else in America,» Gillibrand, a Democrat, told more than 200 residents during a roundtable discussion about the PFOA pollution in Hoosick Falls and nearby Petersburgh.

Sofranko, and others on the Olive Town Board — as well as throughout the region where Internet isn't always as good as one needs these days to do business from home — have been paying attention to the Broadband For All efforts talked about by the state and federal government in recent years.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER The argument for the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act is clear and catches the public's attention because it is so stunning: in 29 states you can legally be fired for being gay and in 32 — including New York — you are at risk due to your gender identity and expression.

More than two years later, the event is drawing new attention because it was hosted by Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to a raft of federal felony charges for his role in alleged schemes in which clients received special government favors.

The Senate on Tuesday called the attention of the Federal Government on the need to ensure that those responsible for the gruesome killing of Mrs. Bridget Agbahime were properly prosecuted in line with the laws of the country.

Last month, Halloran said he would not seek re-election for the northeast Queens Council seat so he could focus his attention on clearing his name after being arrested on charges of federal corruption.

The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with an application seeking the release of his International Passport to enable him travel abroad for medical attention.

Here is a closer look at postdoc compensation, benefits, and transition grants, and some proposals for federal science - policy attention.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the hottest environmental issues around — whether hormonelike pollutants are causing reproductive and other health problems in humans — got some attention today from the White House, which issued a rough sketch for a federal research strategy on the topic.

On Dec. 1 - 2, those issues will come to the fore as national experts in genetics, medicine, law, big data and other fields gather for Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, a unique precision medicine symposium at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and University of Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER) addresses those topics as precision medicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal agencies.

The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.

Maris Vinovskis calls attention to the misuse of the federal research dollar in education and the need for a basic restructuring of the federal research enterprise.

For every child, regardless if they have a diagnosed disability and they need special attention, they have a right to that under federal law in K — 12 education.