Sentences with phrase «from federal and state agencies»

The Polar Science Center is funded through grants and contracts from federal and state agencies and private foundations.
Reviews are still pending from both federal and state agencies.
The Baytown project is waiting on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions permits from federal and state agencies, and we are hopeful they will come soon.
The May 3 - 4 event will feature experts from federal and state agencies, universities, public health organizations, veterinary diagnostic laboratories and commercial partners from around the country.
Its members would be drawn from federal and state agencies, academia, and the general public.

Not exact matches

These regulations are handed down from several federal agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and various state agencies, which implement laws in the realms of worker's compensation, employee protection, and other areas.
That means you could face sanctions from both state and federal agencies along with back taxes, penalties, interest, and other consequences from the IRS.
Funding for HM3 comes from many sources, including New Energy and other potential customers, as well as state and federal agencies.
One key to making QA work, Katz says, is effective communication — a challenge on projects like HealthCare.gov, which involved stitching together information from multiple stakeholders, including state health agencies, insurance companies, and the federal government.
«It's not a fast process,» says Michael Patterson, CEO of Graphene Frontiers in Philadelphia, an advanced materials and nanotechnology company that has won 10 grants from local, state and federal agencies totaling nearly $ 1.3 million.
JPMorgan Chase, seeking to avert a wave of litigation from the government, is negotiating a multibillion - dollar settlement with state and federal agencies over the bank's sale of troubled mortgage securities to investors in the run - up to the financial crisis.
Cyber security software firm Tanium has raised $ 120 million from investment firms as more U.S. federal agencies rely on its technology to fend off attacks from nation - states and hackers, the company announced Wednesday.
The difficult legal choices being weighed by the bank — should it settle or should it fight — coincide with an unusual wave of scrutiny for JPMorgan, which is now facing investigations from at least seven federal agencies, several state regulators and two foreign nations.
The act requires requires state and local governments that want to qualify for funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include animals in their disaster plans.
In the workplace context, federal agencies have issued guidelines stating that employees should be permitted to determine for themselves the most appropriate and safest restroom to use, and employers should refrain from requiring or deciding which restroom should be used by an employee.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
Content comes from many credible sources, such as federal and state education departments and agencies, LinkedIn, Forbes, Newsweek, YouTube Education, US News & World Report, and more.
The campaign fights such «license to discriminate» bills on the state and federal level and builds support for the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, a federal bill prohibiting child welfare agencies that receive taxpayer funds from discriminating against LGBTQ youth or prospective foster and adoptive parents.
But, at least at present, the ultimate check is a triennial audit by the state agencies overseeing federal school meal programs; this audit covers hundreds of items, everything from food safety to sanitation, and also includes determining whether a district has a wellness policy in place that's being enforced.
DHR is the lead state agency for the federal child care subsidy funds, while Bright From the Start manages the state pre-kindergarten program, the federal child nutrition program, all child care center licensing and registering of family child care homes, and the quality and infant — toddler set - asides of the state's portion of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant.
Our Office of the General Counsel has confirmed that USDA is prohibited by Federal law from waiving these regulations and is also prohibited from authorizing State agencies to do so....
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke at a joint briefing organised by the state agency and the Federal Ministry of Heath, said the airline did not obtain the necessary approval to bring in the body from the Ebola - ravaged couState Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke at a joint briefing organised by the state agency and the Federal Ministry of Heath, said the airline did not obtain the necessary approval to bring in the body from the Ebola - ravaged coustate agency and the Federal Ministry of Heath, said the airline did not obtain the necessary approval to bring in the body from the Ebola - ravaged country.
State legislatures, governors» offices and state and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responState legislatures, governors» offices and state and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responstate and federal agencies are less used to being hit with communications from thousands of people at once and seem more responsive.
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».
Federal Historic Tax Credits leverage $ 7.3 million of tax credit equity; New York State Historic Tax Credits, allocated by the Office of New York State Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, leverage about $ 4 million in tax credit equity and about $ 1 million comes from Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency Home Funds.
Whatever the motivation, it is clear that beyond Amaechi's personal politics, the federal government (and its security agency, the Department of State Security - DSS) would love to secure at least one of Rivers, Akwa - Ibom and / or Bayelsa States from PDP's stranglehold!
Federal prosecutors had contended Seminerio took bribes from numerous city and state agencies through his phony consulting agency, Marc Consultants.
The proposal still requires approval from various state and federal agencies, officials said.
MIDTOWN — A nonprofit founded by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his political agenda said Friday it will not comply with a subpoena from the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, one of multiple federal and state agencies investigating whether the group broke theState Joint Commission on Public Ethics, one of multiple federal and state agencies investigating whether the group broke thestate agencies investigating whether the group broke the law.
In a letter sent on Tuesday from state officials to the E.P.A.'s top official, Administrator Gina McCarthy, the state accused the federal agency of bungling the response to PFOA, and demanding that it cover at least $ 75 million in expenses, accrued already and estimated in the future, that can not be clawed back from polluters.
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and 13 other attorneys general from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those requirements set by the Clean Air Act.
MIDTOWN — Mayor Bill de Blasio's poll numbers have dropped to their lowest point ever and a majority of voters say he doesn't deserve re-election as multiple federal and state agencies probe his fundraising activities, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
The Environmental Protection Agency has the responsibility to call «balls and strikes» when states seek to divert federal funds away from their intended purpose, and that is what happened.»
State IG Catherine Leahy Scott joined with the federal Department of Justice, FBI and IRS to announce that a former NYPA senior investigator was arrested and pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to defraud the agency, and for filing a bogus 2010 tax return to hide income from the scheme.
While most of the construction was paid for by the federal government and most of the agency's current funding comes from the federal government, the state built a smaller number of developments and provided operating subsidies until 1998 to support them.
«That is one of the solutions to constrained resources, is having states, local governments and the federal agencies working together so we're not duplicating each other, we're learning from each other and we're building on each other's expertise,» he said.
But the 1999 Constitution explicitly stipulates in Chapter 14 subsection 3 that the «composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall... reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups...» Buhari is breaching this with impunity in his appointments.
«EFCC (will be) claiming to have received a tip - off from a whistle - blower in your state alerting the agency of a «large huge» amount of money of different currencies in the said apartment belonging to you, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a proceed of which is likely to be (considered as) illegally obtained and acquired, which constitute abuse of office and corruption.»
Among other points of contention, health department employees dismissed an advisory limit for human consumption of PFOA set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and argued that their differences with the federal authorities were a matter of «philosophy» and not just science, according to a senior EPA official's handwritten notes from a phone conference with state officials.
HCR's Housing Finance Agency provided $ 8.3 million through tax exempt bonds, a $ 2.9 million Medicaid Redesign Team loan, and mortgage insurance through the State of New York Mortgage Agency; $ 1.5 million loan from OTDA's Homeless Housing Assistance Program; $ 1 million loan from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York; about $ 5 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity; $ 1.9 million in estimated New York State Historic Tax Credit equity and about $ 2.9 million in Federal Historic Tax Credit equity.
The Community Renewal Team, a Hartford - based anti-poverty agency, paid a six - figure settlement to resolve allegations that it mishandled state and federal grants, closing a six - year investigation from the U.S. Attorney's office and Connecticut Attorney...
In a letter sent from the Cuomo administration to the EPA's top official, Administrator Gina McCarthy, the state accused the federal agency of bungling the response to PFOA, and demanding that it cover at least $ 75 million in expenses, accrued already and estimated in the future, that can not be clawed back from polluters.
She said the primary aim of her mission to the state was also acquaint herself with «what challenges have been solved and what are the gaps you (Borno government) need to address and to hear from those in the front - line, the humanitarian workers, our agencies, our programmers and some of the people working with state government, federal government programmers.»
These funds are, in large part, pass - through Federal funds from HUD, EPA, and other agencies that are competed for annually by municipalities and non-profits across the state.
At Tuesday's state Senate hearing on the water contamination in Hoosick Falls, the federal EPA came in for criticism from some state officials who blamed the agency for failing to lead, and from some lawmakers who said they were disappointed the EPA did not send a representative to the hearing.
The Liberty Act would also prohibit state and local agencies from expending resources to help the federal government create or maintain a database or registry based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or national or ethnic origin — a response to President Donald Trump's so - called «Muslim ban,» an executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries from entering the country.
And tough new rules from the federal Environmental Protection Agency on power plant emissions will make closing Indian Point that much harder, if the state is to do so and still meet its other environmental goaAnd tough new rules from the federal Environmental Protection Agency on power plant emissions will make closing Indian Point that much harder, if the state is to do so and still meet its other environmental goaand still meet its other environmental goals.
Fallout from the discovery of the toxic chemical in the water supply of Hoosick Falls later erupted into a war of finger - pointing between local, state and federal agencies after questions emerged in late 2015 about why it took at least 14 months before residents were warned to stop drinking from the village's contaminated wells.
The state Assembly passed a bill last week that would give New York so - called «sanctuary state» status, shielding illegal immigrants in many of their dealings with state and local governments from federal law - enforcement agencies that might deport them.
A letter detailing the agency's decision from Brandye Hendrickson, acting administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, was emailed Thursday to Paul A. Karas, acting commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, and Matthew J. Driscoll, acting executive director of the New York State Thruway Authostate Department of Transportation, and Matthew J. Driscoll, acting executive director of the New York State Thruway AuthoState Thruway Authority.
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