Sentences with phrase «from federal government agencies»

This included representatives from federal government agencies, Internet service providers, social networking companies, NGOs, academics, social changers and young people.

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.

Not exact matches

The federal government has raised the National Terrorism Public Alert level from medium to high based on advice from security and intelligence agencies, but says it was not based on knowledge of a specific attack plan.

The agency (commonly abbreviated as «OPM»), which serves as a human resources department for the federal government, has upped its figure to 5.6 million stolen fingerprint records from its original estimate of 1.1 million.

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.

Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.

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.

«HCGRT's value proposition of achieving stable, predictable returns from a growing portfolio of single tenant buildings leased to federal government agencies is compelling to me as a financial professional.

The General Services Administration, which manages property owned by the federal government, including the Old Post Office housing the Trump International Hotel, has said the lease would violate federal conflict - of - interest rules once the Republican businessman is sworn in on Jan. 20, according to a letter to the agency from lawmakers.

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.

This is also why U.S. government agencies like the Federal Reserve are trying desperately to prevent other such documents from being disclosed.

Contrary to claims by the Harper government, savings extracted from federal departments and agencies are not obtained by «eliminating waste» in «internal operations».

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalGovernment Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalgovernment,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal agencies.

«I am directing all state agencies to suspend the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees in the state of Indiana pending assurances from the federal government that proper security measures have been achieved,» Indiana governor Mike Pence stated.

The new challenge came from the federal government's and accreditation agencies» homogenizing and hectoring regulations.

The ACSI uses data from interviews with roughly 70,000 customers annually as inputs to an econometric model for analyzing customer satisfaction with more than 300 companies in 43 industries and 10 economic sectors, including various services of federal and local government agencies.

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).

WASHINGTON — American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

The recommendation to develop the MOU came from a 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies» Procedures Could Reduce the Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled Food.

She said apart from the EFCC, other agencies of the government, like the Federal Inland Revenue Service had intimidated her.

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!

«Our strategic selection of 20,000 in each of the batches of the OYES scheme, from the over 250,000 applicants which exposed the problems of unemployment, has helped Osun to record some of the achievements which were confirmed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and other agencies of the federal government and private organizations.

Justice Agbim noted that «the fuel subsidy fraud involved corruption and fraud on a very massive scale»; that it involved many oil companies and officials of government's regulatory agencies «looting and stealing of trillions of naira from the Federal Government of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of Nigergovernment's regulatory agencies «looting and stealing of trillions of naira from the Federal Government of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of NigerGovernment of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of Nigeria.»

«CAN is also reminding the Federal Government and the security agencies of the need to free Leah and other captives from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists.

The federal government plans to shift a health care program for 9/11 first - responders from one agency to another.

Lawmakers also were considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the federal government from dumping dredging material in the Long Island Sound.

It is the APC Federal Government that has eliminated all our officers from the Army, that has prematurely retired all our meritorious officers from the Customs, that has systematically removed all South - Easterners who on the strings of hard work rose to the pinnacle of their career in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the APC Federal Government.

The federal agency overseeing Trump's lease for a luxury hotel in Washington ruled that his inauguration as president doesn't violate terms of the agreement barring government officials from profiting from the property.

The EFCC subsequently received a petition alleging that over N50bn from the Employee Compensation Scheme fund, paid by Ministries, Departments and Agencies and private companies as well as another N18bn, being the contribution of the Federal Government as take - off grant to the NSITF, was mismanaged and diverted into the personal accounts of Olojeme and Umar Abubakar, a former Managing Director of the NSITF.

«The legal guidance and model policies my office released today give local governments the tools they need to protect immigrant communities from any over-reach by federal agencies.

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.

Five percent comes from Orange County and 80 percent from the federal government, from Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for Hurricane Sandy, funding that can also be applied to projects post-Irene and Tropical Stofederal government, from Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for Hurricane Sandy, funding that can also be applied to projects post-Irene and Tropical StoFederal Emergency Management Agency funding for Hurricane Sandy, funding that can also be applied to projects post-Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

«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.

This is understandable, given the problems at government agencies from the Department of Veterans Affairs at the federal level to the Hamburg School Board at the local level.

Singh, under questioning from Mirabile earlier in the week, testified — briefly — that he had inflated losses that his businesses suffered after superstorm Sandy by filing false documents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which aids local governments recovering from natural disasters.

He said, «President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all relevant agencies to compile documents on names of all looters with a view to promptly enforcing the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos ordering the government to release to Nigerians information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered.»

In particular, we requested the federal government to embark on the recovery of the revenue of $ 42 billion withheld from the Federation Account from 1999 - 2012 by some transnational oil companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other agencies of the federal government.

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.»

(a) The National Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has confirmed that from five cycles of independent audit reports of NEITI covering 1999 - 2012 the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), some oil companies and certain agencies of the federal government had withheld $ 20.2 billion for the Federation Account.

«CAN is also reminding the Federal Government and the security agencies of the need to free Leah and other captives from captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists.

Some of the appointment beingg protested against are: Senator Ayo Akinyelure — National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Akinyeye Akingbesote — Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Ropo Sesay — National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) all from Idanre local government.

When the Federal Government and its agencies show the way on how to navigate ourselves from the wilderness of the economic doldrums that our past leaders have pushed us into through their greed and avarice, then the rest of the masses can join the present corps of leaders to salvage the nation together.

The federal agency that oversees public housing and urban renewal says there was simply too much demand from local governments to give them all money to inspect homes and remove lead paint, including Syracuse.

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.

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.

The federal government should also support the drive for fiscal responsibility by deducting money owed by government agencies and the armed forces directly from source.

Meanwhile, Justice Festus Ntong of Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has declined an application to stop ICPC or any other federal anti-corruption agency from investigating allegations of corruption involving the finances of the Government of Akwa Ibom State.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.