Sentences with phrase «from federal resources»

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Human resource maintenance activities related to safety and health usually entail compliance with federal laws that protect employees from hazards in the workplace.

March 9 (Reuters)- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

The state's resources industry has applauded Federal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce's public opposition to the WA Nationals» planned mining tax changes, which drew return fire from Brendon Grylls.

Following the U.S. State Department's decision to postpone a decision on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian pipeline boosters from oilpatch CEOs to federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver responded that Canada would have to look to other markets — namely China — to buy our oil.

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.

Investing resources into a 10 year treasury note is often considered favorable due to federal government securities being exempt from state and local income tax.

Applicants must be without decent, safe and sanitary housing; Be unable to obtain a loan from other resources on terms and conditions that can reasonably be expected to meet; Agree to occupy the property as your primary residence; Have the legal capacity to incur a loan obligation; Meet citizenship or eligible noncitizen requirements; Not be suspended or debarred from participation in federal programs.

Corporations are banned from contributing to federal election campaigns, and the use of official Trump Organization corporate resources would constitute a violation of that rule.

Created in 1997 with support from the federal government and Alberta, AVAC Ltd. is a venture capital investor that provides investment funding for research and commercialization for Alberta - based companies in the areas of agriculture, renewable resources, and industrial technology.

For its part, the federal government, from the earliest census in 1790 to the creation of New Deal social welfare programs, has long relied on aggregate as well as individual data to distribute resources and administer benefits.

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

«Until Quebec takes charge of its future definitively, it is essential that the federal government give back to Quebec and the provinces the resources it took away from them through unilateral changes.»

Submitted by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and others, the resolution recommended the federal government support the continuous flow of commerce to and from foreign markets and ensure the sustainability of marine transportation resources, such as the Lower Fraser River.

Sediment resources on the OCS are leased to local communities or federal agencies to help them restore shorelines or wetlands in an effort to address chronic erosion, sea level rise, impacts from major storms, or to protect valuable infrastructure and habitat.

Here at home, the federal government's infrastructure investment plans should focus specifically on diversifying Canada's exports - aside from resource development and transport, investment in telecommunications, clean energy, and bio-tech infrastructure would be well worth the effort.

In recent months Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and former federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver have all advocated for more bitumen export pipelines, while British Columbia premier Christy Clark has lauded the benefits of LNG projects and natural gas pipelines from fracking operations in northern B.C.

Only the federal government, in Stern's view, has the resources and the moral authority to protect us from the violent enmity of the radical right.

The proposed rule follows recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board, a federal advisory committee of 15 citizens appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture that includes representation from the various stakeholders involved in the organic industry, including farmers, handlers, a retailer, a certifier, scientists, a natural resource conservationist and a consumer.

In May Australia said a panel of scientific experts from the Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources would review the ban, while loosening restrictions on some other imported prawn products.

Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder has expressed disappointment at reaction to the federal budget as it evaluates potential value - adding transactions to augment growth from its retail, industrial and resources operations.

Lately, the Australian Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has proposed a compulsory treatment of seeds from crops like broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and rocket with fungicides when they enter Australia to work against the increasing threat posed by seed - borne pathogens.

These resources include private sector dollars, the community partners that support LA's Promise schools, and the millions of public sector dollars that flow from the state and federal governments.»

Fighting child hunger requires a holistic approach, from support programs like BIC and sharing resources that increase knowledge about this issue, to protecting federal food assistance services like the School Breakfast Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

With funding aid from federal and state grants administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Fox Valley Park District has developed a 48 - mile, interconnected network of premier trails for biking, hiking and walking including:

It is that too many of them are operating in communities that don't have the resources to tax themselves to make things better, and the $ 2.72 from the federal government is not enough to put a really first class meal on the table.

That's a very tall order, especially when resources are scarce (most schools get, in the end, about $ 1 from the federal government to spend on school food) and there is no money in the budget for food / nutrition education.

But devolving resources and responsibilities from an overbearing, unresponsive, and ineffective federal government to the states is the first step we must make if we are serious about putting our nation back on track, and our people back to work,» he said.

That credit means something in my eyes and so I am willing to trust that he and his staff truly believe that the resources and power that come from working on a federal task force will allow him to do even more to hold banksters accountable for breaking the law.

«We have locally elected school officials who have forever been responsible for seeing to it that the monies received into the district from the state and federal level are brought into a budget that allocates resources where they are needed most,» Kremer said.

In a dramatic turnaround from the bribery and fraud charges leveled three years ago, a former high - ranking NYPD police chief pleaded guilty in federal court to dispatching police resources without permission for the benefit of a mayoral donor and other residents of Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhood.

«At a time when we are asking state and federal law enforcement to help put in more resources, how can we have a police commissioner who is diverted from the day - to - day operations of the department?»

Low - income students — who may already be eligible for federal Pell grants and state TAP grants — should be able to benefit from the program, such as through resources to cover costs including fees, transportation, child care and books that too often make college out of reach.

Earlier, the Chairman, Dutch's Health Insurance Fund, Mr. Kees Storm, who signed on behalf of Dutch Government, said the Kwara State Health Insurance Fund would pool resources from the state government, federal government, communities, development partners and private sector to ensure a successful future of the programme.

«While members of the part from the Southwest zone in the Federal Executive Council were represented by the Minister for Solid Mineral Resources, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu.

Governor Cuomo however said the small island has fewer resources and desperately needs assistance from the federal government.

«While we are grateful that GE has fully met the requirements of Phase 2 dredging, we are deeply concerned by reports from federal, state and independent natural resource scientists indicating that significant PCB «hot spots» will remain after the company's dredging operations shut down later this year.»

«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.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign manager appeared to make extensive use of state resources while running the governor's re-election bid in 2014, including placing hundreds of phone calls from a government office, according to evidence presented in Manhattan federal court on Monday.

In a statement, the agitators called on the Federal Government to stop funding the South East with resources with funds generated from the Niger Delta region.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, on Wednesday, said regardless of the federal government's effort to end the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country, queues might not disappear from filling stations until about two months.

To that end, de Blasio said taking back the U.S. House of Representatives is his top national priority, a change that would have monumental implications for the city and state and the resources they receive from the federal government.

His legacy will be inexorably linked to the state's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, or DSRIP, an $ 8 billion Medicaid waiver from the federal government that seeks to both reduce avoidable hospitalizations by 25 percent and provide health systems across the state with the resources they need to transition to value - based care.

The measure also would prohibit county resources from being used to create a federal registry based on immigration status and states that the county won't use citizenship or immigration status when providing services or benefits, except when those services or benefits are contingent on citizenship or legal immigration status.

Other questions included whether Jindal has spoken with Chris Christie, who heads the Republican Governors Association about his lack of support for Astorino, whether Jindal would, if he were still head of the RGA, use RGA resources to support Astorino, whether Jindal agrees with Senator Rand Paul that the federal government is being untruthful about the danger from Ebola and what Jindal thinks of Cuomo's performance as governor.

«These important federal resources support efforts that combine awareness with action to identify and remove hazards so we can better protect children from the devastating effects of lead poisoning.»

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 EPA stood by while GE dismantled the cleanup operation then ignored scientifically grounded pleas from the federal Natural Resource Trustees to delay the GE decommissioning plan until further remediation was conducted.

In a statement from her office, Miner pledged to continue «Syracuse's commitment to our New American residents» by «not allowing the city's resources, including the police department, to be used to to enforce federal anti-immigrant policies.»

On her campaign website, Deacon said scientists have reached a consensus on climate change so she wants to transition away from fossil fuel energy sources, invest in clean energy technology and support federal acts to protect natural resources.

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