Sentences with phrase «funded by public agencies»

Another way is to look at what is being funded by public agencies and published in good journals in the field of interest.

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In Quebec, for instance, public low - income housing agencies estimate that a recent cut in funding slashed their repair budgets by 30 %.

And while no specific numbers have yet been revealed in the Trump budget outline for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Republican replacement plan for Obamacare already has that agency in the cross hairs — by promising to eliminate a government prevention and public health fund that puts a billion dollars in the CDC's coffers, the Washington Post reports.

an independent agency of the federal government, created in 1933, charged with preserving and promoting public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions up to applicable limits; by identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails; further information on the FDIC and FDIC coverage may be found at fdic.gov

Global bond funds invest in a wide variety of bonds issued by various public and private entities around the world, including sovereign governments, international agencies, state and local authorities, and private corporations.

Iceland's Depositors» and Investors» Guarantee Fund (TIF) is privately funded by domestic banks, not public like America's Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) or Britain's Financial Services Agency (FSA).

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Tusla, Ireland's government child and family agency, was quoted by The Times as saying: «Tusla recognises... the importance of public funded services operating services which are accessible to everyone.»

As publicly - funded agencies with significant enforcement powers conferred by legislation, we are concerned that this last - minute cancellation of a public event demonstrates disregard for public accountability and openness to scrutiny.

This state agency, which is funded by potato growers, shippers and processors, produces award - winning advertising and public relations programs designed to remind consumers to look for the famous «Grown in Idaho ®» seal to ensure they are purchasing genuine Idaho ® potatoes.

The simplest approach to funding - direct funding by your municipality, a government agency, or by the state (e.g., state department of public health, school department budget), or through a government grant - may be all that is needed, particularly if you are seeking to start a Community Access Defibrillation Program (CAD) serving your entire community, or a significant segment, such as the public schools.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

Projects must be sponsored by a municipality, state agency or public authority eligible to administer federal transportation funds.

Furthermore, several others listed describe instances where candidates attempted to violate the rules of New York City's public financing system, but were caught by the city's enforcement agency and fined or denied public funds.

Key among them includes a revenue optimising measure expected to be complemented by initiatives meant to reduce wastage of public funds such as the recently established Efficiency Unit meant to identify and eliminate wasteful spending, duplication and other inefficiencies across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

«No state agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018,» the website says.

The old disclaimer read: «No State agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018.»

The final measures passed Sunday by the Senate provide for the flow of funds to state agencies, money to be sent to school districts, public college tuition to be cut or raised for students depending on their family incomes, and non-fiscal matters, including the legalization of ride - hailing upstate.

It forbids those employees, or those employed by agencies funded by the federal government, to seek public office.

We believe the governor and the Legislature should recognize the value of the work done by the professional workers represented by PEF in securing the settlement by ensuring funds from the windfall are reinvested, in part, to state agencies to maintain and improve public services in all New York communities.

But the Procurement Policy Board, an obscure agency if ever there was one, has decreed that the competitive bidding rules «shall not apply to contract awards made from line item appropriations and / or discretionary funds to community - based not - for - profit organizations or other public service organizations identified by elected city officials other than the mayor and the controller.»

Although the amount of the settlement was never made public, the funds were provided by the Congressional Office of Compliance, an agency set up in 1995 to resolve labor and other disputes, including sexual - harassment complaints, brought by congressional staffers against lawmakers.

UFT lawyers argue that «while charter schools may receive some funding from private entities, they are overwhelmingly funded by public tax dollars and they are subject to the disclosure requirements applicable to government agencies under the New York state Freedom of Information Law.»

The proposed budget provides no funding for the Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness, established in 2000 to strengthen bioterrorism and emergency preparedness by linking academic expertise to state and local health agencies.

«The agency's move meant that six federal agencies that provide the bulk of the nation's basic research funding now have public access policies required by a 2013 White House order.

Public and private funding agencies in the United States, a nation whose prosperity has been generated in no small part by the infusion of human talent from all over the world, have a special responsibility to support these critical efforts.

Singer said that Ebola czar Ron Klain has the right idea for fixing the system by creating a public health emergency management agency, which «would have the funding and expertise to respond to the increasing number of infectious disease crises.»

The fight over mandating free access to papers based on research funded by taxpayer dollars is again heating up in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, lawmakers discussed expanding the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) «public access» policy to other science - funding agencies.

Public access was boosted in late 2007, when Congress passed a bill making it compulsory for scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to deposit their papers in the agency's PubMed Central archive within 12 months of publication.

The study was funded by the Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency, now known as Public Health England.

AAAS, as a nonprofit publisher, supports the NIH public access policy, and so we make all content freely available on our site after 12 months, or immediately in the case of papers with significant public health implications, or if required by the author's funding agency.

Instead, the agency will work with the Department of Energy (DOE) to create a repository for NSF - funded papers by using an existing DOE system called PAGES (Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science).

Their concerns have been sparked by two simultaneous developments: increasing public criticism by key Republicans of research funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a congressional power shift that has placed many vocal so - called climate change sceptics and opponents of environmental regulations in positions of power.

The situation was recently made public in news reports and has led to calls for stronger powers by funding agencies in Canada to discipline researchers who engage in the practice.

The study was funded by the United States Agency for International Development by cooperative agreements with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), and the saving newborn lives program by Save the Children (US) with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The 2015 mid-term evaluation report of LABEX IAST resulted in a very positive assessment by the international jury: «This is a high - risk, high - potential project that can lead to transformative research in the long term, Intersection between economics, biology, psychology, and other fields, perfectly suited for funding by a public research agency.

Run - to - Quit is a partnership of Canadian Cancer Society and Running Room with funding by Public Health Agency of Canada.

Governor sought to redistribute adult - education funds, with competitive bidding by nonprofit agencies, public schools, and private contractors for $ 240 million in funds.

Initiated in 1991 by a Minnesota law allowing private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate schools if authorized by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter schools.

Prior to 1998, public universities in England were fully funded by local education agencies and the national government such that college was completely tuition - free for full - time domestic students.

The agency tasked with implementing the state's K - 12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by lawmakers last week by eliminating more than 50 jobs, many of which are devoted...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

The landscape of subsidized OST programs includes those operated by public schools and public charter schools; those run by District government agencies, such as the Department of Parks and Recreation; and those organized by non-school entities that receive public funding, such as community based providers (CBOs).

The agency tasked with implementing the state's K - 12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by lawmakers last week by eliminating more than 50 jobs, many of which are devoted to helping struggling schools.

The State of Utah Office of Education offers a typical definition of a private school: «A school that is controlled by an individual or agency other than a governmental entity, which is usually supported primarily by other than public funds, and the operation of whose program rests with someone other than publicly elected or appointed officials.»

Consider this: according to Education Resource Group and data from the Texas Education Agency, aggregate public education funding from all sources over the past 14 years has increased by $ 70 billion more than the increase necessary to fully fund the growth in enrollment and inflation combined over this period, even when adding a factor for the increase in special needs students.

The program will be supported by an initial investment of $ 15 million in public funds from both agencies over three years.

The Children's Trust is by statute (Section 125.901 (2)(a)(3)-RRB- required to allocate and provide funds for other agencies in the county which are operated for the benefit of children, provided they are not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the public school system.

The suit challenges the constitutionality of California's «agency shop» law, which violates the First Amendment by forcing public school teachers to fund controversial, political, an ideological issues they disagree with.

Its mission is to focus public tax dollars on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any other means.»