Sentences with phrase «government challenge grants»

The X-Prize is a good example of a pull mechanism, as are government Challenge Grants and social impact bonds.

Not exact matches

After the Court granted the Government's petition for leave to serve the summons, managing partner of Berns Weiss LLP and Coinbase customer Jeffrey K. Berns filed a motion challenging the summons, arguing that the IRS had no legitimate purpose in seeking the requested records, that enforcement of the summons would constitute an abuse of process, and that the categories of requested documents were overbroad.

The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) who is standing trial over allegations of illegal possession of arms before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has filed a Preliminary Objection challenging the application by the Federal Government to revoke the bail earlier granted to him by the court.

He said that while the current agitation for local government autonomy enjoys a degree of support among Nigerians, granting the LGs autonomy with highly limited economic potential is more likely to complicate rather than resolve the challenges confronting them.

Each of the arms of government can check each other but not in the way of the President or any other person saying after a court of law has delivered a judgment and set free an accused person on bail, after looking at the various factor for the grant of bail, including severity of the punishment, including the weight of the alleged crime, including whether the accused person would jump bail or not, including whether you would produce surety or not, including whether he has health challenges or not, and the court has finally weighed all these and decided that the accused person must go on bail upon fulfillment of certain condition of bail.

Mr Mohammed Diri, lawyer to the federal government, at the last resumed hearing of the suit, told the court that a notice of appeal has been lodged at the Court of Appeal challenging the judgment of the court granting bail to the former National Security Adviser.

Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.

The amicus brief argues that the DOJ denying sanctuary cities the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, a prominent federal funding source for local enfacement agencies, is against federal law, seizes local control in public safety policy and «poses serious challenges for local governments.»

I raised the funds through grants from government and nonprofit programs, but the biggest challenge was that, to make a park, I had to walk the area and decide where the boundary should be.

The study was funded by Saving Lives at Birth transition grant (USAID, Gates Foundation, Government of Norway, Grand Challenges Canada, and the World Bank) and Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.

Without a large government grant, Beall knew that no academic team could take on this challenge.

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) cites challenges that states and districts face when implementing the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, which funds reforms in low - performing schools.

Up to $ 35 million in TIGER II planning grants and up to $ 40 million in HUD Sustainable Community Challenge Grants were sought by approximately 900 applicants at all levels of government across the cogrants and up to $ 40 million in HUD Sustainable Community Challenge Grants were sought by approximately 900 applicants at all levels of government across the coGrants were sought by approximately 900 applicants at all levels of government across the country.

Challenging — that's the word that best describes the stringent application process necessary when applying for a personal government grant.

Given this year's challenging environment, many colleges are offering more assistance to students, such as more generous grants and direct government - backed loans with capped interest rates, such as Stafford loans.

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Employment tribunal fees: the Supreme Court also granted permission to appeal to Unison, the trade union, in its challenge to the lawfulness of the employment tribunal fees regime introduced by the coalition government.

Although a vocal minority, including Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, sought to grant Loyola an exemption outright, the majority decided to send the matter back to Quebec's education minister, challenging the government to craft programs that hold true to its laudable objectives while protecting religious freedoms.

She is currently instructed by the Government in R (oao Campaign Against Arms Trade) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which is challenging the grant of licences to export arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia for use in the conflict in Yemen.

Civil liberties groups and educators challenged this government initiative, and at the end of August 2011, a Missouri court granted a temporary injunction against the law's enforcement, insofar as it affected teacher - student communications.

The Supreme Court also granted permission to appeal to Unison, the trade union, in its challenge to the lawfulness of the employment tribunal fees regime introduced by the coalition government.

Major kudos must go to the Québec government's team of lawyers, who masterminded the challenge which resulted yesterday in the grant of a permanent injunction against the destruction of the long - gun registry data by the federal authorities.

acting in a challenge to a decision by central government to reduce in year grant allocations for a particular service,

In order to bring a court case challenging a law or government decision, an applicant must be granted «standing» either because they are personally effected by the outcome of the case or because they are well situated to bring a case on a matter of legitimate public interest.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), meanwhile, has granted the Mozambican government funds of US$ 507 million to repair and upgrade the road connecting Loagonha to Nampula.