Sentences with phrase «government agency decisions»

The American Lung Association has received $ 24.7 million in EPA grants over the past 15 years and $ 43 million overall via a total of 591 federal grants, for applauding and promoting government agency decisions.

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State government agency Tourism WA will have greater input into decisions on liquor licence applications, after Premier Mark McGowan today announced a series of regulatory reforms and red tape cuts.

Industry Minister Tony Clement has set off a firestorm of controversy with the government's decision to ax the mandatory long - form census from Statistics Canada, which caused the head of the national polling agency to resign in protest.

Our decisions about credence goods can also be helped by third parties, such as government agencies, professional associations, and the media.

Jack Landskroner, a lawyer for Brown's family, said they plan to evaluate all the information from government agencies investigating the crash «before making any decisions or taking any position on these matters.»

The decision to terminate CIDA as an independent agency of the federal government was not mentioned in Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget speech on March 21.

The Federal Reserve is an «off - budget» government agency in order to maintain its autonomy when making policy decisions.

Mr. Klein is senior scientist at MacroCognition, a firm in Washington, D.C., that works with companies and government agencies to improve their decision making.

The Chinese government's media arm, the Xinhua News Agency, has defended regulators» recent decision to outlaw token sales, or ICOs, and the voluntary closure of bitcoin exchanges that followed.

Following on the British government's decision in favour of promoting English rather than Oriental or Vernacular education in India, and to seek the help of private agencies in the task, the Missions started Christian colleges for imparting education in Western culture and modern science with the teaching of English literature at the centre of secular courses and spiritually interpreted by the teaching of Christian Scripture.

Furthermore, the Obama administration has been pushing the agenda vigorously, with the federal government now aligning all agency policies in line with the Windsor decision - even extending to areas the decision was never intended to reach.

Catholic News Agency: Domino's founder sues over contraception mandate Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.

In both her logorrheic memoirs, Hillary Clinton writes in the anodyne crisis mode of a government spokesman during an agency meltdown — carefully and dryly, never conceding wrongdoing and always interpreting past decisions in the best possible light.

Donor governments and agencies are continuously making decisions which country to assist, how much and what for, because aid needs are much larger than available aid.

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

This, combined with the coalition's decisions to abolish Regional Development Agencies, the 27 per cent of cuts to local government services and cuts to higher education funding, leaves the arts at serious risk.

«In fact, the need for government confidentiality may be at its zenith when a law enforcement agency is undertaking a covert investigation of individuals or organizations, where the lives of the public, cooperators and undercover officers may hang precariously in the balance,» Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote in the majority decision.

The Adirondack Park's leading environmental groups and local government officials supported the Adirondack Park Agency's decision to classify the 20,530 - acre Boreas Ponds tract as a mix of Wilderness and Wild Forest.

If any other government department or agency was having the majority of its decisions overturned on appeal, they would be put into special measures.

«This explains the boundless joy that greeted the decision of the Federal Government to establish the Nigeria Maritime University at Okerenkoko, facilitated by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) with a temporary site at Kurutie, having satisfied the requirements of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

However, the report announced that Government do not propose to make any decisions on reshaping the existing Highways Agency Board until the feasibility study has completed, but DfT do accept a more strategic role for the Department is required.

Governor's language does not protect church - related agencies from denial of funding by state and local government agencies to provide charitable and health services, or allow them to make hiring and benefits decisions based on religious beliefs.

In a judgment dismissing the claim, Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Ondo State vs Attorney General of the Federation and 36 Others (2002), that ICPC had a statutory duty to investigate allegations of corrupt practices made against any person or authority in Nigeria and that neither the claimants nor the court has the discretion to stop a statutory agency of government from performing its duties.

The decision by the ratings agency Moody's to downgrade the UK's AAA credit rating, is unwelcome news for the Government.

It uses data to help Rockland County, among other government agencies, make the best decisions when it comes to things such as budget cuts, large purchases, saving taxpayer dollars and more.

Speaking at a sensitization and engagement initiative held at Abule Egba Secretariat of Lagos State branch of NURTW, Coordinator of Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), an agency under the State's Ministry of Justice, Titilola Vivour - Adeniyi said the decision of government to partner with the association was in line with the mandate of the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to explore all available channels to rid the State the menace.

The state does not have the power to override the federal government's decisions, but opponents believe a risk assessment that showed potential harm could persuade the federal agencies to change their minds.

The plan, being developed with not - for - profit legal groups, is to file an Article 78 challenge, which is a means of fighting official decisions from government agencies.

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.

«Here, the instructions did not convey to the jury that an official action must be a decision or action on a matter involving the formal exercise of government power akin to a lawsuit, hearing, or agency determination,» Cabranes wrote.

Paula Wang, who has volunteered for more than 25 years with the Audubon Naturalist Society, noted that water - quality data collected by trained volunteers has been provided to county government agencies in Maryland, informing a decision to halt development in the watershed of Montgomery County's cleanest stream, Wang said.

The OMB has an opportunity, the letter said, to work with the heads of government agencies to ensure they are «basing their decisions, communications, policies and regulations on the best scientific evidence.

The multi-society letter called on the OMB to work with leaders of government agencies to back the use of the best scientific evidence in their decision - making and to see that federal agencies support scientists doing the work required to «produce the knowledge upon which the nation relies.»

Researchers investigating decision - making in health care quality and defense, for example, will find significant interest and funding from U.S. government agencies.

The committee that conducted the study and wrote the report recommended actions the FDA, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and health - related organizations should take — which include promoting more judicious prescribing of opioids, expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, preventing more overdose deaths, weighing societal impacts in opioid - related regulatory decisions, and investing in research to better understand the nature of pain and develop non-addictive alternatives.

President Barack Obama has said he will make a final decision on whether to allow the pipeline connecting Canada's oil sands region to Texas refiners and several government agencies had been given until the end of May to weigh in.

The report highlighted one case in point in which scientific evidence was overlooked: a decision by the U.K. government's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in May of this year to grant its first license for a homeopathic medicine called arnica.

The report is meant to inform future research directions as well as funding decisions by strategic partners that could include government agencies and the private sector.

They also consulted with various government agencies before making their decision.

Federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, state government officials and commercial interests all play a role in the decision - making process.

But, she adds, «agency adjudicative decisions must be consistent with government - wide standards established by OPM.

TOKYO — As Japan's nuclear power plant crisis entered its seventh day, Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said it would be «unrealistic to think this accident will not impact decisions by governments» on the use of nuclear power.

197 The specification lever provides four main tools for OMB influence: it must (1) apportion agency spending; (2) approve requests to transfer or reprogram funds; (3) approve requests to defer or rescind funds; and (4) oversee decisions regarding a government shutdown in the event of a failure to reach a budget agreement.

Big - government opponents often focus on its expense and power to compel, but Wallison argues it can be undemocratic and unconstitutional: Regulatory agencies are empowered to make crucial policy decisions, craft rules with the weight of law, and implement behemoth programs.

They construct an image of parents who need the help of school administrators and government agencies, and, if left to their own devices, would make ill - informed decisions that are not motivated by school quality.

Our hope is to make this tool publicly available so that governments and agencies can track children's development globally over time, and make more informed decisions about how to allocate scarce resources to benefit the largest number of children.

When the government agencies provide incomplete or misleading data, they deprive taxpayers of the ability to make informed decisions, undermining democracy itself.

At the Institute for Global Ethics, we provide a wide range of services and tools to foster informed ethical decision - making for corporations, government agencies, schools, and not for profit organizations.

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The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.