Sentences with phrase «highest federal priority»

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Protecting jobs in Canada should be the highest priority for the federal government when discussing a potential bailout package with automotive manufacturers, according a web poll of 115 Canadian CEOs conducted by COMPAS Inc..

Since then, fighting unemployment has become a high priority, yet federal and provincial politicians support the export of raw resources.

The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy...

Distributors must also stay on top of federal, state and local regulations as protecting the community is a high priority for Southern Eagle.

Work with private landowners, universities, and state and federal agencies to promote effective conservation practices for grassland sites, coastal barrier beaches, and other high - priority habitats.

Ms. Deacon, what specifically should the federal government be doing about the nation's infrastructure and how high of a national spending priority should it be relative to other priorities.

Those federal issues mean that an on - time budget is not Cuomo's highest priority this year, he said.

Like every government agency, NASA faces sharp cutbacks as part of the larger effort to tame the federal deficit; this was underscored in July, when the House Appropriations Committee stripped funding for the high - priority (and over-budget) James Webb Space Telescope.

The report's «highest priority recommendation,» a doubling of federal research funding, could create a «commensurate increase in the demand for researchers.»

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

Through our involvement in the Federal Monarch Butterfly High Level Working Group, the National and Tri-National Monarch Science Partnership, and the Monarch Joint Venture, we are advancing the science and practice of monarch conservation, and shaping state, national, and international monarch conservation priorities.

Specifically, for students who had attended public schools deemed to be failing before the students took part in the voucher program — a high - priority target for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test scores.

In a landmark report to the Australian Federal Government (2000), based on data from interviews with over 500 parents, the authors reported that «Parents place a higher priority on receiving information about their children's progress than any other type of information they receive from schools.»

The state also has made attendance a priority: In its plan to comply with a new federal education law, Washington will track schools with high rates of chronic absenteeism.

Shifting policy and fiscal priorities of the federal and state governments are damaging public higher education, the presidents of 16 public colleges and universities warned at a press conference here last week.

Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.

States» applications to secure one of the federal grants will be scored on the basis of more than 30 selection criteria, involving such education improvement priorities as school turnaround, teacher and principal effectiveness, and encouragement of high - quality charter schools.

This means establishing common priorities, removing red tape that hinders cross-sector partnerships, and creating coherence across federal legislation, including ESSA, the Perkins Act, the Higher Education Act, and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Congress needs to know that NCLB replacement is still the highest federal education priority and educators are waiting for lawmakers to see this through.

One of my highest priorities is to help ensure that Federal laws and policies can support these reforms and not hinder State and local innovation aimed at increasing the quality of instruction and improving student academic achievement.

In contrast the privately funded non-profit HCZ, promise zones are high poverty urban, rural and tribal communities designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D) to connect and partner with local leaders and receive federal funding aimed at «improving educational opportunities, leveraging private investment, increasing economic activity, reducing violent crimes, enhancing public health and addressing other communal priorities.»

Meléndez is the highest ranking official from the Department of Education to ever address the Federal Relations Conference, and while NAESP's priorities are not always reflected in the Department of Education's proposals, we appreciate this department's outreach efforts and willingness to invite organizations such as ours to the discussion table.

Since joining the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in 2005, she has led the launch of many high - priority, complex programs and initiatives including Federal Spending Transparency, the Department - wide Internal Control Program, and most recently, completing a three - year phased approach to implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act being one of the first cabinet level agencies to submit data files prior to the reporting deadline.

For example, states and localities that have secured some funding or financing of their own for infrastructure projects will be given higher priority access to new federal funds.

high priority activities and projects to improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with federal commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; and

Priority consideration for other discretionary funds such as Federal Perkins Loans and Federal Work Study funds will be given to students who meet the priority filing deadline and also have a pre-determined high need level.

When it comes down to a choice between federal and private student loans, the federal ones should almost always be higher in priority.

Neither the IRS or federal student loan programs consider any other financial obligations as a higher priority than their repayment.

«Making higher education more accessible and affordable for students is a priority of» Republican Lynn Jenkins who went on to list «grants, federal student loans, and competitive scholarships» as important tools to pay for school according to her education page.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

When it comes to high net worth estate planning with life insurance, ensuring that the estate has liquidity to pay debts, facilitate a buyout of a family business OR pay federal estate taxes is often the first priority.

It's time for the federal government to make animal protection a much higher priority interest, and I think the creation of the White House liaison would be very important because there are so many different programs related to animals.

The Budget advances infrastructure modernization initiatives like... a new federal commitment to high speed rail — a priority that also received funding from the Recovery Act.

A 20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply

The bill gives top priority for federal transportation and development dollars throughout the state to high density urban centers in a bid to drastically cut down on driving.

Adequate funding for the federal Legal Services Corporation is one of the ABA's highest legislative priorities.

However, now that there's a federal Liberal majority, it remains to be seen how high a priority the discount will remain.

Our first priority is providing clients high - quality KSA and other documents for federal government job application.

Despite this fact, local programs indicated MIECHV encouraged them to make a higher priority of outcomes included in federal legislation.

More than seven in 10 voters representing all political parties believe that tax incentives to promote homeownership are reasonable and appropriate and nearly six in 10 voters say the federal government should make it a high priority to restore the nation's housing market.