Sentences with phrase «in executive branch»

«At times of political tension, agencies in the executive branch have pressure placed on them to find something inappropriate with foreign products,» he told TechNewsWorld.

Following a directive from the Department of Homeland Security last week banning the use of Kaspersky Lab security software in the executive branch, the U.S. Senate has followed suit.

The core strength of our legal practice is the unsurpassed experience of its lawyers and policy advisors, who have worked in senior - level positions in the Executive Branch, in the Congress, in regulatory and administrative agencies, and in industry trade associations.

More troubling still, Roberts did not disavow the suggestion in an Executive branch memo he wrote that Congress could not end a war over the President's objection, and testified that whether Congress has the power to do so «depends on the circumstances.»

Rather, a regulation is created by an administrative agency (in executive branch) and has its own procedures for enactment that have nothing to do with representative democracy.

«Constitutional Avoidance in the Executive Branch,».

«With his insights from three different vantage points in the Executive Branch, Roberto will be a significant addition to the Paul, Weiss family, and we are happy to welcome him to our Washington office,» said Kenneth A. Gallo, managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office.

Although many critics have attributed these lack of protections to the country's ultra-conservative religious views, I've noted here in 2009 that legislative authority exists in the executive branch, even in countries like Saudi Arabia, to provide these protections if the political willpower existed to do so.

(6) The selection of scientists and technology professionals for positions in the executive branch should be based on their scientific and technological knowledge, credentials, experience, and integrity.

Just read an article that was complimentary of Samantha Powers and of note was her retraction of things she wrote and said while in academia; her statement was «Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch»

Thirteen political appointees all trying to please the bosses in the Executive Branch (they only get their money from Congress, see United States Budget Process if you like confusion).

While the Constitution vests tremendous foreign policy authority in the executive branch, Congress controls the purse.

This memorandum assigned the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy the responsibility of assuring the highest integrity of scientific information in the executive branch of the government.

Rather than abolish (it has been around in some form since WWII and has at times played an influential role in executive branch thinking), reform by sharpening its charter and slimming it down.

Shouldn't the AMS be * more * concerned about the intimidation that NOAA scientists might feel from those in the executive branch who directly control their careers?

MS. PERINO: Well, one, I don't know how the Democrats would do that, because they're not in the executive branch.

That said, even if one is in a policymaking capacity in the executive branch, there is typically some political affiliation that helps get that person the job.

Some of Rob Portman's political experience comes from working in the Executive Branch of the government under both the H.W. Bush and Bush Administrations, but he spent most of his time in Congress.

Here is a roundup of recent news in the housing finance industry, including the unveiling of USMI's new logo to commemorate 60 years of making homeownership possible through private mortgage insurance and housing policy developments in Congress and in the executive branch.

For some of us in the Executive Branch, spring is near when your congressional oversight committees call wanting to schedule hearings.

The Privacy Act applies only to records about individuals maintained by agencies in the executive branch of the federal government.

(b) Each department, agency, and instrumentality (including the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission) in the executive branch shall, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this ACT, submit to the Civil Service Commission and to the Committee an affirmative action program plan for the hiring, placement, and advancement of handicapped individuals in such department, agency, or instrumentality.

Since her time in the executive branch, Ravitch has become the face of a loud group of critics of what she describes as the corporatization of education policy.

The Authority is an independent unit in the Executive Branch of State Government.

With continued anti-immigrant sentiment reflected in our executive branch and now in many states as well as across the globe, school policies compel urgent curricular transformation and a renewal to a commitment toward equity, social justice, and cultural consciousness.

(Jack has done just about everything during the course of his long career EXCEPT work in the executive branch.

This year there are 281 year - long fellows: 242 fellows can be found in the executive branch, 37 in Congressional offices and committees, one in the judicial branch, and one Roger Revelle Fellow is at the World Bank.

A position in the Executive Branch of SURPAS shall become vacant upon resignation or disqualification.

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Is that gulf evident on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch?

Up to 10 fellows spend a year in Washington, D.C., working on health care policy in executive branch agencies and legislative offices.

Finalists in executive branch fellowships are invited to participate in placement week in April in Washington DC, to interview at partner agency offices interested in hosting a fellow.

And he left them with an admonition: Let no one be immune, «whether in the legislative or in the executive branch.»

««It's also good within the system, to have the checks and balances with the judiciary and anywhere in the executive branch.»

It investigates alleged ethics violations in the executive branch and regulates lobbying while the Legislature's ethics commission investigates lawmakers.

Aren't Wilson and Donovan running for positions in the executive branch?

The act gives a governor broad powers to investigate agencies in the executive branch of government — but not the Legislature.

That's also the case for agency heads in the executive branch and positions in the judicial branch.

Last month, Cuomo defended his record on transparency by noting he has created a database to show lobbyist meetings with state officials and has fought for laws requiring the disclosure of outside income by officials in the executive branch and Legislature.

«But not just there: in the executive branch, too, both in city and in state government.

Lawmakers also said Cuomo is violating the constitutional protection of separation of powers by investigating lawmakers through campaign filings they made to the Board of Elections, which is in the executive branch.

That opinion is by no means universal in the executive branch.

«There is a lot more deal - making in the legislative process than there is in the executive branch,» said Wilmot, the Common Cause official.

«Many people told me when I took the job that I would be able to get more done in the executive branch than I ever was in the legislative, and there is some truth to that.»

At the same time, he said neither lawmakers or those who work in the executive branch deserve a pay boost if a budget is not completed by the March 31 deadline.

It's a little curious why Bing, who had been considered a top contender for Rep. Carolyn Maloney's seat (should she ever leave or lose it), is leaving for a deputy post in the executive branch when other Assembly colleagues have been rewarded with bigger titles.

«There's no will for reform in the executive branch either if its dealing with issues like this, like the procurement bill,» Senator DeFrancisco countered.

Lawmakers have insisted Cuomo also support measures aimed at improving ethics in the executive branch, but Cuomo has said corruption is a problem in the legislature, not his branch.

Along those lines, I'm hearing that former budget director Art Smith and deputy executive Marshall Beckman, recently retired with generous pensions, are back in harness as «contract employees» in the executive branch.

But not just there: in the executive branch too, both in city and in state government,» Mr. Bharara said tonight.