Sentences with phrase «in federal accountability»

«While we conclude that measures of students» social - emotional learning should not be considered as a stand - alone indicator in federal accountability systems at this time, measures of school climate can provide important insights into how schools are supporting SEL.»

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a campaign to help school officials channel the flood of student data generated in federal accountability reporting and state longitudinal databases without leaking students» or teachers» private information.

After all, the government promised greater transparency and accountability in its Federal Accountability Act.

The position of PBO was created in the Federal Accountability Act of 2006, but the office was not established until March 2008.

Not exact matches

The Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline program paid at least $ 1.2 million to duplicate or deceased recipients and more than one - third of participants out of 3.5 million reviewed appeared not to be eligible, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released on Thursday.

«I won't be letting GM leadership, or federal regulators, escape accountability for these tragedies,» she said in a statement.

«Convergence and harmonization means... Canada bending its regulations or simply adopting U.S. federal regulations, and I ask the question: at what point does the narrowing of policy room to manoeuvre fundamentally compromise democratic accountability in our political system?»

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

But adding clarity about responsibility and accountability in existing ad hoc federal - provincial co-ordination mechanisms for crisis management would focus minds, help build trust and clarify accountability and promote co-operation.

DENVER — The first report in the Energy Institute's Energy Accountability Series finds that proposals from Hillary Clinton and other politicians to ban oil, gas, and coal production on federal lands and waters would cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue.

[141] On June 3, 2008, Senator Obama — along with Senators Tom Carper, Tom Coburn, and John McCain — introduced follow - up legislation: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008.

Ever since Ron Paul first introduced it in 2009, the «Federal Reserve Transparency» Act, calling for the elimination of the Federal Reserve System's exemption from certain kinds of GAO audits, has been the subject of vigorous debate between proponents of greater government accountability and champions of an independent Federal Reserve.

Most criticism of the federal lunch program in recent years has centered on health and nutrition, but documented abuses in school districts in North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere have prompted questions about accountability.

In that vein, Joe Rospars has likened the Obama analytics team to the Government Accountability Agency, which acts as an auditor and watchdog for the federal government.

In February, approximately half of the schools were taken off the struggling and persistently struggling lists after federal accountability statuses from the 2014 - 15 school year showed those schools had made progress and would not otherwise have been put on the receivership list (a few schools also closed).

In response to the United States Senate's vote to overturn the federal government's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability regulations, The Education Trust — New York issued the following statement from Executive Director Ian Rosenblum: «While it is shameful that this maneuver will cause unnecessary confusion, it does not change the fact that the law is...

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has begun contempt proceedings against the Federal Government, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and Alhaji Ahmed Idris Accountant - General of the Federation «for failing to comply with the judgment ordering publication of the spending of recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999.»

In 2016, she testified before the U.S. H.E.L.P. Senate Committee on the re-authorization of E.S.E.A. (the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) on Testing and Accountability.

A non-governmental organisation, the Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Senator...

Banks have paid $ 178 billion in penalties and settlements to the federal government since 2010, according to a report by the nonpartisan government accountability group Good Jobs First.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has proffered solution to the lingering crises in the Niger Delta region, saying Federal Government must hold Oil Companies accountable for the devastation in the region.

«If the Commission believes that the privacy protections granted by the IRS undermine accountability in the electoral process, then it should lobby Congress to make changes, but the Commission's charge does not pertain to reevaluation of those federal laws and policies,» the filing says.

Keeping independence and accountability in mind, these founders established a system whereby the President would appoint federal judges with U.S. Senate consent.

A rights advocacy group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, said it had sued the Federal Government for its failure to initiate criminal proceedings against the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, in relation to the $ 15m traced to bank accounts belonging to her.

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has «sufficient interest to bring its suit to stop...

A new report by Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how «most allegations of corruption in federal universities such as unfair allocation...

Meanwhile, when factoring in August graduates, the graduation rate grew to 82.1 percent, exceeding a federal accountability threshold established in 2010.

In line with the change agenda of the federal government of Nigeria and the «Change Begins with Me Campaign», the Nigeria Police force under my leadership is ensuring accountability by ensuring that citizens and residents of the country have a unit through which all grievances against police actions and inactions are taken and redressed.

She was national director of Washington, D.C. - based Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan organization working for «transparency and accountability» in federal, state and local governments with a focus on documenting how money is perverting democracy.

The Federal Government has been dragged to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja by the Registered Trustees of the Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project...

There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing the truth about alleged padding of the 2016 budget may soon have some answers, as the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted a bid by Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) «to seek an order of Mandamus to direct and compel the Federal Government to prosecute some principal officers of the National Assembly over allegations of padding and stealing of some N481bn from the 2016 budget.»

, who called on the Government Accountability Office to look into the federal coal leasing program in 2012, said, «Leading on climate change means leading by example in how we manage the oil, gas and coal resources that belong to the American people.»

Shore says that anyone who works with patient materials — even if they never meet a patient — has to complete an online course provided by the university explaining federal patient privacy rules as spelled out in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

The computer scientist is a doctoral candidate at the Saarland University Graduate School for Computer Science, and also a researcher at the Center for IT - Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA), one of three security research centers in Germany that are specifically funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF.

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the.In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the.in favor of the...

ACC appreciates this opportunity to provide testimony on Federal Agency use of science in the rulemaking process, and particularly on proposals for improving transparency and accountability.

The Georgetown University Office of Regulatory Affairs has developed a program of instruction in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) to promote integrity and accountability in the scientific process and to meet institutional obligations as a federal grantee institution.

GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people.

: A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report completed in January, 2012 concluded a need for strategic planning to better manage the overlap of federal STEM programs.

In this system, what passed for accountability was the ability to provide detailed reports of planned and actual spending of federal funds — in other words, a system of accounting, not of accountabilitIn this system, what passed for accountability was the ability to provide detailed reports of planned and actual spending of federal funds — in other words, a system of accounting, not of accountabilitin other words, a system of accounting, not of accountability.

In addition, the federal government was quite lax in enforcing the accountability provisions that were in the laIn addition, the federal government was quite lax in enforcing the accountability provisions that were in the lain enforcing the accountability provisions that were in the lain the law.

Likewise, in a September 3, 2003, column examining the differences between state and federal accountability systems, Winerip looked at North Carolina, where, he said, some schools that were doing just fine under the state's previous accountability system were now being flagged as needing improvement under NCLB.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Hartford on Aug. 22, argues that federal funding to Connecticut falls far short of what is needed to meet the law's testing and accountability requirements, a violation of the U.S. Constitution and provisions in the nearly 4 - year - old statute itself.

What became clear from the mark - up is that there's very little support in Congress for federal oversight of state accountability systems.

Many states need to revamp their policies for including limited - English - proficient students in state tests and accountability systems if they want to continue receiving all of their federal Title I aid, according to the Department of Education.

In its report, Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alikIn its report, Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveAccountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alikin Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveaccountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveaccountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alike.

In fact, based on what we know, federal accountability provisions will complement the most successful state practices.

NCLB, signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002, increased the federal government's role in public education adding requirements for accountability, high quality teachers,...

The legislation, which is never taken up by the Senate, would significantly water down the federal role in K - 12 accountability.