Sentences with phrase «issue during the administration»

The study highlighted the fact that 94 % of school districts indicated that they «experienced some type of technology issue during the administration of the test and that almost half of all districts reported that 20 percent or more of the students in their district were impacted by technology problems.

Energy Efficiency Standards: The Department of Energy set a goal of reducing carbon pollution by 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030 through energy conservation standards issued during this Administration.

Not exact matches

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

President Trump took to Twitter again Wednesday to call claims that his campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 election a «hoax» and laid out a checklist of issues his administration is working on.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

The United States and China had clashed on issues from cybersecurity to trade in the final years of the Obama administration, although they had struck a landmark climate deal during Barack Obama's 2014 visit to Beijing that served as a prelude to the Paris climate accord.

Rogers, who worked with the Obama administration during the planning of his first inauguration in 2009, will become Director of the Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a job that includes working with outside religious groups and acting as the top White House official on religious issues.

During his administration, Jewish hostility to Rome was greatly inflamed by the civic privileges issue.

Christian and Jewish leaders addressed issues of genetic research during President Jimmy Carter's administration, promoting a report called Splicing Life, issued by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

The Connecticut Department of Education issued regulations to implement the law: Administration of Medications by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before - and After - School Programs and School Readiness Programs.

Former President Bill Clinton addressed global issues and briefly touched on his wife's failed presidential campaign last night during an appearance at LIU Post in Brookville, where he also discussed the administration of the man who defeated her.

Wednesday's decision reverses memos issued by the Obama administration during the past two years saying that prohibiting transgender students from using facilities that reflect with their gender identity violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

Not one of the questioners during the nearly four - hour hearing seemed to indicate that they would vote against a mayoral control extension, even though a few senators asked de Blasio pointed questions about the various investigations circling his administration and other disparate education issues.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

One source familiar with the matter said Neal Kwatra, Schneiderman's chief of staff, raised the issue in late January and early February with Steven Cohen, Cuomo's top aide during his four years as attorney general and the first six months of his gubernatorial administration.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that he is asking the Obama administration to issue a major disaster declaration for nine Western New York counties that sustained significant damage during last month's snowstorm and subsequent flooding.

Our panel discusses the issues they see as most in play during the Trump administration.

It wasn't Cuomo's first - ever foray into the issue, as an administration official noted: There was also Cuomo's 2009 investigation of a private college for misreporting sexual assaults, which took place during his time as attorney general.

MacKay, as you'll recall, issued a personal statement in support of gay marriage during the lead - up to the vote that was highly orchestrated by the Cuomo administration.

Pence said that his party lost its way on the issue of fiscal discipline during the Bush administration.

I think there's also been some miscommunication and we want to resolve it,» Mr. de Blasio said at an unrelated press conference at City Hall today when asked whether his administration had dropped the ball on the issue by not making it a priority during his negotiations with Albany.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced an agreement with the Department of Justice that addresses issues raised regarding conditions of confinement at the county's jail and penitentiary complex that arose during the administration of former County Executive Andrew Spano.

He said formal collaboration on environmental issues in the region dates back at least as far as 1983, during the Reagan administration, when bilateral cooperation was called on to assure healthy air quality, develop appropriate management of hazardous and other waste, and control water - borne pathogens.

However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in 1971 that DES was linked with a rare cancer of the vagina and cervix in female children of women who took the drug during pregnancy.

What seems more likely is that a Trump administration will be weak on many policy issues, especially those such as education that it paid little attention to during the campaign.

Washington education circles are spinning with talk about The Big Issue, namely what will become of the Department of Education during the administration of a President who has vowed to «dismantle» it.

The Council of the Great City Schools issued an «open letter» to the next president of the United States during its annual conference here last month, outlining its priorities and hopes for the new administration.

In his 10 years as president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1955 - 65, during his tenure as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Johnson Administration, and recently, as chairman of Common Cause and Independent Sector, Mr. Gardner has developed a keen perception of shifts in public attitudes toward major social issues.

Our panel discusses the issues they see as most in play during the Trump administration.

While civil rights debates have not been the most vocal issue of the administration during the last four years, do not be surprised if the next four years are built around subtle strides towards an attempt to achieve educational equality.

So this year Bundy's students wrote papers on the space race, the civil rights movement and other prominent issues in 1960s America during Kennedy's administration.

Duncan's remarks came during a Senate committee hearing about No Child Left Behind waivers the administration has issued to 34 states and the District of Columbia since 2012.

The proposal comes as Duncan and the Obama administration embark on a second term, where criticism over much of the education spending and program goals during the president's first four years in office remains an issue among many Congressional leaders.

It is issued during a time of complex political and legal circumstances and seeks to understand how a variety of factors — including the Parents Involved ruling and the transition to a U.S. Department of Education led by the Obama Administration — have influenced federally - funded magnet programs.

Resist the temptation to pour significant energy into discussions with colleagues and your administration about school - wide issues, at least during your first year in the classroom.

Interestingly, considering how much attention public education issues received during the recent gubernatorial campaign, this vital topic did not get much play in Malloy's speech, although the governor — who once said that he didn't mind schools teach to the test, «as long as test scores went up,» — did proudly proclaim that his first term accomplishments include that fact that his administration had «raised test scores» in Connecticut.

Education reform in K - 12 schools has become politically fraught, dividing teachers unions, one of which endorsed Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, from Democrats in the Obama administration over issues such as teacher tenure, performance evaluations and school accountability.

In addition to the tarmac delay rule, the Department has issued other rulemakings during the Obama Administration that have encouraged carriers to improve their on - time performance.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed civil penalties totaling $ 183,800 and issued a Notice of Probable Violation and a Proposed Compliance Order to Kinder Morgan - Wink Pipeline, LP for possible violations of Federal pipeline safety regulations discovered during an integrated inspection of the operator's Wink pipeline system in Texas.

«Almost universally, Board members recognize that there is an issue of «community» confidence in the Board related to fundamental policy and financial decisions that were made during the tenure of the previous administration.»

«California is running out of options to deal with the fact that it has basically been relying on more water than it has long - term access to,» warned David Hayes, a former U.S. Interior Department official who was the Obama administration's point man on Western water issues during the president's first term.

The report was issued in October 2000 — still during the Clinton administration.

Environmental groups ran ads in Alaskan newspapers during the Obama administration's Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic in Anchorage to draw attention to the issue.

During the presidential campaign, an Obama adviser indicated that the administration would allow about 18 months for Congress to act on the issue first.

Marsha Blackburn, a congressional representative from Gore's home state of Tennessee, tackled him over the issue in April during a subcommittee debate in Congress on the Obama administration's proposed cap - in - trade system for curbing emissions.

During the 2016 elections the group developed a platform that was strong enough to articulate the issue of climate change and take on a Trump administration, according to their website.

The Forest Service acknowledged the impact of climate change in a 2015 report, issued during the Obama administration.

But evidence the issue has fallen out of favor during the Scott administration is apparent.

According to a letter sent by GM to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the issue with the airbags stems from an incorrect part used in the airbag inflator, which can cause the airbag to rupture during deployment.