Sentences with phrase «large federal investment»

It will require a large federal investment in partnerships with states.

Across the country, momentum is building for a large federal investment in early childhood education.

A large federal investment to fund the Strong Start Act would not be duplicative of existing programs.

The time has come for a large federal investment to spur expansion in state preschool programs.

This large federal investment provided a significant boost to bringing diverse quality initiatives together across the state.

The time has come for a large federal investment to spur expansion in state preschool programs.

One of the arguments for such a large federal investment in research is that it will lead to new and more effective treatments for diseases — leading to reduced healthcare costs, leading to more disposable income, leading to economic prosperity and the continued unbridled freedom of American citizens to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Test scores, graduation rates and college enrollment were no different in schools that received money through the School Improvement Grants program — the largest federal investment ever targeted to failing schools — than in schools that did not.

The school improvement grants mark the largest federal investment ever targeted at failing schools.

President Johnson delivered the largest federal investment in education with the enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

NACEP Executive Director Adam Lowe Joins Secretary Duncan for Announcement on the Largest Federal Investment in Dual and Concurrent Enrollment to Date

Buoyed by the policies established and extended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the largest federal investment in clean tech in American history, the clean energy industry has experienced precipitous growth, as documented by Mark Muro and colleagues at the Brookings Metro program in their recent «Sizing the Clean Economy» report.

Two recent large federal investments in services for pregnant women and young children fuel the expansion of home visiting services and present opportunities and challenges to the existing early childhood service delivery systems at the state and local levels.

Not exact matches

Bogle: I think you could have a federal statute requiring investment advisors large and small, institutions and individuals in the profession, to observe a fiduciary duty around things like reasonable costs, good corporate governance, and conflicts of interest.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and several large investment U.S. banks met on Sept. 12, 2008 to discuss an emergency liquidation of Lehman Brothers in an attempt to stabilize the markets.

In 2008, Fir Tree joined the hedge funds that are part of the Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico to support the investment bank in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, an entity that took refuge in Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Law, the largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States and a symbol of the global financial crisis.

Member companies employ 1.4 million Canadians, account for more than half the value of the Toronto Stock Exchange, contribute the largest share of federal corporate taxes, and are responsible for most of Canada's exports, corporate philanthropy, and private - sector investments in research and development.

He's got a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, he's a CFA charterholder, and he's worked at the Federal Reserve bank in Atlanta, and he currently works in the research department of a large investment manager here in San Francisco.

Our 150 member companies employ 1.7 million Canadians, account for more than half the value of the Toronto Stock Exchange, contribute the largest share of federal corporate taxes, and are responsible for most of Canada's exports, corporate philanthropy, and private - sector investments in research and development.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

The largest agricultural investment under the federal government's new significant investment visa program has been made.

It's one of the largest investments in Rochester by the state and federal governments in recent years.

The state will put in roughly $ 29.1 billion toward that overall five - year investment goal; other large pieces would come from the federal government ($ 24.8 billion) and the private sector ($ 15.4 billion).

Advocates say it's rare to see such a large state investment to benefit a federal facility.

«Those were all spurred, in large part, by federal investments that are manifesting themselves now,» said Higgins.

Federal funders that have made significant investments include the National Science Foundation, through its Science of Learning Centers program, which offers awards for large - scale centers dedicated to the science of learning, and the Department of Education's Institute for Education Sciences, which funds neuroscience projects related to education.

[ii] The question facing policymakers and the public is not whether eliminating tuition at public colleges for most families will have a positive effect, but whether it is the best use of a large new federal investment in higher education.

Indeed, less than a year before the Coleman Report's release, President Lyndon Johnson had signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4 billion.

The federal government's largest investment in postsecondary education and training is through the federal Pell Grant program, which supplies more than $ 6 billion to help needy students pay for college tuition.

Federal officials warned schools to spend the money quickly and avoid recurring costs because there wouldn't be equally large investments in the future.

While making a notably larger investment in public education, the federal percentage of total school allocations still accounts for less than 10 percent of most state public school budgets, though that amount may vary from state to state.

The federal government has an ambitious goal of connecting 99 percent of America's students to high - speed broadband and wireless in their schools by 2018; at the state level, more than $ 2 billion has been allocated to support technology infrastructure improvement in schools (US Department of Education 2013; California Department of Education 2013, 2014, 2015).2 In spite of these investments, a large number of schools need significant infrastructure upgrades (Gao 2015).

In the two years since Congress made the federal government's largest one - time investment in public schools, change has rippled through classrooms from coast to coast.

Federal grant funds that otherwise might be required to support these large projects can then be redirected toward smaller but critical infrastructure investments.

The TIFIA program maximizes limited federal resources to deliver large infrastructure investments.

This program offers the sponsors of large transportation projects a new tool to leverage limited Federal resources, stimulate additional investment in our Nation's infrastructure, and encourage greater private sector participation in meeting our transportation needs.

The federal tax code is 74,000 pages long, so it's clear that there are going to be a large variety of ways to game the system with your investments.

But when you look at today's levels of federal investment in R&D (and large - scale demonstration) in energy sciences, compared to levels on other fronts that have mattered to society, do you see that as remotely sufficient?

This is important, market - driven progress on climate, which API and its member companies consider an important issue for constructive engagement — engagement that also is seen in approximately $ 90 billion in oil and natural gas industry investments in zero - and low - emissions technologies since 2000, nearly as much as the federal government and more than twice that of the next largest industry sector.

Currently in Step 2, CSE, SoCalGas and PG&E are compensating large - scale energy storage projects at $ 0.40 per Wh for projects that have not qualified for the federal investment tax credit (ITC), or at $ 0.29 / Wh for those that have.

But, given the host of competing problems — a deep economic recession, the urgent need for health care reform, geopolitical instabilities in the Middle East and elsewhere, soaring federal debt, and so on — selling the electorate on a set of fundamental changes in the way we consume and produce energy in the short run — and congressional appropriators on making the large investments needed to bring these changes about in the long run — will be a tough task, even for Barack Obama and his newly appointed team of highly competent advisers, and a Congress that has given every indication that it will take up and give priority to climate legislation.

I don't have a problem with these large companies because they make solar available to people who either don't want to make any investment in solar or do not have the federal income tax liability to be able to get benefit out of the 30 % solar tax credit.

Below are the authors» 2.5 - page New Republic article, which gives a good presentation of their overall approach, plus (of interest to those who are skeptical about the need for large public investment), excerpts from a San Francisco Chronicle story showing how four generations of technological innovations in Silicon Valley — radio, vacuum tubes transistors and chips — all could NOT have happened without massive federal funds, mostly from the Defense Department.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

Dennis has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State Director of Public Prosecutions, as well some of the largest law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department of Justice, the Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.

The federal government would face pressure to move in similar directions to the US, not only to retain investment and jobs, but simply to reap the gains of having a tax system aligned with that of our largest trading partner.

The Whitepaper proposes an approach (the «SAFT Approach») to facilitate investments in utility tokens by venture capital firms, hedge funds, and large holders of cryptocurrencies that supposedly is consistent with U.S. federal securities laws.

With the effective nationalization of a large chunk of America's automobile manufacturers (and a corresponding investment in Canada by our federal government), policy makers have made it clear that guidelines and potentially new regulations will be implemented in the auto industry.

Some have large financial implications, such as the United States» required federal withholding tax, called the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA).

• Use federal policy tools to attract more private investment in infrastructure projects so that new large - scale improvements can be privately financed and paid for by users.