Sentences with phrase «led federal efforts»

In this role, Mr. Jennings led federal efforts to promote the safety, health and well being of America's students.

In those roles, he solidified DHS» central role in the federal government's cyber security efforts, and led the federal effort to secure civilian government networks and assist the private sector in securing critical infrastructure systems.

The NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people.

As assistant secretary of education and counselor to U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards.

In 1991, Lamar Alexander, the first President Bush's secretary of education, made her an assistant secretary, a post she used to lead a federal effort to promote the creation of state and national academic standards.

As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards.

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The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

The Fight for $ 15, a worldwide effort to raise wages and strengthen unions, has successfully led to better pay in many places since its launch in 2012, and a proposed federal minimum wage of $ 15 an hour was part of the Democratic Party platform in 2016.

And as federal agencies have been drawn into an ever - growing role in the cryptocurrency boom, their efforts to guard their digital gold have led to surprises, stumbles, and sometimes sin.

The report also recommends installing a federal chief information officer to lead modernization efforts.

Google and four other companies are leading efforts to form a coalition to urge federal action for the adoption of self - driving cars.

That research led to improved gearbox designs, reducing the overall cost of wind energy and showing how collaborative industry efforts and federal support for R&D can resolve performance challenges.

Charles Jefferson is being promoted to the new position of Vice President, Federal and International Public Policy, and will lead all federal and international advocacy eFederal and International Public Policy, and will lead all federal and international advocacy efederal and international advocacy efforts.

As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new partnership with charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, the private sector and local, state and tribal governments to reduce food loss and waste in order to improve overall food security and conserve our nation's natural resources.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

Meanwhile FEMA Adminstrator Brock Long named Justo Hernández as the Federal Coordinating Officer to lead the recovery effort for Hurricane Irma in the affected areas.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would review a bill that would prohibit New York state and local police from participating in immigration enforcement efforts with federal law enforcement, a measure that passed the Democratic - led Assembly this week.

In the position, Curran will help lead the council's efforts in studying proposed transportation projects in the region and submit them for federal grants.

Nassau Executive Laura Curran will help lead efforts in studying proposed transit projects in the region and submit them for federal grants.

What: As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Rangel will be leading the way in New York's efforts to secure federal funding from Washington.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

State and federal investigations that threaten to ensnare SUNY Polytechnic Institute already are having an impact on regional economic development efforts and the photonics initiative that the institution is charged with leading.

«At these visits, the Vice President will lead high - level delegations of the Federal Government that will interact with leaders and representatives of the oil - producing communities in continuation of ongoing outreach efforts of the Buhari administration towards a long lasting and permanent resolution of the Niger Delta crisis.

Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo met at Trump Tower, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Kaminsky's campaign has run hard on the ethics issue as well as his resume as a former federal prosecutor who successfully led the effort to convict former Sen. Pedro Espada.

Nigeria Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is set to lead a high - power delegation of the Federal Government to many communities in as part of the outreach efforts towards resolving the militancy in the region

In the weeks leading up to the 2014 election, the state Democratic Party paid for pro-Malloy mass mailings with about $ 250,000 from its «federal account» — which is intended to pay for campaign efforts on behalf of candidates for federal office such as Congress.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and Utica Mayor David Roefaro today announced that the City of Utica will receive a $ 2 million grant as part of the federal stimulus package, opening a new chapter in the county - city partnership to reduce lead exposure in the City of Utica by funding efforts to abate lead in some 190 rental and... Read more

Town Supervisor Neil Bettez said there has been growing support for the law among New Paltz residents who contend the federal government, led by President Donald Trump, is not concerned about the impact on families of deportation efforts.

President - elect Donald Trump and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo met at Trump Tower Wednesday morning, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

«These important federal resources support efforts that combine awareness with action to identify and remove hazards so we can better protect children from the devastating effects of lead poisoning.»

Those include an effort to encourage people to participate in the 2020 federal census and a program, to be led by a newly created chief democracy officer, to get more people to register to vote.

We are proud that Rockland County is leading the nation with this innovative program and we're proud that the federal government has recognized our efforts.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY), who helped lead the effort to establish the Tubman Home park, says it could also get federal funding for the country's centennial celebration of women gaining the right to vote.

The press conference also featured Dr. Claressa Lucas of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and Dr. Jasen Kunz of the National Center for Environmental Health — who will lead the federal Center for Disease Control team dispatched to assist in the anti-Legionnaire's effort.

Transportation emissions threaten to undercut blue states» climate goals, raising questions about their ability to lead U.S. climate efforts at a time when the federal government is rolling back environmental regulations.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

Last summer, Biden launched the Biden Cancer Initiative along with his wife Dr. Jill Biden to continue, outside the federal government, an effort he has led since 2016 to speed advances in cancer research and care.

These efforts, led by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), are being driven not by a federal mandate, but by a desire to improve patient care, says R. Lawrence Moss, MD, corresponding author of this new study and surgeon - in - chief at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

In addition to his commitment to updating federal chemical safety regulations, Dooley has led efforts urging Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the best available science and technology are at the foundation of government science and risk assessment programs.

NEW ORLEANS — Vice President Biden called on the nation's leading cancer researchers to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease by sharply boosting collaborations and data sharing and by giving him advice on how to make the federal government a forceful ally in the anti-cancer effort.

In addition, we must emphasize that the Common Core has long been a state - led effort, and the federal government has had no role in the creation of these academic standards.

Efforts led by the Ed - Fi Alliance, the Access for Learning Community, and the federal government's Common Education Data Standards program, all aim to promote common sets of data standards.

First, House Education Committee chairman John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio and longtime proponent of education reform, expressed doubts about the federal government's role in leading the high - school reform effort.

The experience in the 1950s and 1960s definitely led to the prohibition of such efforts in federal statutes — prohibitions that the Obama administration has violated in recent years by endorsing national curriculum standards and funding national tests and national curriculum frameworks together with related teaching materials and lesson plans.

Led by the federal government, the country is in the midst of a massive effort to make affordable high - speed Internet and free online teaching resources available to even the most rural and remote schools.

She led successful 2007 efforts to require accurate developmental screening in Head Start programs and partnered with federal policymakers to ensure insurance reimbursement for such screenings.

As federal officials weigh proposals to improve the quality of mathematics and science education, a new report highlights state - led efforts to recruit new teachers into those subject areas and boost their skills through professional development programs.

She says that includes updating federal officials about the new education standards and school monitoring efforts, led by the state's division of Outreach for School Improvement, which Ritz created last year.

Hence, while it seems that the residual effects of the federal governments» former efforts are still dominating states» actions with regards to educational accountability, hopefully some states can at least begin to lead the way to what will likely yield the educational reform... still desired...