Sentences with phrase «meets agency standards»

Not exact matches

Poor countries often struggle to meet The Hague's high international standards, which include creating a central adoption authority, accrediting local agencies and tightening approval procedures.

As the world began to learn in September, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a shocking «notice of violation,» the vehicles met emissions standards for dangerous oxides of nitrogen, known collectively as NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab setting.

Looking ahead, the agency will look at developing scientific premarket toolkits for developers that will better assure users that the devices are meeting the FDA's safety standards.

The Environmental Protection Agency's own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law.

Prime mortgages in the US are those that meet the underwriting standards for entry into mortgage pools sponsored by the agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — so called «conforming» mortgages.

The company ensures that its customers» products meet all regulatory and certifying agency standards.

The USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) is supposed to ensure that other countries meet the agency's organic standards.

«We are committed to meeting the high standards and expectations of our customers and our regulatory agencies,» said Blue Bell CEO and President Paul Kruse.

The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act recognized the need for USDA to establish education and training standards for all school nutrition personnel — including school nutrition assistants; managers; district supervisors and directors; and state agency directors as a means of helping to ensure that school nutrition programs meet the goal of healthy children ready to learn.

Communities can rest assured knowing that their park district or recreation agency employs qualified professionals and has met professional standards.»

The Lombard Park District was one of twelve agencies to newly receive accreditation and met all 151 CAPRA standards.

Other benefits include the possibility of avoiding the increasingly long waits that may occur with agency adoptions and the ability to adopt without meeting the sometimes arbitrary standards that may be imposed by agencies.

It is also important to make sure the carriers you purchase have met or exceed safety standards for the regulatory agencies in that country.

Nearly two years ago, the agency said it intended to require app manufacturers to meet certain safety standards if they claim their products have medical purposes — meaning the devices diagnose, treat, or prevent a disease.

It is time that schools took responsibility for providing good quality, evidence - based education about abortion themselves and stopped their reliance on a range of outside agencies whose educational provision does not meet the basic standards which would be required in delivery of any other subject.»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring builders meet higher safety standards — training supervisors, building tents...

Marc Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said government agencies routinely lobby the Legislature on issues they determine are in the state's interest, and NYCO's proposal to mine state land easily met that standard.

We had strong mechanisms in place at that time to ensure that foster agencies meet our high standards, and we've taken additional steps over the last year to strengthen oversight even more.

Critics, however, said the policy goes too far by making companies receiving tax breaks subject to random audits by the IDA that would require the firms to disclose payroll data that would allow the agency to determine whether it was meeting the pay equity standard.

As part of his expanded Lead Primary Prevention initiative, Picente recently announced a series of free training courses dealing with lead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 housing.

The company also reports that its dyeing method is less polluting and requires less energy to produce than other flooring options, and that all of its carpets have been tested and meet indoor air quality standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Still, some worry that games based on solid science may be unfairly tarnished, and that the agency may be imposing a standard of evidence that game developers can't meet.

Purchased water is supplied by wholesale agencies, which have greater resources to meet federal standards, while private utilities have considerable assets at stake should they deliver poor - quality water and subsequently face lawsuits or takeover by a municipal government.

Both managers declined to comment on the substance of what occurred, although Verardo told ScienceInsider that «the Agency gives each employee, reviewer, and panelist ample advice and opportunity to meet the NSF standards» regarding ethical conduct and that «we followed that process and held to those standards in the case in which you are interested.»

In November, the agency moved up the timetable for proposing that automakers can meet the 2025 standards.

The scientific community must also meet the expectations of stakeholders outside its community (e.g. funding agencies, the general public, regulatory agencies, etc.) of the most stringent standards of integrity.

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the national rollout of the agency's Compassionate Allowances initiative, a way to expedite the processing of disability claims for applicants whose medical conditions are so severe that their conditions obviously meet Social Security's standards.

All government agencies should review the scientific justifications for their policies and regulations to ensure they meet strict reproducibility standards.

Kansai President Shigeki Iwane was cited by the Kyodo news agency as telling Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa, «The decision we made is the result of giving priority to securing the safety and quality [of the reactors] after considering measures to meet new safety standards.»

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments mandates that federal agencies must ensure that all electronic and information technology purchased, maintained, or developed meets the accessibility standards established by the US Access Board.

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The agencies that are not listed as Elite are genuine and have met our rigorous vetting standards — they may not have been with us long enough to meet all of the criteria listed above.

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However, there is consensus among three key federally funded agencies (What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center for Reading Research), as well as several peer - reviewed journal articles that review research on education products, that Accelerated Reader has met high standards of scientific rigor with positive effects and no contrary evidence.

Two well - known commercial reading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence standards.

So, if this language goes through, to receive Charter School Program funds, states will now need to «provide for intervention, revocation, or closure of the public chartering agencies and charter schools that fail to meet... standards and procedures.»

First, ESSA leaves it up to state agencies to determine which interventions meet the «strong,» «moderate,» or «promising» evidence standards, as well as what constitutes a «well - designed and well - implemented» study.

WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel last week called for continued federal recognition for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools» Commission on Higher Education, despite that regional accrediting agency's controversial policy of requiring colleges and universities to meet a cultural - diversity standard.

Despite this, a 2010 report commissioned by the Food Standards Agency found only 1 per cent of lunchbox meals met the same healthy standards as school canteen meals.

Furthermore, a recent investigation by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found that hundred of school kitchens across the country are failing to meet basic standards of cleanliness, which can significantly increase the risks of food - related illnesses.

I was stunned by Texas Education Agency staff's constant encouragement for us to look at the Common Core standards, while also referencing Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Singapore Math during our May and July meetings.

The ESSA also requires that, if students fall behind in meeting these standards, States and local educational agencies (LEAs) implement evidence - based interventions to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the lowest - performing schools, high schools with low graduation rates, and schools in which subgroups of students are underperforming.

While the WWC itself earned good ratings for the rigor of its work, plenty of people were frustrated with how little was getting done — and how few studies met the agency's standards.

This means that upstream certifiers must meet standards set by downstream certifiers... Since agencies typically certify different products at different stages of the production process, they operate both upstream and downstream relative to each other, creating a network of interagency oversight.

Those states (e.g., Oregon, Texas and Nebraska) that have substantial regional agencies also use those agencies in providing professional development and assistance in meeting standards.

Our Education Services Agency (ESA) Accreditation demonstrates our commitment to provide services and solutions that meet the highest standards.

Only 2 percent of Texas high schools report that 75 percent their ELL students meet or exceed standards on their state tests in all academic areas, according to IDRA's analysis of the most recent Texas Education Agency data.

Will Davis Elementary in northwest Austin had a «Met Standard» rating by the Texas Education Agency with a distinction in English Language Arts.

If any district has a single school that fails to meet state academic standards for five consecutive years, the Texas Education Agency must replace the district's school board or close the chronically failing school.

Texas Education Agency Says AISD Exceeds All Targets of State Accountability System Overall Austin Independent School District, Aug. 7, 2015 According to the Texas Education Agency's preliminary state accountability ratings released today, 111 of the district's schools have Met Standard - the highest rating available... read more.