Sentences with phrase «more federal oversight»

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Quite apart from the argument over OSFI - style oversight, the former federal official and others stress this segment of the market at least requires more transparency and clearer data so regulators and the Bank of Canada can better understand the credit landscape and the extent of high - risk loans issued by private lenders.

They make a strong case for greater government regulation, especially by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as more stringent oversight on the part of corporate boards of directors.

They also are seeking more oversight, after the state - funded construction of SolarCity's plant at RiverBend became the target of federal prosecutors over how the project was awarded.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne reacted to the news Tuesday afternoon, saying that «No police department in America has more oversight than the NYPD,» and that «its intelligence investigations are subject to the Federal court - supervised Handschu accord.»

The coalition first took the federal government to court in the 1990s arguing that the industry needed to be more involved in DEMS oversight.

Wolfe's group is pressing the Interior Department to categorize the walrus as either «threatened» or «endangered,» a move that would give the federal government more oversight of commercial activity — like oil drilling — in the walrus's critical habitat.

A federal board wanted study details redacted for biosecurity reasons but 22 experts convened last week at a WHO meeting disagreed and will create a system for more rigorous oversight of such research

The chairperson of the full Senate committee on government oversight, Senator James Lankford (R — OK), took a slightly more measured tone in critiquing current practices at federal research agencies.

The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.

The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) marked a new level of federal oversight by requiring states to set more rigorous student evaluation standards and, through testing, demonstrate «adequate yearly progress» in how those standards were met.

If the schools do not meet the IDEB target set by the federal government, they must develop an improvement plan, which must be implemented over the subsequent two years, and they are subject to more oversight by the federal, state, and municipal governments.

More specifically, the guidance offers no safe harbor for conducting routine discipline, free of constant federal oversight.

The health crisis, which has led to more than 200 infections, could lead to shift from state to federal oversight of compounding pharmacies.

The Obama administration is tightening its oversight of the way states educate special - needs students, applying more - stringent criteria that drop the number of jurisdictions in compliance with federal law from 38 to 15.

Then last week, NEA posted «Federal funding of charter schools needs more oversight, accountability» on its website.

Instead, Brown has suggested that the existing system for managing federal and state special education money that runs through regional oversight bodies be replaced with a system that would more directly provide the same money to districts for SWDs.

It's thought that Alexander's overhaul could end up greatly reducing the federal government's role in education and leaving more oversight to the states.

Mr. Callender oversees a portfolio that encompasses over $ 27 billion in Federal credit assistance to intermodal, highway, transit and rail projects totaling more than $ 92 billion of infrastructure investment in the U.S. Prior to his current position, he held positions in DOT's Office of Budget and Programs where he was responsible for oversight of the Maritime Administration budget, in DOT's Inspector General's Office and the Budget Office of the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department.

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Consumer demand and federal regulations are driving the trend toward more transparency and oversight in the sourcing of pet products.

The federal government made a stunning 179,000 «categorical exclusions» that allowed corporations — many with disastrous environmental records — to use stimulus funding to sponsor projects without submitting them to review under the nation's «most basic form of environmental oversight», a new report from the Center for Public Integrity found.Making matters worse, many of these projects were approved under the auspices of being «green» or clean energy projects (many more are transportation - related)-- thus helping to comprise the billions of dollars in funding for green projects that sent progressives» hearts aflutter two years ago.

In my last blog, I detailed major missteps of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its oversight of the Hudson River Superfund cleanup of toxic PCBs, including allowing the polluter, General Electric, to decommission its massive dredging operations before the agency determined whether the cleanup had met its goals, and ignoring pleas from other federal agencies and evidence that more dredging is needed to restore the river's health.

Following revelations that Christopher Husbands, the accused Eaton Centre shooter, was apparently out on bail at the time of the shooting, some federal and provincial politicians are calling for greater oversight and, in certain cases, more restrictions on who can be released before trial.

That most recent case has reignited conversations about whether federal and state governments should exert more oversight over so - called Big Tech.

Based on an early glimpse of their prepared remarks, the regulators are expected to testify that the cryptocurrency markets are in need of more stringent federal oversight versus the patchwork state - based rules that currently exist.

* More than four years of combined experience with fiscal oversight of federal and state grants and reporting with the Dep...

As part of the Federal Reserve's wide scope of responsibility and oversight, the eight regional branches are tasked with monitoring residential and commercial real estate markets; tracking trends and data in order to more accurately adjust to market fluctuations affecting the economy.