Sentences with phrase «new federal task force»

Such was the case when a dozen fourth and fifth graders posed a few hard - hitting questions to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who are all now part of President Barack Obama's new federal task force to combat childhood obesity.

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A host of new legislation, announced in April, relied heavily on the recommendations of the federal task force McLellan led.

In its announcement on Tuesday, the federal task force said it wants product safety and lab testing to be «a cornerstone» of the new regulated system.

Although there are no US federal policies that require screening of new mothers for postpartum depression, at least 12 states have adopted either state legislation, developed awareness campaigns, or convened tasks forces.

I'd really like to be enthusiastic about the announcement of a new federal investigatory task force looking at the foreclosure crisis.

Under the terms of the settlement between Bank of America and a federal task force Mr. Schneiderman co-chairs, the lender will dole out $ 300 million in cash and $ 500 million in assorted relief efforts to New York State alone, with the rest getting spread across the country in the form of both hard currency and assistance to renters and homeowners.

The New York State School Boards Association said the task force makes several «sensible recommendations» and «represents a much - needed scaling back of federal and state involvement in local school board decision - making.»

A federal task force on 911 systems that sought an explanation from New York officials about the diversion of surcharge money says it got no answers.

Reps. Pete King (R - Seaford) and Nita Lowey (D - Rye), leaders of a New York State task force on winning federal funding for Sandy aid, also rejected the reported amount as too low.

In 2006, HUD convened a special multi-agency task force comprised of federal and New York law enforcement agencies to combat the problem by going door to door in NYCHA developments to verify sex offenders» addresses.

The FDA's new blueprints for change today include creating a new federal notification rule and releasing a long - term strategic plan (required under law and produced by an FDA task force).

Agencies should better coordinate existing federal research efforts into pollinators, but some research will require new funding from Congress, the task force says; the scientific findings that emerge would feed into policy actions taken under the broader pollinator health initiative.

The task force suggested the new department include the Federal Aviation Agency, the Bureau of Public Roads, the Coast Guard, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Great Lakes Pilotage Association, the Car Service Division of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the subsidy function of the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Panama Canal.

A host of new legislation, announced in April, relied heavily on the recommendations of the federal task force McLellan led.

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