Sentences with phrase «number of federal dollars»

The needs of the Park and Preserve can not be covered with an ever - shrinking number of federal dollars; and as a result, the Conservancy was created to work with the Park Service to support the needs that are not otherwise met.

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The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

One that stands out is a «regulatory budget,» which would limit the number and dollar amount of rules federal agencies can impose every year.

The silver lining of this month's weak payroll number is a greater likelihood that the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates, which could lead to a softer dollar.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Especially in districts with large numbers of needy students, federal subsidy dollars can more than pay for breakfast, meaning extra cash to help support the entire meal program.

School decision makers 1) plug in simple information, 2) explore different ways to expand school meals programs like moving breakfast to the classroom or serving afterschool meals, and 3) come out with hard data about costs, number of students served and federal reimbursement dollars.

The incumbent Republican's numbers plummeted a month ago when he was implicated in the Foley scandal, and they shot up when the White House tapped him as point man on millions of dollars in federal blizzard relief.

In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

The agencies together receive about US$ 60 billion in federal research dollars each year, with about half going to the NIH, so the number of papers available annually could double under the proposal, says Heather Joseph, another petition leader and executive director of the pro-open access Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, based in Washington DC.

Manny Rivera: It's probably unpopular for me to say this, but my guess is that 100 percent of those communities that voted to opt out of NCLB and not receive federal dollars have significant numbers of Latino and African - American policymakers.

A number of them were products of the country's efforts to desegregate — and integrate — its public - education system, prompted by court orders, civil rights enforcers and activists, or federal «magnet school» dollars.

That comprehensive plan, as I wrote, would give educators lots of flexibility «by reducing the number of rules tied to federal dollars in exchange for transparency and choice» — conditions that should promote innovation and the reinvention of an education system built for the industrial age.

To mitigate the negative impact of concentrated poverty, the federal government allocates billions of dollars to states per year through Title I, Part A, of ESEA based on the number and concentration of students living in poverty.

The announcement, made by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), comes as some states are lifting caps on the number of charter schools, and as major charter - management organizations (CMOs) like KIPP and Rocketship Education are receiving federal dollars to expand their programs.

According to the study, «many teachers believe a need to comply with federal guidelines and a fear of penalties and the potential loss of federal dollars pushed MPS administrators to reduce discipline numbers however possible; even going so far as to stop issuing suspensions or even detentions for clear violations of school rules.»

The White House released a report that shows that school districts with large numbers of low - income students, including Los Angeles, Fresno and San Diego, stand to lose millions of dollars in federal funding under the House version of amendments to the nation's education law.

According to government data, «The total annual cost to comply with federal regulations was $ 1.82 trillion in 2011,» while the number of new rules that impose billion - dollar compliance costs has been increasing.

A growing number of European and Asian solar companies are opening factories in the U.S. to take advantage of a growing market and the economic stimulus plan by the federal government to give billion of dollars in grants and loan guarantees to renewable energy equipment manufacturers and power plant developers.

These are programs that have been developed by a single investigator or team over a number of years and proven through careful replications, supported by millions of dollars in federal grants.

«President Obama's budget makes clear that the government won't waste federal dollars on programs that don't reduce the number of teen pregnancies or keep teens healthy and safe.

FQHCs are an essential part of the nation's overall health care safety net, serving 25 million people annually, seven in 10 of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.2 Their role has been expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effort.