Sentences with phrase «of a federal program of»

Mexican gray wolves were reduced to just seven animals as a result of a federal program of trapping and poisoning that was only halted through the 1973 passage of the Endangered Species Act.

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The shift downwards could be due to a number of factors, with the most likely culprit being comments made recently by American Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating an upcoming pullback in the Fed's economic stimulus program.

The U.S. Federal sentencing guidelines reward companies for even attempting to do a competent job of implementing an ethics and compliance program.

At the end of October, the Highway Trust Fund becomes insolvent, lacking the funding it needs to continue projects that repair and build the nation's federal, state, and local highways, bridges, tunnels and mass transit programs.

German shipbuilder Lurssen has awarded Civmec a key contract for the Royal Australian Navy offshore patrol vessels, which are being built as part of a $ 3.6 billion federal government program.

Henderson - based Austal has secured a $ 29.7 million contract to build two additional Pacific patrol boats on top of an existing $ 305 million federal government program, days after German shipbuilder Lurssen awarded Civmec a key contract for the Royal Australian Navy offshore patrol vessels.

The trust fund is paid for with receipts from the federal fuel tax, and with gas prices at low levels, an increase in the tax might be part of a more extended program.

That's important because the ECB's liquidity is one of the biggest remaining supporting factors behind the global stock market rally, now that the Federal Reserve has ended its own «quantitative easing» program and has started to raise official U.S. interest rates.

The company was in the midst of negotiating a new round of financing and awaiting a cheque from the federal government's Scientific Research and Experimental Development program — both of which eventually came through.

Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention program.

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists has appealed to the federal government for the inclusion of the geoscientist profession on the list of jobs to which labour market testing applies under the 457 visa program.

These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.

As most unregulated lenders insure their mortgages and rely on CMHC securitization programs or the major banks for their funding, most of their mortgages must comply with federal mortgage rules.»

Uber Technologies must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet's (googl) Waymo self - driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down the ride - services company's autonomous car program.

Two Perth - based startups have been awarded federal grants totalling about $ 815,000 to help bring their products to market, as part of the national Accelerating Commercialisation (AC) program.

Morneau said nine out of 10 recipients of child benefits would do better under the new program than they were previously; a family of two children earning $ 90,000 per year will get a tax - free bonus of $ 5,650 per year from the federal government, an increase of $ 2,500 per year compared with Harper's child - subsidy regime.

Universities and the federal government have programs that provide more help than many inventors could otherwise dream of affording.

The new Canada Job Grant program will see federal and provincial governments together pick up two - thirds of training costs of up to $ 15,000 per worker.

In first promise of the official 2015 federal election campaign, Stephen Harper said the Conservatives would increase the apprenticeship job creation tax credit to $ 2,500 from $ 2,000 and expand the program to include a third and fourth year of training.

Originally announced in December by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, the changes to Canada's Federal Skilled Worker Program aim to improve the economic suitability of new Canadians.

The February federal budget deal, meanwhile, hikes outlays in both of the two categories of «discretionary» spending, defense and federal programs from foreign aid to housing subsidies, by an unprecedented 12 %, or $ 150 billion a year in 2018 and 2019.

«If you don't raise taxes you'll have to get rid of a lot of federal programs very important to the middle class,» h e said.

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

Such Constitutional protections have ensured that federal programs such as Medicare, the Veteran Administration's TRICARE system (which provides benefits for active duty members of the military and their families), and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) apply the same rules to everyone they cover.

Some tax credit programs treat these savings as a capital gain for federal income taxes, so make certain to discuss any tax ramifications with a certified public accountant before investing in one of these credits.

«Sadly, it appears the federal government may bow to the political heat over the TFW issue and gut the program for employers of lower - skilled and entry level workers,» he said.

The five - year program, launched by the federal government in early January, proposes to make over 90 percent of the total U.S. offshore acreage available to oil and gas drilling.

She'd also use federal dollars to fund a national paid family and medical leave program, which would give every worker some portion of their paycheck for up to 12 weeks.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

«Any time you roll out a big government program like this, confusion is inevitable,» said Lois Greisman, an associate director in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission.

He added, «It's a simple concept that's been advocated for years and is based on enforcement of our immigration laws that includes requiring employers to use the federal E-Verify program.

Two Western Australian firms have been among the first round of companies awarded federal grants in the «Accelerating Commercialisation» entrepreneurs program.

Those looking to gain a hiring and retention advantage with generous paid personal leave programs are already light years ahead of companies that would simply abide by a federal mandate, says Lisa Horn, SHRM's director of congressional affairs.

The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale first collected data from state and federal corrections officials in 2014 and again, in more detail, last year, taking what amounts to a comprehensive census on the use of solitary confinement in the U.S. Researchers found that in the fall of 2015, at least 67,442 U.S. prisoners were kept in some kind of restricted housing.

The federal government limits tax - deductible contributions to retirement plans; for most plans, such as 401 (k) programs, the maximum amount you can receive in contributions in 2016 is $ 53,000 if you're under the age of 50, and $ 59,000 if you're eligible to make «catch - up» contributions.

While Twitter's debut likely helped send shares of Facebook Inc. down, the overall tech industry also took a hit as the markets pulled back from record levels on worries that the Federal Reserve could soon start curtailing its economic stimulus program.

In 2010, as the Federal Reserve continued its quantitative easing program, Buffett sent the government a «thank you note» (in the form of an op - ed) for its actions, rather than its paralysis or politicking, after the crisis.

While the actual economies of Canada and the U.S. aren't faring particularly well, so long as the U.S. Federal Reserve maintains its stimulus program, stock markets will tick higher.

The House appropriations bill would give $ 31.4 billion to federal environmental programs at the EPA, Department of the Interior and other agencies.

That could pay for the federal share of a national child - care program.

The budget proposal also included plans to eliminate duplicative energy programs and wasteful spending to help get «federal government out of the way and allow the private sector to do its job and flourish.»

And the other main source of economic growth over the next couple of years will come from government spending, led by the federal government's infrastructure program.

Federal grants and the Pentagon's 1033 program accelerated after 9/11, and according to The New York Times, as U.S. forces began to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, police departments across the nation amassed an even greater supply of surplus weapons — tens of thousands of machine guns, 200,000 ammunition magazines, thousands of fatigues and pieces of camouflage, night - vision equipment, and hundreds of silencers, armored cars, and aircraft.

WASHINGTON, March 26 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday said he was proposing new rules to bar the use of funds from a government program to purchase equipment or services from companies that pose a security threat to U.S. communications networks.

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.

Some banks weren't able to lend for a while because of TARP,» Geshwiler says, referring to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the federal government's program for bailing out banks hit hard in the financial Program, the federal government's program for bailing out banks hit hard in the financial program for bailing out banks hit hard in the financial crisis.

Finley has retorted that OAS is but one of many federal programs that will be ravaged by demographics.

In the late 1990s the SBA introduced a new Business Development Mentor - Protege Program meant to help improve the fortunes of 8 (a) participants seeking federal government contracts.

Several existing federal programs like the Community Reinvestment Act and the Small Business Investment Companies program are supporting the growth of impact investing funds.

Unless you're participating in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program or something similar, you will pay a price for having part of your loans written off.