Sentences with phrase «of voluntary agencies»

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Ford, by contrast, issued two voluntary recalls, and did so in such a straightforward manner that the head of the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency commended the company for «stepping forward to resolve [the] issue.»

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), since 2008, Intel has been the largest voluntary corporate purchaser of green power in the U.S..

Local news agency Kyodo reported Monday afternoon that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police intended to carry out voluntary questioning of those associated with the exchange.

[1][2] Fundraising Fundraising or fund raising (also known as «development») is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions of money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies (see also crowd funding).

William Booher, spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said his agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.&Agency (FEMA), said his agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.&agency and the government of Puerto Rico «are not stopping the provision of commodities after Hurricane Maria» and «will continue to provide commodities to voluntary organizations and local officials who still have a need.»

The Chinese government's media arm, the Xinhua News Agency, has defended regulators» recent decision to outlaw token sales, or ICOs, and the voluntary closure of bitcoin exchanges that followed.

If they prove themselves worthy of public confidence by maintaining high standards of competence, if through professional associations and voluntary accrediting agencies they discipline themselves in matters of knowledge, skill, and character, independence of political control can be assured, and unwarranted interference and coercion can be successfully resisted.

The proposal outlined in this paper, asking for religiously affiliated people to work together to face the issues of terrorism, violence and injustice, in not meant to diminish the important role that all other human agencies, state sponsored or voluntary organizations, groups and movements, have to play.

A third and more recent Protestant pronouncement is found in this statement: «As for the relation of church agencies to the program of technical co-operation it will suffice to say that in so far as this program is essentially humanitarian in character, Christian missionaries and the personnel of church - related institutions are prepared and eager to co-operate with this program, on a consultative and voluntary basis.

«Noting the fact that the Sexual Orientation Regulations are being voted on in the House of Commons today,» said the Cardinal, «I again express our concern at their impact, not only on adoption services, but on cooperation between faith - based voluntary agencies and public authorities in public funded services....

The agency in the June 2 issue of the Federal Register issued draft guidance for voluntary sodium

The Charter is intended to be used by the whole range of agencies in Suffolk, e.g. schools, children's centres, health services and voluntary agencies.

The organization works cooperatively with provincial Child Find offices and agencies involved in the area of child protection and is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors.

«At a minimum, federal agencies need the ability to immediately recall contaminated food, instead of relying on voluntary recalls.

The WBTi UK Core Group consists of 18 organisations, including government agencies, health professional bodies and voluntary groups, which have gathered and assessed data in key areas.

It then relied on evidence from voluntary and statutory agencies, prison governors, former prisoners, HM Inspector of Prisons, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, child psychologists and academics to put together today's report.

Republican County Executive Steve Neuhaus had promised the county's parallel analysis after Kiryas Joel officials held a voluntary scoping session as designated lead agency reviewing the environmental impact of a petition advanced by local property owners in the Town of Monroe.

As the Area Agency on Aging, the Erie County Department of Senior Services convenes a voluntary group of citizens who provide information, guidance, advice, and support to assist in developing, coordinating, and administering services to older persons.

It noted that Military and Para-Military agencies as well as voluntary organizations, such as Boys Scouts, Girls Guild amongst others are expected to participate in the march, adding that the Governor of the State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi will declare the ceremony open by 9 am and take the salute.

Catholic adoption agencies make up one third of the voluntary sector, dealing with about 200 children a year, although often these are the most difficult ones to place.

Yesterday Mr Davis told BBC One's Sunday AM warned these agencies, which make up a third of the voluntary adoption sector, must not be allowed to close and said he believed there was a «better compromise available» than the government's plans.

However, the lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, this morning expressed scepticism that Catholic adoption agencies - which make up a third of the voluntary sector - would be allowed to exclude homosexuals from adopting children in their care.

Long explained that the agency's review determined the damage outlined in the state's request «resulted from separate and distinct events, none of which were of the severity and magnitude as to be beyond the capabilities of the state, affected local governments and voluntary agencies.»

But while CISPA and other bills give the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies more power to monitor problems, they all take voluntary approaches.

Comparing Options for Management: Patient - Centered Outcomes for Uterine Fibroids (COMPARE - UF) is a voluntary registry of 10,000 women with uterine fibroids funded by the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

But they caution: «While a voluntary target based approach works to encourage industry reductions, the targets need to be coupled with the forceful government or quasi-government agency to ensure that all sectors of the food industry are aware of the targets and reducing salt in their products to meet [them].»

This Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency study takes a look the health benefits of applying electric stimulation to a muscle opposing the voluntary contraction of an active muscle.

The researchers found in a study that when punitive measures from regulatory agencies were followed by help from business support organizations, companies were more likely to stick to voluntary improvement projects than when these projects were followed by punitive regulatory actions, said Suvrat S. Dhanorkar, assistant professor of supply change management, Penn State.

ANSI has worked to facilitate the growing trend of government agencies using voluntary consensus standards created by the private sector as an alternative to agency - developed standards.

We reported this to the Food Standards Agency, who have taken action to notify Cow & Gate of labelling requirements and issued the following statement: In light of advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on the adverse effects of trans fats on the risk of coronary heart disease, the Agency welcomes the voluntary action by the UK food industry to reduce the levels of artificial trans fats in our foods.

Our membership is strictly voluntary and is made up of foster parents licensed by the State of Washington and other local, private, agencies.

Our membership is strictly voluntary and is made up of foster parents licensed by the State of Washington and other local, private, agencies.

Likewise, the Department of Education's attempts during the late 1990s to use OERI staff and resources in developing the controversial voluntary national tests in reading and math, without congressional authorization, led some legislators to question the research agency's independence.

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

In 2012, the district signed a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights following an investigation by the federal agency to address claims that the school system disciplined black students more harshly than white ones.

The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act mandated that the Agency provide recognition to motor carriers for voluntary use of advanced technologies or safety programs (Pub.

If you do not agree to enter into a voluntary repayment agreement, or if you enter into a repayment agreement but don't continue making the payments you agreed to make, the collection agency will then begin the process of garnishing your wages (Learn about wage garnishment).

If your defaulted loan is placed with a private collection agency, you can expect the agency to first offer you the option of entering into a voluntary repayment agreement.

A voluntary method of debt restructuring in which a person makes a lump sum payment to a financial counseling agency who distributes the funds to creditors.

You ought to be aware of credit counseling agencies and organizations that charge a high up - front or every month fee for signing up for credit counseling or a debt management plan, pressure you to make voluntary contributions or use another name for fees, send you free pamphlets contained with information about the services they provide without requiring you to provide personal financial information such as charge account numbers with balances, try to enroll you in a debt management plan without spending the time to review your current financial situation, offer to sign you up for a debt management plan without trying to help you with budgeting and money management skills, or require that you make payments into a debt management plan before your current creditors have accepted you into the program.

«AAFCO has created model pet - food regulations that have been adopted by many states,» says Siobhan DeLancey, FDA spokesperson, who notes that the FDA regularly works with AAFCO — a voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies that regulate pet foods and animal drug remedies.

The word «organic» is a term that has been assigned a legal definition and is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AA FCO)-- a voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies that regulates the sale and distribution of animal feeds and animal drug remedies.

The Prevention of Animal Homelessness & Cruelty Fund is one of the voluntary contribution funds available to taxpayers on the California Income Tax Returns (540, 540 2EZ, 540 NR, and 541, Schedule C) and provides grants to animal care and control agencies, SPCAs, and humane societies for the following:

The AAFCO is a voluntary membership organization headquartered in Champaign, Ill., and made up of local, state and federal agencies tasked to regulate the sale and distribution of animal feeds and animal drugs.

«That said, having a parallel national voluntary program of this magnitude, with standards that exceed current agency rules and include important practices such as caretaker interaction and practices for retiring dogs, will be impactful in providing greater assurance to the public that breeders are doing the right thing in their kennels.»

AAFCO stands for the Association of American Feed Control Officials and is a voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies charged by law to regulate the sale and distribution of dog and cat foods.

Encompassing many state regulatory officials, AAFCO is not a government agency, rather a non profit voluntary organization of committee members and advisors.

According to their website, AAFCO is, «a voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies charged by law to regulate the sale and distribution of animal feeds and animal drug remedies.»

«AAFCO» refers to the Association of American Feed Control Officials, which is a voluntary, non-governmental membership association of local, state and federal agencies that are charged by law with the regulation of the sale and distribution of animal feed, including pet food;

Our membership is strictly voluntary and is made up of foster parents licensed by the State of Washington and other local, private, agencies.