Sentences with phrase «on agency authority»

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's agency's plans.

The national security blogger Marcy Wheeler recently raised this point on her site Empty Wheel, suggesting that the agency's phone metadata dragnet could potentially continue unabated under the earlier authority.

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has disclosed that the majority of public submissions on the $ 450 million Iconic Scarborough development supported the project, but said all government agencies and utilities it consulted, with the sole exception of Tourism WA, opposed it.

The notice, which calls on local authorities to «create and refine platforms for exposing defaulted borrowers» by the end of the year, was jointly issued by China's Supreme People's Court, the Chinese Communist Party's Publicity Department and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, according to the state - run Xinhua News Agency.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a list of toxic chemicals that will be the first reviewed under a recently enacted law that gives regulators increased authority to ban substances shown to endanger human health.

In practice, TIEAs allow the Canada Revenue Agency to crack down on citizens hiding money offshore by requesting information from foreign tax authorities.

The Trump Administration can be expected to focus on empowering law enforcement and intelligence agencies with the resources and legal authority to access encrypted data, whether through offensive hacking or enforced back doors.

State securities regulators appreciate bipartisan interest in modernizing privacy protections relating to information stored on internet service providers, but urge Congress not to inadvertently or unjustifiably curtail crucial investigatory authorities used by state regulators and other civil law enforcement agencies.

Alice Chen is the CEO of Export Ventures Group, an agency regarded as the authority on international trade and finance with the Greater China Region.

Referring to the decision, a spokesman for Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority said that «every institution must decide on the details of their internal regulations specifying the rules for their employees» investments and trading,» suggesting that the regulatory agency does not intend to interfere in Nordea's decision, nor act against similar moves that may be taken by other companies.

In cases that are not so obvious, the agency said that investors can run free background checks on ICO providers through BrokerCheck on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's website.

If you want to be sure your interpretation on rules of origin is correct, you can approach the customs authority (the counterpart for the Canada Border Services Agency or CBSA) in the foreign market you're interested in accessing.

The illegal drug trade on the dark web is growing rapidly, despite authorities shutting down major market sites like AlphaBay, as crime gangs diversify and seek new clients online, a report by two European Union agencies warned on Tuesday.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

Japanese Financial Authority Inspecting 32 Cryptocurrency ExchangesThe Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) published a list on Friday of 32 cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan.

``... Jesus, a revolutionary, lived to dismantle hierarchies,» writes Brooke Obie in her viral article response to Gray's message on The Root, «[Jesus] elevated women to positions of authority and agency beyond what their misogynistic cultures would allow or encourage.

«It has left communities even more reliant on outside aid, stretching humanitarian agencies and local authorities to their limits.

But some religiously orthodox wedding vendors are finding themselves compelled by the civil authorities to affirm an answer to that question that violates their religious convictions on the subject, and some religious institutions — from universities to social service agencies to private companies owned by orthodox believers — are finding themselves forced to take part in the enactment and enforcement of a moral code they are obliged to reject.

Well - meaning authority figures often removed their agency, their mobility, their independence, isolating them and then shackling them into dependence on the good will of the men in their life.

The efficacy of a civilized society, regardless of its apparent authority in the affairs of individuals, is in reality nothing but the cooperative agency of many persons functioning, either officially or informally, to carry on the daily exercise of accepted practice.

Agencies of social concern in the Churches were attacked as exceeding their authority in publishing statements on such problems as race relations or economic inequality.

«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....

And one could go on and on with this kind of analysis, showing that fundamentalists have a fairly predictable — and common — structure in their moral discourse, that their discourse contains certain distinctions about self, knowledge, agency, authority, community, and the like.

Note: For the effect of the Basin Plan on the Authority and other agencies of the Commonwealth in relation to these matters, see section 86G.

CATSA (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) all recommend car seats on planes, but do not have this level of governance over their airlines — they defer to the individual airlines» policies.

«Governor Pataki pioneered this tactic a decade ago making sure he had a head - shot on most if not all agency / authority websites.

We also need to get everything sorted for environmental agencies, financial watchdogs, competition authorities and countless other bodies most of us don't think about on a day - to - day basis.

Mr. Francis on the other hand will have a life long career ahead of him if he plans to unwind the myriad of agencies, departments, councils, authorities, offices, etc. that are so duplicative in many instances that making sense out of it makes no sense....

The Ghana Tourism Authority which is the implementing agency and regulator of the ministry has outlined a number of projects which will boost Ghana's tourism products on the continent, he maintained.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Moses relied on a somewhat obscure agency to expand his power, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

One legislative leader is calling on the Erie County Water Authority to eliminate language that makes it possible for politically connected people with no public utility management credentials to serve as the agency's executive director.

However, the authorities are yet to make a statement on the incident but emergency security response teams such as National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were deployed in the area.

«As we said previously, the project will be financed by [Empire State Development] and [the New York Power Authority] since it is an economic development and energy efficiency proposal,» said Cuomo spokesman Peter Ajemian on March 26, referring to two quasi-independent agencies that the governor effectively controls.

Other teams have been charged with cutting unnecessary mandates on local governments and cutting government agencies and authorities by 20 percent.

Her last title in the administration was «chief risk officer, «wherein she led a cadre of lawyers sprinkled across state agencies and authorities and was charged with monitoring and reporting on their operations.

Cuomo's «Open NY» proposals included making government information available on one central website and trying to establish a network and augment sites for each state agency and authority under the governor's control with uniform downloadable catalogs of agency data and search engines.

The agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»

However, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the situation reports that flight operations went on smoothly at both the international and domestic wings of the airport Also, staffers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), were at their respective offices and duty posts, as directed by the government.

In recent days Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly engaged two of the massive transportation agencies he controls on hot button topics, demanding in an open letter that the MTA act to address a recent spike in sexual assaults reported as occurring on the New York City subway system and demanding answers from the Port Authority on a report that NYPD officials ensnared in a corruption investigation arranged for a special escort, with a lane closure, through the Lincoln Tunnel.

Dan Telvock discusses his report on how the Erie County Water Authority cut corners in its testing program for lead in the drinking water supplied to most local suburbs, and the agency's response to the report.

The authority has also been directed to work with Empire State Development and other state agencies on other offshore wind projects.

The bills creating the various agencies presumably give the President the authority to make cost of living adjustments to the salary of the position, but regardless unless the Attorney General position's salary was changed by Congress since he took office, he has never voted on the position's «Emoluments.»

Today's conclusions by two independent reviews show that the Port Authority is finally on the right track, and the necessary reforms put into place by the agency's leadership are beginning to deliver results, just as we demanded,» Cuomo and Christie said in a joint statement.

The man from the DOB referenced a memorandum that ESD president Howard Zemsky had signed on Wednesday, outlining what he said was legal authority to change the funding stream afforded to him by a 1998 vote of the ESD Board so that the agency leader could «use ESD's resources most efficiently.»

The spate of well - paid additions accelerates a trend of staffers working on the Capitol's second floor but drawing their salaries from various state agencies and public authorities.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has denied report of an on - going secret recruitment by the agency.

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday disowned a job recruitment firm swindling unsuspecting applicants on the guise of recruiting for the agency.

In an email to County Legislator Ed Romaine that was circulated to the media Tuesday, authority CEO Jeff Szabo said that the agency's chairman, Jim Gaughran, «has informed me that he plans to recommend not awarding this contract at tonight's board meeting based upon the present proposed return on investment.»

On June 12, Riveria and Ryan wrote DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens urging the agency to commit more resources to enforcing the idling law at the Public Bridge Authority property.