Sentences with phrase «on federal work»

The President lauded Governor Lalong for continuing with the projects abandoned by previous administrations, noting that this has saved the state from white elephant projects and assured that the federal Government will speed up refunds on Federal works executed by the state.

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The federal government has signed a $ 1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac - class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

On three other occasions, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has blocked strikes through either back - to - work legislation or a referral to the Canadian Industrial Review Board.

Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, in the works since 2005, was likely dealt a fatal blow on June 30th when the Federal Court of Appeal threw out its 2014 conditional approval because the Crown (read: Harper government) failed in its «duty to consult» aboriginals as required by the Constitution.

Faced with a potential strike by the airline's machinists union and a lockout of its pilots, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt referred both disputes to the CIRB on March 8, then introduced back - to - work legislation four days later.

Ryan also said Republicans were working on changes that would allow federal block grants to states for Medicaid and permit states to impose a work requirement for able - bodied Medicaid recipients.

«To be candid, for those of us in the United States, there's an absence of leadership in the federal government right now and so it's incumbent on us to work together and step up and show what we can do between our various governments,» he said.

Much of FCi's work consists of verifying the details on federal documents, including U.S. visa applications and Freedom of Information Act requests.

Trump, in fits and starts, has indicated his support for the broad federal investigation of Russian meddling, but he has more often bristled at the notion that Kremlin operatives were working on his behalf or that his campaign coordinated with Russia to meddle in the election.

The drilling work is just to the north of a protest camp on federal land where pipeline opponents had gathered since August.

He periodically briefs state politicians on his work, and this year he got a federal grant to study prescription drug monitoring programs.

The environmental group trying to stop work on the state government's Roe 8 project has been refused an interim injunction on construction by the Federal Court, but has vowed to keep fighting.

The city is working on a more comprehensive refugee plan but it needs more help from the federal government, said councillor Kristyn Wong - Tam.

When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

If the 8,000 Canadians who received stock options as part of incomes over $ 250,000 paid taxes on this money at the same rate as the rest of their income — treating executive compensation the same way you treat the income of any other working stiff — it would have raised $ 337 million for federal coffers in 2009, a down year for options.

A federal judge just blocked a top Uber engineer from working on the company's key self - driving technology.

It indicated when it issued its most recent delay in November that it would use the time to work with other federal regulators on potential changes to the delayed provisions.

McClure has worked with the federal government on cyber security issues to help repair the damage from a major 2015 hack on the Office of Personnel Management.

One key to making QA work, Katz says, is effective communication — a challenge on projects like HealthCare.gov, which involved stitching together information from multiple stakeholders, including state health agencies, insurance companies, and the federal government.

Initially, he worked for the gang as a lookout, earning 5,000 pesos a week to report on soldiers and federal police driving through the area.

If you want to know more about how the big guys work out problems, check out Justice on the Job, by David W. Ewing (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1989), a lively chronicle of the creative complaint systems in place at corporations such as Federal Express, IBM, and Northrop.

But S.Y. Lee, a spokesman for the DHS, told Fortune that the government agency coordinates «national efforts to strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure, working with our federal and industry partners across the country to raise awareness about evolving threats and promote measures to reduce risks to systems we all rely on.»

Good, she says, works with 8 of the 10 largest banks in the world, and BoxTone, on its website, says it serves «four of the top five U.S. federal agencies.»

A federal agency for labor practices offers long - awaited guidance to employers on social - media guidelines at work.

He also said the chief technology officers at all the major Canadian banks are working in conjunction with the Bank of Canada and the federal banking regulator on cybersecurity.

Allowing these young people to live and work here without fear could increase federal revenue by $ 2.3 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation.

The U.S. faces similar issues: working class anger, hostility toward the federal government, and a desire to blame problems on «the other» — Hispanic people, Muslims, African - Americans, and China.

Since marijuana is still on the federal books as a Schedule 1 narcotic (categorized as dangerous as heroin), banks are wary of working with businesses that touch the plant.

Following President Obama's urging of the Federal Communications Commission to protect a free and open Internet on Monday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has his work cut out for him.

He couldn't undo it on his own, but he could work with Congress to make changes to it or to rewrite the rule, which is currently in limbo since a federal judge in Texas blocked it in late November.

She worked as a federal prosecutor in New York under then - U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, focusing on white - collar and organized crime.

Gowdy is also a former federal prosecutor who boasts of his work on drug trafficking, bank robberies and child pornography cases.

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

Unions say right - to - work laws infringe on workers» collective bargaining rights, and proponents call for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 - The National Rifle Association on Friday honored the head of the Federal Communications Commission with a rifle after braving death threats and other opposition as he worked to undo the Obama administration's 2015 net neutrality rules.

Trump and Sessions have also pledged to crack down on «sanctuary cities» — typically localities that limit how local authorities can work with federal immigration agents — as a way of getting at drug traffickers and gangs.

Business groups have criticised the federal government's latest crackdown on the 457 visa program, following today's announcement that the Fair Work Ombudsman would be given new powers to monitor and

Jagmeet Singh, meanwhile, waded into the impasse in Ottawa by proposing that the Trudeau Liberals work with the British Columbia government on a joint reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada, fast - tracking a resolution to what the federal NDP leader calls jurisdictional issues arising from B.C.'s objections to the project.

Alison Malsbury, a Seattle lawyer who works in cannabis trademark issues, told the Associated Press many of the lawsuits could settle out of court as neither RooR nor the sellers are keen on discussing their business in a federal court.

The Trump administration plans to delay — and possibly scrap — an Obama - era rule that would allow foreign entrepreneurs to work in the U.S., according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.

They said their hopes now rest on a report expected this summer from the alcoholic beverages working group struck under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement signed last year by federal, provincial and territorial governments.

Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.

Major natural gas pipeline projects along the East Coast and Midwest face uncertainty as the federal agency that oversees the work loses a commissioner and will be unable to decide on projects indefinitely under President Donald Trump.

The pair did lobbying work on behalf of these entities in the US, and were later charged by Mueller for failing to disclose the nature of their foreign sponsors to federal authorities.

National police in Belarus, working with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, said they had arrested a citizen of Belarus on suspicion of selling malicious software who they described as administrator of the Andromeda network.

Millennials who start earning money as freelancers or independent contractors need to set aside funds for taxes on a federal and local level, depending on where they live and work.

In the case of Ira Rubin, he had a payment processing empire that worked on behalf of many different industries, all of which were engaged in illegal conduct,» said James Davis, an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission.

Individuals who participate in an income - driven repayment program, work at a non-profit organization, or work for the federal government may qualify to have their loan balances forgiven after a set number of years on on - time, consecutive payment.

This means that if the federal government repairs the Champlain Bridge for $ 5 billion (which could be borrowed in financial markets in the first year of work) there would be no charge to the federal government spending in the federal budget until the bridge is repaired and vehicles are operating on it.