Sentences with phrase «on meeting mandated»

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Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, used the report to push for an update on the Pentagon's efforts to meet a legally mandated audit in 2017.

He embarks on a lengthy discourse on why the IMETs» original mandate — to pursue large cases fast — could not be met.

(In 2011, Cenovus Energy let on that output from two of its in situ oilsands projects could meet the standard, which mandates that crude oil imported to the state have lower wells - to - wheels emissions than the average of all crudes sold in the U.S.) «Yes, I think that's feasible,» says George Hoberg, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia who specializes in environmental conflict.

This includes quarterly press conferences by the Fed chair following FOMC meetings; publishing growth, inflation and short - term interest rate forecasts of FOMC participants on a quarterly basis; and a concerted effort to lay out the guideposts that the FOMC will look at in assessing progress towards our dual mandate objectives.

The large - cap managers stated that they may consider well - diversified, large - cap, mining stocks like BHP Billiton for inclusion in their portfolio, but that they couldn't consider other mining companies solely focused on gold or silver production because their smaller - cap size and share prices didn't meet their fiduciary mandate.

Three days after that, Secretary of State John Kerry met a congressionally mandated deadline by actually using the «G - word» — «genocide» — to describe ISIS's assault on Christians, Yazidis, and Shiites in the areas of Iraq and Syria under its control.

The subsidiary will allow RGC to meet future demands of coffee roasters who have mandated greater accountability and focus on quality.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

You still want your kids wearing a helmet with the latest technology though and which meets all of the requirements of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), with a certification sticker that says it meet the NOCSAE standard, since the CPSC does not mandate safety guidelines for football helmets.

«One - Third of Pregnant and Lactating Women May Not Be Meeting Their Folate Requirements from Diet Alone Based on Mandated Levels of Folic Acid Fortification.»

«-RRB- I shared with you then the logistical and financial challenges faced by many districts trying to meet this seemingly simple mandate, including what's going on in my own district, Houston ISD.

FRAC issues School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low - Income Students to focus benefits of the new federal wellness policy mandate on those most in need.

I can tell the House that the OBR have assessed that we are, in their words, «on course» to meet our fiscal mandate.

Downing Street insisted Britain was on track to meet its fiscal mandate, despite having put back the end of the government's austerity drive to 2018.

Again, Agamela VI and Togbe Tekon Tutu Brempong, who met Nana Akufo - Addo, are not mandated to speak on behalf of the Peki Traditional Area.

The OBR concluded the coalition remained «on course» to meet its fiscal mandate of eliminating the deficit by 2015.

One of the two school boards on Long Island that failed to pass budgets in the first round of voting decided to reduce its budget to within the state - mandated tax cap, and the other deferred a decision on how to proceed with the June 21 revote until its next meeting.

Delegates would meet to debate reforms to the constitution that could focus on anything from money in politics to the state's civil rights mandates.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will be attending and other County Executives from across the State will participate via conference call meeting, which will focus on the implementation of the property tax cap, and the State's recently created Mandate Relief Council.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stated that the agency will not compromise on its mandate to ensure that only goods that meet the minimum...

Councilmember Justin Brannan is calling on local officials to meet funding levels mandated for New York City public schools under the terms of a decade - old legal settlement and thanks to the efforts of the Campaign for Fiscal Equality (CFE).

Wednesday afternoon, the Council's Rules Committee held a hearing on legislation that would mandate that legislative and discretionary funding data be available to the public in a machine readable format, and call on the City Council Speaker to develop a public technology plan for public access to City Council materials and meetings.

At noon, advocates rally to call on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council to require all for - hire vehicle operators, including Uber and Lyft, to meet the same 50 percent wheelchair - accessible mandate yellow taxis must meet by 2020, City Hall, Manhattan.

At the bank's 26th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Wednesday, the shareholders of Zenith bank Plc mandated the management to raise a fresh capital of N100bn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled an $ 89.06 billion executive budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year on Thursday, decrying new spending that the city must undertake to meet shortfalls and unfunded mandates imposed by the new state budget approved last month, and cautioning of federal actions that could affect the city's fiscal future.

There were discussions on the subject during Tuesday's NEC meeting, but a decision has been delayed and may well be kicked into the long grass given Corbyn's new mandate.

In his 2010 campaign book, the New NY Agenda, Cuomo called for making schools more efficient — notably by removing unfunded mandates, requirements the state puts on district but does not pay them to meet — and for an increase in charter schools.

For years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a hard - line approach to reforming New York's schools, calling on the state to mandate rigorous evaluations for teachers and to turn schools that fail to meet certain standards over to an outside receiver to operate.

In Ghana, the government of the day work and do things on their own in consultation with their political ideologies and manifestos that do not take into consideration any national plan but here we are, the new government takes over and meet a commission mandated to ensure planning of the nation in the next 40 - years which was constituted by its predecessor.

Four different animal studies presented at the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting add another mandate to the list: High - fat diets during pregnancy could have sweeping effects on a female's offspring.

«We're very stretched,» Woodcock told the panel, and FDA's advisory meetings with drug developers might be one of the first functions to be cut if the agency continues to take on new congressionally mandated roles.

Meanwhile, the «immoral money» group was told that the source of the prize money was Walmart, and also given information on a 2005 lawsuit by the International Labor Rights Forum that alleged Walmart had failed to meet internationally mandated labor standards.

«The staying power of service - learning can be seen in that it has survived and continued over these past five years, despite considerable pressures, such as school budget cuts, focus on meeting state mandates, and concerns with implications of No Child Left Behind,» said Ellen Tenenbaum, a researcher at Westat, the firm responsible for conducting the survey.

Give a principal or superintendent a clear mandate and clear expectations; a reasonable timeframe in which to meet those expectations; and the freedom to act decisively on staffing, budget allocations, and curriculum, and you will find no shortage of talented applicants.

This series examines new and evolving approaches to professional development in education at a time of increased expectation on teachers to meet the «highly qualified» mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.

It then moves on to the benefits and challenges that are intrinsic to outsourcing and evaluates if the challenges can be mitigated sufficiently and enable you to meet your mandate.

A story in the March 31, 2004, issue of Education Week about efforts to meet the test - participation mandate in the federal No Child Left Behind Act included an incorrect statistic («Schools Seek Participation on Test Days»).

As a result, our focus has consistently been on how to enrich the learning experience for the learners as well as meet the corporate compliance mandate.

Largely because of the increasing costs of meeting federal mandates on environmental quality, Medicaid, welfare, and other programs, the presidents argued, states have slashed their higher - education budgets.

The Michigan bill is particularly puzzling because it actually mandates many of the alternative interventions identified as effective by practitioners and / or researchers, including regular diagnostic assessment of children in grades K - 3, «evidence - based» small group or 1 - on - 1 supplemental instruction for students in K - 3 failing to meet benchmarks, and intensive teacher professional development.

The law put a much greater focus on quality in charter school authorizing, for instance by mandating the closure of any charter school that fails to meet academic or financial benchmarks for three consecutive years.

They might require participating private schools to accept all applicants, regardless of religion or sexual orientation, or whether they meet the school's academic requirements; let students opt - out of religious instruction; mandate that scholarship students take state assessments; and on and on.

Just days before a deadline this month mandated by Congress, the Department of Education signed binding compliance agreements with several states that lag far behind in meeting federal requirements on standards and testing dating back to 1994.

A school «s student achievement was represented by the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the proficiency level established by the state on mandated literacy and math tests.

Despite the prevalence of students with disabilities in the general education classroom, few teachers receive training on how to meet these students» needs or how to navigate the legally mandated processes enumerated in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Further doubt was cast Tuesday on California's ability to meet a mandated August 2 deadline for adopting new common core academic standards in math and English language arts developed through a national consortium.

what the right was doing or a complete failure on the part of the state to meet the needs of their own mandates under SPSA and LCFF.

The Tennessean reports that Metro school officials said at a school board meeting this week that 195 out of about 6,000 Nashville teachers got a score of 1 out of 5 on state - mandated evaluations during the 2011 - 2012 school year.

ASCD calls on policymakers to provide the funding necessary to meet all of the mandates they impose and to increase the resources in order to meet the needs of every student, especially those programs that support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, career technical education, a well - rounded education, personalized learning, and high - quality teachers and principals.

While other teachers were tossing kids out for over an hour, never even checking in on them or documenting the time students were banished for legally mandated manifestation meetings, students came to Kris in large numbers.