Sentences with phrase «other federal organizations»

Other federal organizations, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, already have teams thinking about synthetic biology and the risks of amateur science.

Not exact matches

Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

Other attendees included academics, federal and provincial civil servants, and representatives of business and professional organizations.

Heritage Action and more than a dozen other organizations said attempts to subsidize extra-pricy customers with federal tax dollars or restore «cost - sharing» payments that...

The Springfield, Missouri - based hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor recreation retailer provided more than 80 Tracker boats to local, state and federal government agencies and rescue organizations in the widely flooded city, as well as in other impacted communities in Texas.

Analysis conducted by the Federal Reserve and other organizations has shown that excessive debt leads to more mortgage loan denials than any other single factor.

So we think there's an opportunity to work with other organizations to assess what information is available and to provide as much information as possible to assist the federal government in making these decisions, so they are not just based on speculation.

The Federal Housing Administration allows borrowers to receive gift money from family members, employers, charitable organizations, and other sources.

Federal, state and local officials have also teamed up with the Independent Living Center and other disability organizations to serve as a resource for individuals with disabilities, access and other functional needs.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

But the order also states that faith - based organizations receiving federal dollars may use their facilities to provide government - backed social services, even if those facilities include religious art, icons, scriptures and other religious symbols.

Many movements are on foot which urge, on the one hand, withholding of support from the United Nations organization to further national interests, and on the other, federal world government embracing ex-enemy states and all others.

Rates of schisms were positively associated with the size of the parent denomination, negatively associated with membership in the National Council of Churches (and its predecessor, the Federal Council of Churches), positively associated with rates of failure among business organizations, and curvilinearly associated with the density of other schisms in the religious environment.

The executive order in question, issued by President Clinton and affirmed by President Bush in 2002, states that while religious organizations that receive federal funds can not discriminate against beneficiaries of their programs, they «may retain religious terms in its organization's name, select its board members on a religious basis, and include religious references in its organization's mission statements and other chartering or governing documents.»

Today, federal, state and local governments, land - grant universities and other organizations nationwide are pursuing organic agriculture research and education programs.

There is already a nationwide foundation in place that includes charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, businesses, grocery stores, restaurants, food producers, local, state and federal government agencies and other stakeholders that are committed to addressing this issue through prevention, donation, composting and other practices.

Just 16 percent of eligible children in Illinois participate in the federal Summer Food Service Program, which provides daily meals at community centers and other organizations, including those served by the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Cook County and Northern Illinois Food Bank in surrounding counties.

By creating a CoIIN, the intention is to develop seamless channels to spread information on learning and improvements more widely within participating organizations and to other Federal Home Visiting grantees and local implementing agencies.

She has steered the organization to advocacy, pressing elected officials to protect and strengthen the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the school breakfast program at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safety nets.

Self - help guru Keith Raniere, who has charged by federal prosecutors with running a violent sex - slave cult called NXIVM, allegedly used the star power of two actresses from the Superman - prequel TV series «Smallville» to lure other women into his organization.

Nearly 200 AmeriCorps members will be serving schools and other organizations in Buffalo thanks to a federal grant.

A close associate of former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio testified before a federal judge Tuesday that the corrupt Richmond Hill politician used her organization to bilk funds from other groups and ruined not only their friendship but her business when he did not get his way.

«Our strategic selection of 20,000 in each of the batches of the OYES scheme, from the over 250,000 applicants which exposed the problems of unemployment, has helped Osun to record some of the achievements which were confirmed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and other agencies of the federal government and private organizations.

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

«It's unfortunate that Rob Astorino's belated response to combating college sexual assault is to issue a proposal that violates federal law and runs counter to what virtually every other student and advocacy organization in New York has called for, showcasing what little thought he put into this very real issue.»

The federal prosecutors, led by William Harrington, said Seminerio created a sham consulting agency, Marc Consultants, to squeeze $ 1 million out of Jamaica Hospital, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Plaza College in Jackson Heights, the Long Island Rail Road and other organizations while in office.

Other portals on the Green Book's home page are adorned with more fitting graphics — a courthouse symbol for courts, an American flag for federal agencies, and a globe for international organizations.

Also at 12:30 p.m., U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer holds a conference call with reporters to launch a campaign to pass legislation that would close hole in federal law that prevents summer camps and other not - for - profit organizations that work with children from gaining access to federal sex offender background checks on new employees and volunteers.

I am not sure how to parse out the size of these organizations (or more accurately the number of agents that serve as federal policing agents) because the DHS includes organizations like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other agencies that - I think it is fair to say - are differentiate from policing.

Presented with this critique, the attorney general's office responded that, among other uses of analytics, it examines datasets drawn from federal filings and other sources «to determine common links» between «problem organizations,» like common addresses, auditors, or consultants.

According to the organization, «The orders sought are necessary to know exactly what happened to the Paris Club refunds, and the release of the information including on a dedicated website would be deemed incidental to the power of the federal government to achieve effective implementation of anticorruption legislation such as the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act, which is applicable in all states of the federation, and will not amount to interference with activities within the states involved.»

The court action was filed today in federal court in Buffalo by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association along with a number of other organizations.

«While the toolkit's target audience is federal employees, other organizations and individuals will find many of the case studies and resources useful,» stated Shanley.

The committee that conducted the study and wrote the report recommended actions the FDA, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and health - related organizations should take — which include promoting more judicious prescribing of opioids, expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, preventing more overdose deaths, weighing societal impacts in opioid - related regulatory decisions, and investing in research to better understand the nature of pain and develop non-addictive alternatives.

Schaefer says that his organization has a letter scheme to describe species as GX (presumed extinct) or GH (possibly extinct) and then uses several other classifications, such as G1 (critically imperiled)-- ranks also used by various federal agencies.

It contains a list of «tools» created by federal agencies, universities and other organizations that local officials can use to determine the frequency of floods, the depth of water and the vulnerability of future subdivisions.

Our approach to confronting these challenges is to center the workshop on research findings emerging from the SciSIP awards; provide for independent, collegial commentary on these presentations by individuals whose work has spanned, or crossed over, implementing and writing about science policy (and who have not applied for SciSIP awards); and then to carefully roll out a distillation of findings from SciSIP awards to federal agencies and other organizations more directly involved in the formulation or implementation of science policy.

On 10 April, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) in Tucson, Arizona, joined three other organizations — the Humane Society of the United States, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation — to file a federal lawsuit calling for the government to increase the amount of space designated as critical habitat for the whales under the US Endangered Species Act.

When the RECIPIENT is a for - profit organization, the RECIPIENT shall hold harmless, defend, and indemnify the U.S. Federal Government, the DONOR, The Regents of the University of California, the University of Missouri, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and The Jackson Laboratory against any claims, costs or other liabilities which may arise from the RECIPIENT's use, storage or disposal of the MATERIAL.

Clinical Research Advocacy — Collaborating with other professional organizations to promote the advancement and support of clinical and translational research to Congress and federal agencies

For cash - strapped institutions, an impressive number of free online databases, lists, and digests are available from federal agencies, foundations, scholarly societies, professional organizations, and others.

Joyful Heart is partnering with other organizations to bring funding and federal legislation to reduce this backlog.

She teaches classes, creates recipes, writes articles, and consults with individuals and organizations such as Whole Foods Markets, MCI Corporation, USDA, and other federal agencies.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

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).

But in the past year, parents in two other counties, Carter and Claiborne, have brought federal suits against the school districts and a fundamentalist Christian organization, contending that such classes are unconstitutional.

Ericka was also President and Chief Operating Officer of the McKenzie Group (now part of American Institutes for Research), a comprehensive education consulting firm with a 20 - year history of providing evaluation and technical assistance services to school districts, institutions of higher education, federal agencies, foundations, and other public and private organizations.

Public schools depend mainly on local, state, and federal funds, and private schools usually gain support mainly from tuition, with some funds coming from other nonpublic sources such as religious organizations, endowments, grants, and charitable donations.