Sentences with phrase «reviewed by federal officials»

All cases are reviewed by federal officials working in the same location.

If ongoing risk reviews by federal officials «identify significant unmanaged security or safety concerns, the government should consider making compliance with certain oversight or reporting measures mandatory for all researchers... regardless of funding sources,» the report says.

Not exact matches

The unanimous vote by the financial review commission, which was created as part of the city's federal court - approved debt adjustment plan, enables Detroit's elected officials to enact budgets and enter into contracts without first obtaining the board's approval.

ALBANY — A federal water study commissioned by the Cuomo administration as it weighed a key decision on fracking was edited and delayed by state officials before it was published, a Capital review has found.

Referring specifically to the state construction projects Newsday reviewed, Azzopardi said, «The largest portion of the contracts you are referencing are publicly bid and vetted by the offices of the attorney general, the comptroller and in many cases federal transportation officials.

While NASA's $ 200 million funding reduction pales in comparison to cuts that would face some federal agencies under the proposed budget (which has to be reviewed and approved by Congress before becoming official), it would make significant changes to how those dollars are spent.

The initial ruling — which still must be reviewed by the Secretary of Education and could eventually be contested in court — addresses a longstanding dispute between federal and state education officials over the interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

For reasons that escape me, ESSA's required federal filings, which have been assembled by hordes of well - meaning state officials and consultants, have been treated not as largely meaningless paper exercises but as something deserving of breathless notice from education advocates and press (including American Idol - style contests and foundation - funded independent review boards).

A modern conservative columnist, Kate O'Beirne, writing in the National Review, has questioned the value of food stamps, school breakfasts and lunches, and the WIC programs (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): «With rates of excess weight and obesity highest among low - income households, budget officials should be asking themselves why tens of billions of dollars are being spent each year by federal nutrition programs aimed at boosting food consumption by the poor.»

In an initial review of how the department administered funds under the emergency federal aid approved by Congress, the inspectors found that department officials visited affected areas and reviewed all available data to verify whether a particular school district was entitled to the federal money, the report says.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

«Despite comporting with both federal guidelines and state law, these controls weren't good enough for the EPA... Whatever its rationale, [on August 5th] the EPA imposed Regional Haze retrofits at San Juan that would cost New Mexico ratepayers $ 370 million — a nearly tenfold increase over those approved by New Mexico officials... Based on peer - reviewed research, there is a 35 percent chance that the visibility «benefit» of the EPA's preferred controls could be perceptible by the general population on the seventh - worst visibility day of the year at Mesa Verde, the national park closest to the San Juan Generating Station... In other words, most people won't even notice the difference wrought by the EPA's ultra-expensive controls.»

In this role he supported staff counsel to the United States Committee on Financial Disclosure, processing and reviewing financial reports for the federal judiciary; he also produced documentation to be read and reviewed by judges and judicial officials...