Sentences with phrase «seeking federal department»

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is seeking a federal Department of Justice investigation into the U.S. Olympic Committee's handling of sexual abuse allegations against a former team doctor.

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If enacted, the legislation would expand foreign investment review procedures overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is chaired by the treasury secretary and seeks input from the departments of defence and homeland security, among other federal bodies.

She also said her department would seek input from the federal departments of environment and fisheries, adding that meetings have already occurred with federal officials.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

In accordance with that memorandum, the Department published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2017, at 82 FR 12319, a document seeking comment on a proposed 60 - day extension of the applicability dates of the Fiduciary Rule and PTEs until June 9, 2017 (NPRM).

Mr. Page never expected to be the Parliamentary Budget Officer, nor had he actively sought the position He had worked in several federal departments, including the Department of Finance in the Economic Analysis and Fiscal Forecasting Branch and in the Privy Council Office as Deputy Head of the Planning and Priorities Division.

A debt collector seeking to recover a private student loan does not work for, represent, or collect on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education or any other branch of the federal government.

A federal court on Thursday upheld the Labor Department's Fiduciary rule, in defiance of a Trump executive order signed on Feb. 3, which sought rescinding the rule enacted by his predecessor The executive order, though not taking effect immediately, sought the Labor Department to review options...

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, according to a State Department filing on Friday.

New York (CNN)- Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

CNN: Lawyers seek to limit New York police surveillance of Muslims Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

Washington (CNN)- The Justice Department sought on Friday to strike a delicate balance between the use of bald eagle feathers by Native American tribes and federal protection of the nation's symbolic bird.

Ultimately, if a parent continues to be dissatisfied with the plan as implemented by the school district, s / he can seek redress with the Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education), and beyond that, with the federal courts.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

«As a man of proven integrity, who is in the forefront of supporting Mr. President's fight against corruption, the DG sought the support of anti-corruption agencies such as the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission in fighting corruption in Information Technology procurements in Federal Government's Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.»

And the U.S. Attorney's office also is seeking all communications between the health department, NYCHA, the Department of Homeless Services and any city, state or federal governmental agency about conditions in public housing or homelessdepartment, NYCHA, the Department of Homeless Services and any city, state or federal governmental agency about conditions in public housing or homelessDepartment of Homeless Services and any city, state or federal governmental agency about conditions in public housing or homeless shelters.

In the past few weeks, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order imposing a state - controlled monitor for the authority's finances, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development decreed that the city seek permission to spend any federal funds on the authority.

In addition to seeking a US Drug Enforcement Agency permit to import seed and establish a seed distribution site for international imports, the State Department of Agriculture and Markets will advocate to ease federal requirements to acquire hemp seed.

Walsh also said he would continue to seek United States Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to support initiatives such as the Syracuse Lead Hazard Control Program, which was denied federal funds and eventually shuttered in 2016.

Walsh also said he would continue to seek United States Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to support initiatives such as the Syracuse Lead Hazard Control Program, which was denied federal funds and eventually

A federal judge has dismissed — for a second time — a pair of lawsuits seeking to force the State Department to do more to recover former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails.

Republican Rep. John Faso released a letter Wednesday sent to the tax policy office at the U.S. Department of Treasury that seeks to clarify whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed workarounds for a $ 10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions are legal under federal law.

Two former residents of the Syosset Mobile Home Park are seeking $ 14 million in damages from Nassau County, the county sheriff's department and Nassau police for alleged wrongful eviction and deprivation of civil rights, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

In an unusual step that county Democrats say is politically motivated, a former Rensselaer County prosecutor wrote a letter to the Justice Department earlier this year asking federal prosecutors to investigate whether District Attorney Richard McNally had improperly ended the grand jury probe that was started by McNally's predecessor, Patricia DeAngelis, a Republican who did not seek re-election in 2007.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's office revealed over social media that he will meet today with Gen. John Kelly, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after a federal immigration agent visited a Queens elementary school late last week seeking to speak with a fourth - grader.

The proposal would bar the NYPD and the city Department of Correction from honoring detention orders — seeking a detainee transfer from city to federal custody over possible immigration violations — unless signed by a federal judge.

Department of Energy programs that employ one of the federal government's largest group of scientists and engineers would face a 17.9 % decrease in programs including those that seek to advance energy production and conservation.

The memo sought a list of all department employees or contractors who have attended any meetings on the social cost of carbon, a measurement that federal agencies use to weigh the costs and benefits of new energy and environment regulations.

As Congress develops public policy, I will continue to engage and seek counsel from our world class scientists and technicians working at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute on Standards and Technology, and other federal agencies.

A federal appeals court in Colorado last week vacated a temporary ban on U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections at slaughterhouse facilities, ruling against animal protection groups seeking to block Valley Meat and other aspiring horse slaughter facilities from opening.

The Justice Department's disinclination to seek warrants for private files stored on the servers of companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft continued even after a federal appeals court in 2010 ruled that warrantless access to e-mail violates the Fourth Amendment.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to determine whether a high - ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) official received outside payments from a conservative group that seeks to influence federal policy.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

Although the administration has proposed cutting the U.S. Department of Education's budget by 13.5 percent, it seeks a $ 1.4 billion federal investment in school choice.

The U.S. Education Department's research chief last week urged education researchers to focus on studies with «practical value» and seek broad support from other educators to secure more federal funding.

The department was sued in both state and federal court by the Institute for Creation Research after state education officials sought to bar the school from awarding master's degrees in science beginning in 1988.

The U.S. Department of Education and numerous other researchers have sought continually to assess the effectiveness of the federal role in education in terms of its impact on the academic achievement of the targeted populations, but much less attention has been given to the effectiveness of the funding approach.

Private schools that seek to participate in the program usually must work directly with the state department of education, and many appear to have concluded that the burden of compliance with federal regulations governing the program outweighs any benefits low - income children might receive.

Washington — Although more than three months have passed since Education Department officials announced their intention to seek major changes in the federal law governing the education of handicapped children, the Administration has thus far failed to send to the Congress specific proposals to amend the law.

Once fully built, the consortium seeks to request of the state department of education to apply for a federal waiver to enable the consortium to adopt the MCIEA model and be exempt from state testing except in «dipstick» grades.

As Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa recently observed, the proposed 2017 - 2018 cuts represent the largest proposed reduction to federal education spending «since President Ronald Reagan sought a 35.7 percent cut to the department in his proposed 1983 budget.»

The Department also sought public input through a request for comments in the Federal Register and received 16,391 comments by the time the 90 day comment period closed on September 20, 2017.

The State Education Department is seeking a federal waiver allowing students with severe disabilities not eligible for alternate assessments to be tested at lower grade levels.

Less than a quarter of the states sought exemptions from the federal education law, but the U.S. Education Department expects every state to eventually apply.

The Utah Department of Health sought in 2016 to include a question regarding sexual orientation in an annual joint federal - state survey on health risks, known as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and conducted in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R - Wis., is seeking to limit the federal Department of Justice's ability to review voucher schools for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Gov. Scott Walker is blocking the state Department of Public Instruction from seeking outside counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court — a move that comes after the state Department of Justice dropped the education agency as a client in the suit.

In a significant victory for educators and students in Hurricane Harvey - impacted school districts, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Dec. 14 that he would seek a federal accountability waiver from the U.S. Department of Education to ensure the state has maximum flexibility as accountability decisions are made.

However, all individuals seeking employment within the New Hampshire Department of Education must complete a School Employee Criminal History Records Check and fingerprint clearance on both a state and federal level.

On January 14, 2016, WILL filed a FOIA request with the United States Department of Justice seeking records related to the Obama Administration's 4 - year - long investigation into whether the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) violates federal disability law.