Sentences with phrase «state during the administration»

Less than two weeks after releasing a white paper on the report of the Justice Silas Oyewole Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Finances of Ekiti State during the administration of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State, the State government has filed criminal charges of corruption against Fayemi and his Finance Commissioner, Mr Dapo Kolawole.

Ikem, who declared to contest the governorship race under the platform of APC, was a former Commissioner for Works in the state during the administration of Governor Liyel Imoke.

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The Federal Aviation Administration and Space Florida, the state agency tasked with promoting interstellar tourism, predict suborbital flights alone could generate up to $ 1.6 billion in revenue during their first 10 years of operation.

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

A congressional investigation into the actions of the Obama administration and Clinton's State Department during the attack has been stalled for years.

During the Obama administration, Twitter was a regular participant in meetings meant to address technology concerns, especially given its use by groups such as Islamic State and the ease with which the site is used for online bullying.

The United States agreed to the Paris climate agreement during the final year of the Obama administration.

The United States declined to reaffirm its commitment made during the Obama administration to hike that funding to $ 6.4 billion by 2021.

He testified to the committee that he met with members of Russia's presidential administration and Igor Sechin, one of the heads of Russian state - owned oil company Rosneft during the trip.

During the first third of the year, from January through April, the average temperature for the contiguous United States was 4 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th - century average, making this period the second warmest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Tonight, during the State of the Union address, President Obama will reflect back on the past seven years of his presidency and celebrate his Administration's accomplishments — and when it comes to solar energy, the Obama Administration has plenty to celebrate.

Daniel Fried, who retired in 2017 after a 40 - year State Department career that included serving as U.S. sanctions «coordinator» under President Obama, offered his sharp critique of the Obama administration's response to Russian actions during an interview on the Yahoo News podcast «Skullduggery.»

In a statement to the New York Times, Elsa Kania, an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, stated that the United States's own AI initiatives during the Obama administration might have ironically triggered the artificial intelligence boom in the Asian economic superpower.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said during an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this month that it was «time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: a non-state, hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors, like Russia,» and he criticized prior administrations as having been «squeamish» about going after publishers of state secrets.

During a Sunday appearance on New York AM 970 radio's «The Cats Roundtable,» former Clinton administration ambassador to the United Nations and former Gov. Bill Richardson (D - NM) weighed in on the improving relationship between the United States and North Korea,

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- U.S. immigration authorities have detained a 23 - year - old Mexican man who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and given a work permit during the Obama administration, according to a lawsuit challenging the detention in Seattle federal court.

[274] During the same month the Foreign Exchange Administration and Policy Department in Thailand stated that bitcoin lacks any legal framework and would therefore be illegal, which effectively banned trading on bitcoin exchanges in the country.

The United States and China had clashed on issues from cybersecurity to trade in the final years of the Obama administration, although they had struck a landmark climate deal during Barack Obama's 2014 visit to Beijing that served as a prelude to the Paris climate accord.

China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has warned retailers that it will be monitoring sales practices during Singles» Day (Nov....

Carol Lancaster, who teaches at Georgetown University, has worked on U.S. policy toward Africa as a fellow of various Washington think tanks, as deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa in the Carter administration, and as deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Clinton administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today urged President Bush to call for increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during tonight's State of the Union Address to the nation.

Lesser known facts: Christine was a White House intern during the Clinton administration, used to play solo violin recitals from memory, and can sing the 50 states in alphabetical order.

Medication Policy: The State Department of Education requires schools, before and after - school and school readiness programs to maintain an individual medication administration record for students who receive medications during school or program hours.

In Washington, the companies doubled their lobbying expenditures to $ 175 million during the first three years of the Obama administration, Reuters found, and defeated «soda tax» proposals in 24 states.

ICYMI: Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a frequent critic of the federal Secure Communities program, expressed significant «disappointment» during a CapTon interview last night with the Obama administration's reversal on allowing states to opt out.

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

The same poll found a slight dip in the Trump's popularity in his home state of New York during the first days of his new administration.

Schneiderman, like other liberal Democratic state AGs, has started filing legal challenges to the administration's efforts on the environment, a mirror image of what Republicans did during the Obama years.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

During Brown's administration he held the posts of chief secretary to the treasury, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and latterly, health.

During the years of the Pataki Administration, the state raised its tobacco tax, enacted one of the nation's most sweeping restrictions on smoking in public places and in work environments.

It is important to state that the Gbese Chieftancy started in 1980 and victory was won by the Elders during the tenure of the NPP Administration in 2003 under His Exellency President John Agyekum Kufuor.

«Senator Buckley served his state and nation admirably as a senator, Federal justice, Undersecretary of State in the Reagan Administration, and President of Radio Free Europe during the final years of the Soviet Union,» State Chairman Ed Cox said in a statestate and nation admirably as a senator, Federal justice, Undersecretary of State in the Reagan Administration, and President of Radio Free Europe during the final years of the Soviet Union,» State Chairman Ed Cox said in a stateState in the Reagan Administration, and President of Radio Free Europe during the final years of the Soviet Union,» State Chairman Ed Cox said in a stateState Chairman Ed Cox said in a statement.

He said: «Governor Ambode at the meeting with the members of the association, said the setting up of the ETF was part of the inclusive policy of his administration and the Governor was also briefed that the association was collaborating with the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment to come up with a compendium of artisans whereby you probably be having state registered artisans which will be launched during the Artisans» Day coming up in October.

On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same - sex marriage in New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D. Levi, the head of the state's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy gstate's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy gState Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group.

ALBANY — The state will declare the polluted water of Hoosick Falls a Superfund site, conduct a health risk analysis of its residents and test more water wells to address toxic chemicals that have leached into a town water well, Cuomo administration officials announced alongside local elected leaders during a press conference Wednesday.

However, Mustapha Hamid stated that reverting back to this system, which he said was implemented during the Kufuor administration, would greatly improve the lines of communication between the government and the public and vice versa.

During Gov. Eliot Spitzer's two - year administration, his aides directed troopers to create a special report on the use of state aircraft by Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Spitzer's political rival.

From 2001 - 2003, the Audit's then director, Stuart Weir, acted as special adviser to the Public Administration Select Committee during two inquiries which resulted in two significant reports on the «Quango state.

During the Democratic presidential primary, Clinton came under fire from her opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, for her past support of trade deals - including the North America Free Trade Agreement under her husband's administration — which have been blamed for job losses in key swing states like Ohio, (which, of course, is where the Republicans are holding their national convention this week).

Businesses owned by minorities and women received a record $ 1.49 billion in state contracts during the last fiscal year, according to the Cuomo administration.

In the days after Trump's victory, Cuomo has asserted himself as a prominent defender of immigrants and minorities in New York, saying the state would be a «refuge» during the Trump administration.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

That board was itself tainted by scandal in 2009 when state Inspector General Joseph Fisch accused its executive director of leaking information to the Spitzer administration during an investigation.

The decision to leave the administration was not brought on by recent investigations into city agencies or the mayor's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

During his administration, the Town of Haverstraw has maintained the lowest Town and Sewer Tax in Rockland County as well as recently rated by the New York State Comptroller's Office to be in the best condition of any town in Rockland County.

«Sequel to the recommendation of security experts, the Rivers State Government bought the two Bell 412 security surveillance helicopters during the administration of Amaechi, in collaboration with the federal government through the office of the National Security Adviser.»

The program, which was reestablished at the state level in 2015, ran from 1984 until 1995, and was revived when Andrew Cuomo was the U.S. Housing Secretary during the Clinton administration.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.