Sentences with phrase «taken by federal agencies»

Lightfoot attorneys also have extensive experience in challenging actions taken by federal agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Not exact matches

By the end of February, when Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler delivers his final set of rules on net neutrality, Wheeler would expand the agency's reach over the internet and broadband providers through a series of «bright line rules» that would take the debate over net neutrality to yet another level.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. counted $ 331 billion in commercial and industrial bank loans under $ 1 million as of Dec. 31, the largest amount since the end of 2008, when the government agency reported a record $ 336 billion in such loans that are generally taken out by small companies.

Net neutrality supporters are focusing their efforts in part on the Congressional Review Act, a once - obscure law that allows Congress to overturn regulations enacted by federal agencies within 60 days of when they take effect.

Grating a take permit - of which literally thousands are granted by federal and state agencies every year in this country - is not one of them.

«Although there have been actions taken to address these problems, many of my constituents are deeply concerned with potential ongoing health risks to their families, delayed and confused responses by the state and federal agencies involved, and lack of accountability to find out what happened and why it was allowed to go on after the initial detection of the contamination of their water supply.»

There are no simple or quick fixes, but campaign finance reform advocates say there are steps the president, Congress, and federal agencies could take to address problems caused by dark money:

Police and federal officials, though, countered that they remain focused on curtailing a gang that preys on immigrants and said the steps they take are based on evidence.The report by the New York Immigration Coalition and the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic at the CUNY School of Law warns about the danger of law - enforcement agencies slipping into profiling and discriminatory policing.»

Budget Director Bob Megna told reporters after the meeting that some of the money taken from the emergency management fund will be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The EFCC subsequently received a petition alleging that over N50bn from the Employee Compensation Scheme fund, paid by Ministries, Departments and Agencies and private companies as well as another N18bn, being the contribution of the Federal Government as take - off grant to the NSITF, was mismanaged and diverted into the personal accounts of Olojeme and Umar Abubakar, a former Managing Director of the NSITF.

Turner said that if it were up to him, he would cut federal spending by 35 percent — including gutting the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and slashing the budget of the U.S. Department of Education — which he said would take about seven to 10 years to accomplish.

The event is part of the National Drug Take Back day initiated by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.

It takes years to get on the federal Drug Enforcement Agency's Schedule A list of banned substances, and by then, dealers have tweaked the chemical compound enough to avoid arrest and prosecution.

The bipartisan budget deal reached in late October offers some much - needed relief for federal science agencies, but it remains a temporary fix for programs hit by the spending caps known as «sequestration ``, which took effect in 2013.

Actions taken by the Trump administration to stifle communications at federal agencies and to ban travel from select countries «have been deeply troubling» to many scientists, said AAAS President Barbara Schaal at an opening presentation of the AAAS Annual Meeting.

Authored by 77 scientists from the Forest Service, other federal agencies and universities across the United States, the report outlines the way forests respond physiologically to drought - stress, as well as steps land managers and foresters can take to mitigate the impacts of rising temperatures and a lack of water.

Most universities are now moving toward establishing a minimum stipend level for postdocs, which is reviewed annually and takes into account the recommended stipends set by federal granting agencies.

The Obama administration can take the lead, however, by encouraging federal, state and local agencies to integrate ideas of equity and precaution into programs and policies.

The White House will not make a formal statement about the bill until it is scheduled for debate on the House floor «but you shouldn't take the silence officially up until now as assent,» Holdren said, adding «I will make clear my personal opinion that the COMPETES act is bad for science, bad for scientists and engineers, and bad for the federal science agencies that would be authorized by the bill.

Still others may enter the field by doing a specialized degree in public health or taking coursework in disaster management, for instance at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Emergency Management Institute.

We take seriously the trust that is placed in us by federal grant - making agencies and the public at large.

Taking a cue from federal science agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Agency, the guidelines call for standing panels of reviewers to screen many of the research proposals funded by the Education Department's primary research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences.

Washington — Spending on education across all federal agencies declined during the 1980's after taking inflation into account, a report issued last week by the National Center for Education Statistics concludes.

Smarter Balanced was created by assessment professionals in state education agencies who determined that by pooling their experience and expertise — and by taking advantage of the federal funds offered by the Department of Education and working in partnership with private sector firms — they could build more sophisticated and accurate assessments of student learning than any individual state could offer on its own.

We encourage the district to take the next important step in protecting its students by closing this loophole and ensuring that all law enforcement agencies operating in its schools adequately protect students» personal information from unintentional disclosure to federal immigration agencies.

Due to the requirement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act that each state's Title I plan must describe «the specific steps that the state education agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers and the measures that the state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator Equity Plan.

by Bob Sloan For years VLTP, Center for Media and Democracy, PRWatch, Common Cause and other organizations have reported upon alumni of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) taking positions of authority in state and federal agencies.

(h) As an employer, you may also be required to take additional actions required by DOT agency regulations (e.g., FAA rules require some positive drug tests to be reported to the Federal Air Surgeon).

(a) Any contract in excess of $ 2,500 entered into by any Federal department or agency for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) for the United States shall contain a provision requiring that, in employing persons to carry out such contract the party contracting with the United States shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals as defined in section 7 (6).

Each Federal department and agency which is empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity, by way of grant, loan, or contract other than a contract of insurance or guaranty, is authorized and directed to effectuate the provisions of section 601 with respect to such program or activity by issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general applicability which shall be consistent with achievement of the objectives of the statute authorizing the financial assistance in connection with which the action is taken.

The forbearance or stopped collections will affect all of a borrower's federal loans that are serviced by a federal loan servicer (or defaulted and serviced by a private collection agency), including loans that are not eligible for a borrower defense to repayment loan discharge, such as loans taken out to attend a different institution than the one related to your application.

If you have a federal student loan in default, up to 15 % of your disposable pay could be taken by the federal government or a guaranty agency to repay your debt.

If the down payment for a conventional loan was lowered to 3 % from the traditional 20 % — as has been suggested by Melvin Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency — it would take less than two years.

If you have a federal student loan in default, up to 15 % of your disposable pay could be taken by the federal government or your guaranty agency to repay your debt.

The enforcement actions complement the actions under consideration by the federal and state regulatory and law enforcement agencies, and do not preclude those agencies from taking additional enforcement action.

Refinancing is taking out a private loan that is funded by a bank, to pay for your federal loan, which is funded by the Department of Education, a federal agency.

Whenever a consumer feels that they have been taken advantage of by a financial institution, bank, lender or any company whatsoever, they are entitled to report it to certain federal agencies.

The implementation of this national policy is consistent with the approach taken by other law enforcement organizations as well as other federal agencies and departments, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Customs Border Services Agency (CBSA).

If you will take advantage of this provision of the Federal FACT Act, you'll be able to stay on top of the information maintained by the credit reporting agencies.

AES Student Loans was founded by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to help borrowers take full advantage of the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

In 1935 Evans took an assignment with the US Federal Agency's Resettlement Administration, which relocated families affected by the economic depression.

But when asked to decide by parliament by August 2011 whether one of the decommissioned reactors should be designated as a «cold reserve» plant to ensure security, the Federal Network Agency claimed that even with the disturbances it had warned about, system security in the transmission network could be guaranteed — if a variety of measures were taken into account.

In 2011, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke increased actions to be taken by members of the Cabinet, Federal departments and agencies, and U.S. delegations by again certifying Iceland for diminishing the effectiveness of the IWC.

Requires the President to direct relevant federal agencies to use existing statutory authority to take appropriate actions and address shortfalls identified in the NAS reports by July 1, 2015, and every four years thereafter.

In 2006, a federal judge rejected a Department of Energy finding that federal agencies couldn't take action to reduce fuel use because petroleum reduction goals mandated by the Act were unachievable.

But in March 2011 the Federal Environment Agency, said that in principle «all of Germany's nuclear power stations could be taken offline permanently by 2017,» without resulting in «supply bottlenecks or in appreciably higher electricity prices.»

Furthermore, a report on a National Preparedness Goal [PDF] issued in September by the Administration (in response to the Presidential Policy Directive on National Preparedness of March 30, 2011) entirely omits any mention of climate change — even though the adaptation task force highlights the actions Federal agencies are taking to «to incorporate climate adaptation into planning, emergency preparedness, and disaster recovery to protect communities and reduce losses.»

Pursuant to Clean Air Act § 307 (b)(1), 42 U.S.C. § 7607 (b)(1), Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and D.C. Circuit Rule 15, Air Alliance Houston, California Communities Against Toxics, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Integrity Project, Hoosier Environmental Council, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Citizen Action, and Sierra Club (collectively, «Petitioners») hereby petition this Court for review of the 2 final action taken by Respondents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Scott Pruitt in the attached memorandum from William L. Wehrum, dated January 25, 2018 (Attachment 1), and in the Federal Register notice published at 83 Fed.

In the ruling earlier this month, the Court rejected a DOE finding that federal agencies can not take action to reduce fuel use because petroleum reduction goals mandated by the Act are unachievable.

TLSC's lawyers have taken a lead role in accepting major cases involving challenges to actions taken by state and federal agencies.