Sentences with phrase «times federal standards»

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The numbers are not large by the standards of political donations but they mark the first time the industry has tilted its contributions toward Republicans, according to federal records.

Despite the President's federal agenda, California — which has the largest automobile market in the country — can set its own standards thanks to a waiver in the Clean Air Act, which grants the state considerable influence over the auto industry, the Times reports.

For the time period in question, the federal funds rate was low (by historic standards), leading the Fed to dismiss the yield curve's «prediction» of recession.

A standard federal tax deduction is based upon the status of the person at the time of filing.

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the middle of a showdown over the federal debt ceiling, Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, from AAA to AA + with a negative outlook.

Three times a year the Federal Reserve surveys bank lending officers about credit standards, loan pricing and the demand for borrowing.

Beyond federal Section 204 requirements, the policy sets nutritional standards for foods outside the National School Lunch Program concerning fat, sodium, sugars, and serving size limits; prohibits certain foods of minimal nutritional value during the school day; requires minimum eating times of at least 15 minutes for breakfast and 20 minutes for lunch; requires there be at least 30 minutes for physical activity per day; and includes minimum data collection and reporting requirements.

The newer version still includes the highly - rated Embrace Carseat, which is subject to EvenFlo's 2 - times the Federal Crash Test Standard.

It's rigorously tested for safety (it has two times the... MORE federal standard for side - impact protection) and has energy - absorbing padding to absorb the impact in case of an accident.

It's side - impact tested, meets all federal safety standards and is designed and tested at levels that are about two times the federal crash test standard.

Promulgated by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the agency which administers the state's federal school lunch program, the «Texas School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those items.

Swim advisories were issued an additional 134 times because the bacteria count was above the federal standards but lower than the amount required for a Park District ban.

Before this time, there weren't any federal crib safety standards for manufacturers to obey.

Still another policy called for by SNA would extend the comment period on the «Smart Snacks in Schools» standards which, for the first time ever, will (beginning July 1st) impose some regulations on «competitive foods» sold at school outside of federal meal programs, including at a la carte snack bars, vending machines, and student stores.

The new standards, which go into effect July 1, mark the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture program will directly dictate nutrition for any food sold in schools during the school day — not just the traditional lunches and breakfasts long subsidized through the federal school lunch program.

The Federal Labor Standard Act has been amended to require employers to provide reasonable break time and a place for nursing mothers to express milk.

The Federal Railroad Administration should review current standards for the time between the activation of train warning signals and the distance of an oncoming train, US Senator Charles Schumer said Friday.

But green groups haven't hesitated to take aim at Trump online, with the Natural Resources Defense Council criticizing his recent move to rescind climate standards for federal infrastructure and the League of Conservation Voters praising Miami's Republican mayor, Tomás Regalado, for saying it is time to talk about climate change.

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.

This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

In March, the NYS Education Department requested a waiver from the federal law, allowing for developmentally appropriate testing standards for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time for English Language Learners for children just starting to learn English.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a nightmare and a mistake, grilled state Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time to adopt the new federal standards.

State environmental records show cancer - causing benzene has been found in groundwater at levels 100,000 times higher than permitted by federal drinking water standards.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake», grilled King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

Mr. Larimer permitted Mr. Paterson to postpone the special election until the date of the next November general election because the governor argued the state needed time to bring voting machines in the area up to federal standards.

Sometimes it measured 7,000 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter, which is more than 400 times the maximum level that federal standards consider healthy.

NASA intends for such high - speed systems to be standard issue on spacecraft starting in 2025, provided the federal wallet can support their data - hungry habits; they'd be able to download that 1.5 - GB video two to 10 times faster.

The Federal Communications Commission decided at the end of last month that it will shut down broadcasting in the standard NTSC format at some time after HDTV broadcasts begin.

As of July 25, the air across Southern California exceeded federal smog standards 81 times, an uptick over the two years prior according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

In some cities, herbicides in tap water exceed federal lifetime health standards for weeks or months at a time.

«Even satisfactory national standards must extinguish federalism's creativity: At any time, it is more likely there will be half a dozen innovative governors than one creative federal education bureaucracy.

Since that time, states — spurred in part by the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act — have enacted many of that movement's building blocks related to standards, testing, and accountability.

On the other hand, it would remove from the Common Core debate (at least until NCLB - reauthorization time, if that day ever comes) the specter of Arne Duncan and Barack Obama clutching those standards to the federal bosom.

At the same time that NCLB told states to set their own standards, Congress directed them to participate in the federal tests, known as NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress), which serve as an external audit of their claims.

But at the same time, those numbers are tainted by some districts who, under pressure to meet federal standards, simply lowered the academic bar to help more students reach it.

The passage of the NCLB is a landmark moment for federal control in education, as, for the first time, Washington was to dictate state standards, while mandating state testing and yearly progress goals — even the breaking down of scores by sub-groups of students.

The federal Department of Education specified for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one - year transition to implementing the Common Core standards.

At the same time, some of the biggest gains came on campuses in low - income areas, schools often considered failing by state and federal standards.

They combine new federal dictates over the timing of improvement with continued state control over the standards for improvement, perhaps providing perverse incentives for states to lower the academic standards they recently adopted.

And if you're at all interested in standards, assessments, accountability, and / or the consequences of the federal government's deep engagement in key elements of schooling, I think you'll find this brief very much worth your time.

Via the Los Angeles Times Running the schools was a lot simpler before there were federal standards and accountability tests and a commitment to closing the achievement gap for disadvantaged students.

High - Stakes Testing With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over time.

The site proposed for Audubon's temporary campus has lead contamination in the soil of the playground area exceeding federal standards by 10 times or more, prompting some parents to insist the entire site have the lead removed before their children arrive next fall.

The feds based that number on the «percent of students who may not reach grade - level achievement standards within the same time frame as other students, even after receiving the best - designed instructional interventions from highly trained teachers,» the department wrote in the Federal Register.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake,» grilled State Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

But former Gov. Deval Patrick's administration traded away Massachusetts» proven, literature - rich English standards for $ 250 million in one - time federal grant money.

Make the wording more straightforward — and accurate — such as, «many States adopted the common standards and tests at the same time the federal government made doing so important to compete for federal funds,» and the gap might be smaller, or even reversed.

New federal standards mean that children from low - income families will spend more time in Head Start preschool classes.