Sentences with phrase «use of federal funds by»

In 2013, a sample of the use of federal funds by districts found that only 4 percent are spent annually on opportunities for principals to engage in professional learning.

Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey said, «I am pleased Governor Cuomo is making good use of federal funds by supporting clean air and alternative transportation programs.

Not exact matches

By diverting some of your income into tax - deferred accounts like 401k or IRAs, you can defer paying state taxes (as well as federal taxes) until you're ready to use the funds in retirement.

Phase I funding — which allows up to $ 250,000 for an academic idea, such as decoding the genetic sequence of a protein or studying targeted drug delivery by using magnetic nanoparticles — is available from federal funding and foundations.

Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.

Many lenders in the federal funds and Eurodollar markets with access to the ON RRP facility responded to these low rates by increasing their use of the facility, as shown in Figure 10.

The fed funds are used to control inflation for a better economy and are set up by the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System.

Reining In Rates O'Neil, one of the managers of the $ 26 billion Fidelity Total Bond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more Treasuries.

But Capitol Hill is also widely expected to take up an emergency «supplemental» funding bill that would send tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars to help begin to repair the Texas coast using the Federal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disFederal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disfederal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disasters.

While the Federal Reserve decided in December to increase short - term interest rates, that hasn't yet translated into significant increases in deposit rates paid out by banks on safe, federally insured deposits — the kind of accounts consumers might want to use for an emergency fund or for parking cash they expect to use in the next month or two.

Finally, the use of this $ 130,000 could also violate prohibitions on personal use of campaign funds by a federal candidate.

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The platform states they would pay for this program by consolidating fragmented support for childcare and by «using a combination of existing federal and provincial program funding, plus new funding.»

Before you scream too loudly over this move by President Obama, keep in mind that the prohibition for using federal funds under the executive order by President Bush did not stop the practice of harvesting stem cells from unused embryos in fertility clinics.

The only issue here is the use of FEDERAL PUBLIC funds to only support organizations that abide by FEDERAL rules!

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

«A lot of federal funds went into the building of this, so we can't restrict its use by boundaries,» Hansen said.

However, the $ 335,000 set aside for the renovations comes from a special bond fund that must be used by the end of the year or the Park District could lose the money because of federal laws.

The only federal funds that can be used on disposable diapers come from TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families), a grant given out by the states to only the most destitute of families.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

WHITE PLAINS — The Westchester County Board of Legislators Monday night authorized the county to reserve 50 percent of the county's almost $ 7.9 million federal funds for use by local municipalities for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

«Without accountability by local political leaders, the Federal government would continue to be the scapegoat for the failure of states and local governments to use ecological funds for the purposes they were released,» he said.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

«We have lost a tremendous source of funding that used to go to municipalities with the state as a pass - through by not having sufficient money out of the federal government,» Hochul said.

The panel also proposed tolling on federal roads and 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by passengers using mass transit for inter-state trips to generate fund for the rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in the country.

Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who engaged in a major funding limitation debate during the fiscal 2017 appropriations season when he proposed an amendment to bar discrimination against certain federal contractors, said he hadn't thought of using a funding limitation to bar payouts for claims stemming from sexual harassment by members of Congress.

Mr. Johnson said he would approach land - use decisions by trying «to get to a place of yes»; that he wanted to take steps to «eradicate hunger in New York City»; and that he would deal with the prospect of tighter budgets — because of the new federal tax law or a potential economic downturn — by guarding funding for «programs and everyday things that affect the most New Yorkers and the poorest New Yorkers, to ensure that they don't get cut.»

A New York congressional candidate given permission Thursday to use campaign funds for child care expenses called the decision by federal officials «a game changer» for mothers as a record number of women run for office.

On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) voted unanimously — by a vote of 4 - 0 — to allow Democrat Liuba Grechen Shirley, a community organizer who is challenging Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, to use the funds for her two children: Nicholas, age 2, and Mila, age 3.

Helgerson has used the power of the purse to place a much larger emphasis on the social determinants of health, particularly with programs that could be funded in part, or in whole, by the federal government.

The report, by the independent Authorities Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up pollution.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it will mobilise Nigerians for nationwide protests to resist the plan by the Federal Government to sell strategic assets under the guise of using the funds to be generated to get the country out of recession.

The Indigent Care Pool (ICP) was created under the 1996 Health Care Reform Act as a means of reimbursing hospitals for care provided to patients without health insurance, using funds raised by the state's taxes on health insurance policies along with federal aid.

For the studies, the team used a portable chamber specifically designed by KIT's Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

These statements might sound like the rhetoric used by extreme animal rights groups, but they come from White Coat Waste — a new, unlikely coalition of fiscal conservatives and liberal activists that aims to end federal funding for research involving dogs and other animals by targeting people's pocketbooks in addition to their heartstrings.

Further research focused on the use of federal public funds to subsidize Amazonian farmers, regardless of land use restrictions established by the Brazilian Forest Code.

In the «BioElectroPlast» project funded by the Federal Ministry of Research they use microorganisms that produce polyhydroxybutyric acid from flue gas, air, and renewable power.

If NAMII proves successful and perhaps even financially self - sustaining by the time its federal funding is used up within three years, the U.S. government could use its lessons to build the rest of a $ 1 billion manufacturing innovation network proposed by the Obama administration.

Yoon said some of the funding made possible by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which includes $ 460 million for community mental health services for states to use, may help other states to create similar programs.

First, promising to restore the integrity of science while seeking vast medical benefits for many, President Obama repealed the restrictions set by President Bush on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

What Collins does not say, however, is that the new NIH guidelines also allow for federal funds to be used in studying new human embryonic stem cell lines that are created (by private entities, of course) beyond the 700 currently in existence.

\ n \ nIn other words this is a political attempt, based on a technicality, to advance science in the field by getting the US Administration to greatly expand the number of human ES - cell lines that can be used under federal funding.

\ n \ nMany dozens of new lines are now available but research using them can not currently be supported by US federal funding.

Others, however, accepted the legitimacy of these concerns, but argued that given the therapeutic potential presented by hESCs, research using them should continue and should receive federal funding.

The malady, titled, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is widely criticized by the NFL which uses its tremendous influence to ride Omalu out of Pennsylvania (he settles in California) while Wecht is arrested by federal agents and charged with 87 counts of fraud, misappropriation of funds and other crimes.

The Pike County, Ky., school system's use of more than $ 9 million in federal flood - relief funds is being investigated by officials of the U.S. Education Department, a county school system official said last week.