Sentences with phrase «used by federal officials»

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For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

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NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Plans to eliminated the federal historic tax credit as part the $ 1.5 trillion tax reform package being considered by Congress would end a key tool used to revitalize old structures in city's like Troy, officials warned.

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.

Speaking of aircraft, federal officials signed off on the use of a government plane by the treasury secretary and his wife last month to Kentucky.

Party officials told The New York Times in August that a federal investigation into claims the party circumvented campaign finance laws by using a subsidiary to aid its candidates with low - cost services has ended without charges.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

A 13 - count federal indictment alleges that Mangano, the highest - ranking elected official in Nassau County, and Venditto used their positions to help the federally indicted Singh, who was identified by sources, to procure lucrative county contracts and loans guaranteed by the town of Oyster Bay.

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.

A Cuomo administration budget official said the proposed payroll tax also could be used to raise more revenue by seizing some of the tax cuts promised to corporations and the wealthy under the federal tax law, as a way to shore up state finances.

The 43 - page complaint, sworn out by Paul M. Takla, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, outlines a five - year scheme to «monetize» the senator's official position; it also lays bare the extent to which a father sought to use his position to help his son.

The regulation was prompted, federal officials say, by a federal law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which among other things governs the use of medical records and the protection of patient privacy.

Major electricity providers and some government officials in West Virginia, the state leading the charge against federal climate change regulations, want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to public records obtained by ClimateWire.

It contains a list of «tools» created by federal agencies, universities and other organizations that local officials can use to determine the frequency of floods, the depth of water and the vulnerability of future subdivisions.

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.

Federal prosecutors have charged that a $ 140 million project to bridge the «digital divide» in Arizona's public schools was used as a vehicle for accounting fraud in late 2001 by officials of the telecommunications giant Qwest Communications International Inc..

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

The Principal Ambassador Fellowship program was launched by USED in 2013 to forge deeper connections between federal officials and school practitioners, to provide excellent principals with opportunities to learn about the federal policymaking process, and, ultimately, to strengthen federal education policies and programs to better reflect the experience and expertise of great school leaders.

While Texas officials and some outside the state argued that the policies were well within federal law that seek to minimize special education placements by authorizing procedures to use comprehensive research - based supports within the general education setting.

Once funding is secured, Tennessee transportation officials plan to use two «Every Day Counts» initiatives used by states and supported by Federal Highway Administration that help finish innovative projects sooner, more efficiently and more cost - effectively for the public.

MF Global, the securities firm led by Jon Corzine, admitted using clients» money as its financial troubles mounted, a federal official says.

It stated, ``... the IRS will not assert that any taxpayer has understated his federal tax liability by reason of the receipt or personal use of frequent flyer miles or other in - kind promotional benefits attributable to the taxpayer's business or official travel... This relief does not apply to travel or other promotional benefits that are converted to cash, to compensation that is paid in the form of travel or other promotional benefits, or in other circumstances where these benefits are used for tax avoidance purposes.»

If you don't live in a state with free college tuition, and don't plan on / don't want to move, you can do your part in making college affordable for your children and for all children by exercising your right to vote, and by using that right to vote for state and federal officials who will work to bring about state - level and federal - level programs to make college affordable for all.

The IRS made its last official tax ruling on rewards points in 2002, when it said that «the IRS will not assert that any taxpayer has understated his federal tax liability» by using miles earned on business trips for personal use.

For property and state taxes, you can use Official Payments as a third party service, while for federal taxes, check the IRS list of tax payment service providers, many of whom accept payment by credit card.

According to Salon.com, which obtained over 300 emails of personal messages between lobbyists and Canadian officials, the CEA is part of a sophisticated public affairs strategy designed to manipulate the U.S. political system by deluging the media with messaging favorable to the tar - sands industry; to persuade key state and federal legislators to act in the extractive industries» favor; and to defeat any attempt to regulate the carbon emissions emanating from gasoline and diesel used by U.S. vehicles.

White House and Climate Change Science Program officials have never offered an honest public explanation of why the terms of that dismissal would have legally required (as distinct from an unofficial, secret political agreement) that the White House and the federal agencies suppress a taxpayer - funded, scientifically based assessment sponsored by the federal global change research program, even for purposes of using it as a scientific document or in program planning for research and future assessments.

* Despite limited potential, millions in tax and consumer dollars are being used by federal and state government officials to promote wind energy.

by Kathryn Watson Daily Caller A loophole in federal law allows Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees and other federal workers get away with deleting millions of official records created using cellphone text messaging, according to government transparency experts.

This document analyzes the rules that govern the use of both official languages in the federal courts, that is, the courts established by Parliament.

If a newspaper reports that the mayor of a big city is using his control of federal stimulus funds to reward political supporters, it helps to know whether this information comes from «a source within City Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.»

The data harvesting used by Cambridge Analytica has also triggered calls for further investigation from the European Union, as well as federal and state officials in the United States.

The SecuTABLET has been approved by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) at the «classified — for official use only» (VS - NfD) security level.

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