Sentences with phrase «whether agency officials»

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I wonder whether he also told Trump that Japan's high - ranking officials from foreign, defense and other government agencies were conducting consultations in Sendai, Japan last Thursday and Friday with their Chinese counterparts on contested maritime borders in the South China Sea.

Says Frank Gorman, an attorney with the FTC,» [The FTC] houses a database of scams that helps law enforcement officials determine how widespread a particular scam may be and whether or not the FTC or other agency will file suit.»

On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting his controversial Environmental Protection Agency chief, senior administration officials said Wednesday.

For all their official production measurements, OPEC uses an average of estimates from six «secondary sources», namely the International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the oil consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and the industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as an impartial adjudicator as to whether their output quotas and production cuts are being met, to resolve any potential disputes that could arise if each member reported their own figures.

The agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»

While some community members questioned whether EDC had attempted to put out the amendment discreetly without informing community stakeholders, the agency said it had debriefed the Community Board and local elected officials, including Brewer, on the amendment.

Last year, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Joon Kim, who closed a probe of whether de Blasio traded favors for contributions from donors that included Singh, said prosecutors found «several circumstances» where the mayor «made or directed inquiries to relevant City agencies» on behalf of donors seeking «official favors.»

In a 12 - page missive sent last week, Laufer told JCOPE officials the Campaign for One New York would no longer comply with a subpoena the ethics commission sent, arguing it was outside the scope of the agency's mission and had nothing to do with an inquiry begun a year ago into whether or not the non-profit should have registered as a lobbying group in 2015.

ECIDA and Red Cross officials signed a letter - of - intent over the summer to pursue the idea and assess whether other nonprofit agencies would be interested in relocating to the Clement Mansion.

A study to examine the economic viability of a living wage requirement was approved by the city's Industrial Development Agency board today, but city officials, including Comptroller John Liu, are already raising questions about whether it will be truly independent.

«Although there will still be significant gaps in the available information about the outside activities of lawmakers and other officials, this database will ensure that going forward the public, the media, and policymakers will be better able to discern whether an officeholder or their business partners are representing clients with state business before state agencies, an important part of the overall picture.»

«We now have better information sharing between federal agencies and systems to track whether students and researchers have changed their fields of study,» says C. Stewart Verdery, outgoing assistant secretary for Border / Transportation Security Policy at the Department of Homeland Security and one of the officials who worked on the extension.

But given the placebo's power, doping agency officials might start asking whether it should be.

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Moreover, the procedural approach makes no allowance for the possibility that public agencies may make decisions that are discriminatory, repressive, or otherwise fail to serve the public interest... It's not clear why we ought to be comforted by the fact that public officials are responsible, or why we ought not consider whether «nonpublic» schools may help redress such injuries.

The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center asked state education agency officials whether their agency uses international education comparisons to inform reform efforts.

It is unclear whether Moskowitz could be confirmed as a cabinet official of an agency that is investigating her schools.

The Educational Service Center coordinated these activities with officials from local police and fire departments that served the participating school districts; the Lucas County Sheriff; the Lucas County Emergency Management Agency; the Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board; the Toledo - Lucas County Health Health Department; and the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities to ensure that crises — whether school or community - originated — could be addressed quickly and effectively through an integrated approach.

Those reviewing New York State's No Child waiver request were concerned that it was «unclear» whether the Empire State's education agency had consulted American Indian tribes (whose children attend traditional district schools throughout the Upstate region) on any aspect of the waiver package; the Department of Education didn't mention this in its letter to state officials regarding the reviewer's feedback.

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The EPA, not the Congress, is the agency of the US Government designated by the Clean Air Act to make an official determination as to whether or not a substance being emitted into the atmosphere from human activities represents a danger to public health and the environment.

To validate that this is the case, it is a good idea to check whether the auto insurance agency options are registered with any regulatory or official bodies that operate in the insurance industry.

Police are reportedly investigating whether two employees of Australia's official weather reporting agency used official resources to mine cryptocurrencies.

The Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in the Hawkes vs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers case, which questions whether the Army Corps of Engineers» «jurisdictional determinations» (JDs)- an official decision as to whether or not a wetland is regulated by the Corps of Engineers - are «final agency actions» that are subject to judicial review.

In their letter, the Democratic lawmakers also questioned whether the agency will enforce a provision of the lease that bars elected officials from taking part in the agreement.

In a statewide ballot later this year, they'll vote on whether to limit eminent domain decisions to elected officials, taking that power away from government agencies such as redevelopment corporations.