Sentences with phrase «works against the department»

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But DACA recipients, known as «Dreamers,» fear that, beyond losing their work permits and protections against deportation, they could be uniquely vulnerable to federal immigration authorities because of the information the Department of Homeland Security has collected from them.
Force 47 has worked pro-actively against distorted information, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported, citing Nguyen Trong Nghia, deputy head of the general politics department under the Vietnam People's Military.
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The sub-cultures and ideas on how to achieve the goal may vary which leads to these departments, divisions or «cross-functional» teams to actually work against each other in many ways.
The ordinance seeks to establish regulation and a permitting process that would enable the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or Department of Public Works to take action against scooters from companies that don't have an official permit from the city.
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.
February 2011 — Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years, Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress.
More recently, the International Labour Organization, in collaboration with SVI was awarded a grant of US$ 4 million by the US Department of Labor to work with its Malagasy partners in the areas of sector governance, traceability, safeguarding against child labor and technical assistance to grower groups.
Lately, the Australian Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has proposed a compulsory treatment of seeds from crops like broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and rocket with fungicides when they enter Australia to work against the increasing threat posed by seed - borne pathogens.
We are working with Reality Check, a youth empowerment against big tobacco program which is part of a division of the New York city department of health.
Asked if the Chicago Police Department planned to adjust its approach this year, spokesman Martin Maloney said in an email that the department «will continue to work with the Park District and pursue enforcement against those using illegal fireworks in an effort to ensure a safe holiday for residenDepartment planned to adjust its approach this year, spokesman Martin Maloney said in an email that the department «will continue to work with the Park District and pursue enforcement against those using illegal fireworks in an effort to ensure a safe holiday for residendepartment «will continue to work with the Park District and pursue enforcement against those using illegal fireworks in an effort to ensure a safe holiday for residents.»
Penn also said that additional staff members would begin working as unemployment security specialists to check quarterly Illinois Department of Employment Security statements against park district personnel files.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used the case of Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who successfully challenged the bedroom tax at the Supreme Court, to prevent other people from relying on the Human Rights Act when appealing against benefits decisions at the first tier tribunal.
De Blasio plans to host a fundraiser in New York City next month for Randy «IronStache» Bryce, the Wisconsin Democrat running against House Speaker Paul Ryan, co-hosted by the Working Families Party at the Retail Wholesale and Department Storeworkers» Union offices.
In Michigan's 11th District, Haley Stevens compared her decision to run against Republican Rep. Dave Trott to one she made during Great Recession to work as chief of staff for the Treasury Department's Auto Task Force during the bailout of her home state's auto industry.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) immediately appealed against the judgment and the Judicial Review was put on hold.
MPs found the sanctions against offenders who fail to pay confiscation orders «do not work» - and complained that there are not appropriate incentives in place to encourage the Home Office and other government departments responsible to do better in collecting the money.
From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»
A grievance against East Hampton Town filed on behalf of union members who work in the town Highway Department alleges that the highway superintendent's hiring of two temporary workers is a contract violation.
Newsday has obtained a copy of the letter dated Dec. 12, 2011, in which Spota seeks to rebut, point by point, the allegations against Burke contained in an anonymous letter Newsday obtained last week, which states it was written by «dedicated hard working members» of the Suffolk Police Department.
Half a mile away on the other side of Victoria Street, sitting inside the Department of Work and Pensions, remains Iain Duncan Smith, a man who has seen his welfare reforms repeatedly crash against the rocks of Whitehall's information technology, a self - deluding good news culture and the messy reality of the lives of benefit claimants.
Delegates to the union's Department for Work and Pensions group conference - to be held on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 May, before PCS's annual conference which opens the following day - will debate an emergency motion to launch a campaign against the closures.
Mr. Ghosio said he respected the work of Mr. Russell and those in the town's finance departments to put together a budget, but decided to vote against the budget because of comments made at public hearings by struggling North Fork residents who said the tax hike would represent a high burden.
Iain Duncan Smith's «workfare» programme was branded illegal in October, when he lost an appeal against a court judgement which said the department had failed to give welfare claimants sufficient information about what would happen if they refused to take part in free work for high street companies.
According to the Department of Work and Pensions itself nearly a third of people appeal against their decision, and a staggering 40 % of those win.
The FBI is reportedly working to release to the public several documents at the heart of its decision not to recommend charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and the Justice Department's ultimate decision to follow the FBI's recommendation.
A city Law Department spokesman noted that even though the court ruled against James, «our schools are working hard to address the air conditioning issue for students.»
CNN: U.S. slaps sanctions on companies working with Iran The United States is imposing sanctions against seven companies for working with Iran in the energy sector, part of an effort to suppress Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said Tuesday.
Mr. de Blasio cited Mr. Dorancy's two decades of work at the Department of Education as a key reason for endorsing him for the central Brooklyn seat in his race against Mr. Hamilton — a former aide to Mr. Adams once seen as his heir apparent.
This work includes making sure that departments include specific open data commitments in their business plans, regularly publishing open data sets on central and local government spending, senior staff salary details and how the government is performing against objectives.
Meanwhile, the State Department is working to coordinate the various U.S. and international government agencies involved in the fight against Ebola, including the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, as well as U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Security Council.
The Knoxville Police Department, home of the Tennessee Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, expressed interest in Oak Ridge's work soon after meeting the researchers.
Last December, the Physicians Committee filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services claiming the agencies work in concert with the dairy industry to promote milk products through official dietary guidelines.
So he worked with his old thesis supervisor in the Department of Physics, Professor G.W.K. Moore, to compare Britain's cloud cover against the rise of Rickets.
Tillerson said he wouldn't retaliate against Department of State staffers who had worked on climate issues, calling it «unhelpful.»
The scientific work at the HZI Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology includes the elucidation of mechanisms of host responses to infection and vaccination, discovering new mucosal adjuvants, and developing and validating vaccines against specific infectious diseases.
October 31, 1997 University of Chicago Cancer Research Center to present 3rd Illinois breast - cancer summit October 31 The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC), working in collaboration with the Y - ME National Breast Cancer Organization and the Illinois Department of Public Health, will host «Practical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer: Helping Patients Make the Right Decisions,» a federally sponsored summit meeting to educate physicians and other healthcare providers about the latest developments in the battle against breast cancer.
In 1986, the organization's Microbiology - Virology department began work on a U.S. Army contract to study antiviral activity of compounds against exotic RNA viruses.
«You'll be very fatigued and sweating a lot and thirsty — so those natural defenses against heat and dehydration are still working,» says Peter Shearer, MD, associate director of the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency department in New York City.
Unfortunately, there's still a stigma working against trans men and women, especially in the romance department.
Rosa's personal struggle against institutionalized racism reaches its zenith on the night of December 1, 1955, when, bone - weary after a long day's work as a seamstress at a Montgomery department store, she refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man — and is promptly arrested.
Glenn Ford is a cop working against his corrupt department, but the parts youíll remember from the film all belong to Gloria Grahame in a supporting role as a beaten - up gangsterís moll.
Glenn Ford is a cop working against his corrupt department, but the parts you'll remember from the film all belong to Gloria Grahame in a supporting role as a beaten - up gangster's moll.
The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), working in close coordination with external law enforcement agencies, is aware of no threats made against the Harvard campus.
The news comes after the Department for Education (DfE) published new guidelines proposing that teachers check six different pieces of work for every pupil against 33 statements, resulting in a possible 198 new boxes to check for each child.
Parents are required to inform the authority of any changes and regular checks will be carried out against records held by the Department of Work and Pensions, the Home Office, and HM Revenue & Customs by the free school meals team.
In the days after, department heads would typically work out how well their department had done against national pass rates, or against pupil prior achievement, and write reports only for internal use.
There is already talk that the Trump Administration will gut the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, which has worked vigilantly under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama to address issues such as overuse of harsh traditional school discipline against Black and American Indian children.
Every administration has a different philosophy that governs the work of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).28 Education Secretary DeVos» actions show a clear deprioritization of the office: Under her leadership, the Education Department announced that the OCR will not actively investigate patterns of discriminatory practices, 29 rolled back guidance to prevent discrimination against transgender students, 30 and refused to commit to continue the Civil Rights Data Collection.31
While Duncan's plans are ambitious, he has had to work against the edges of the traditionally limited power of the federal Education Department, which was founded in 1980 and controls under 10 percent of all education funding.
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