Sentences with phrase «issues committee as»

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Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn is set to be grilled by the executive committee of the company's board as the fallout from its emissions cheating scandal spreads.Winterkorn issued a video apology Tuesday, after the company admitted that 11 million vehicles worldwide run software that cheat local emissions tests.

I am here today to address several issues that have been specifically raised before this committee, and I appreciate the opportunity to respond to questions as fully as I am able to do so.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

As a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Small Business Taxation Committee, he has appeared before the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service to testify on small - business issues.

And Bresch still hewed to the defensive tone she previously employed while testifying on the issue before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, this time going so far as to assert that the whole episode was actually a good thing because it shed light on how insurers have been shifting drug costs onto their customers.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

When shares of Capital Stock are to be issued upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Incentive Award, Google shall have the authority to withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value at the date of the applicable taxable event determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations, as determined by Google in its sole discretion.

He has also Chaired the Tax Section's Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, which addresses issues relating to all aspects of criminal and civil tax controversy throughout the country and served on the Section's Committee on Appointments to the U.S. Tax Court as well as serving as Vice-Chair, IRS Liaison of the Section's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

And immediately following the hearing the committee issued a press release repeating their call for Zuckerberg to testify, noting that Schroepfer had failed to provide adequate answers to as many of 40 of its questions.

The report included a recommendation that Canada ratify several international patent and trademark treaties, which came as a surprise (particularly to opposition members of parliament) since no witness had raised the issue before the committee.

The Advisory Board acts as the sparring partner for the Steering Committee and the secretariat advising on a range of issues but most notably on the selection of opportunities for the report.

The documents were presumably provided by Wylie (pictured below), who has also handed email and other documentary evidence to the DCMS committee investigating online disinformation in political campaigning, as well as to the UK's data watchdog and Electoral Commission — both of which are also probing digital political campaigning issues (including around the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum vote, which Wylie alleges CA also worked on).

She worked as Minister across nine Canadian government departments, and her service included the role of Vice Chair of the Treasury Board and chair of the cabinet committee for public safety, justice and aboriginal issues.

BOORSTIN: Questions were n`t as limited to issues of data and privacy with a number of committee members pressing Zuckerberg on concerns of content censorship, fake news, as well as the illegal sale of opioids on the platform.

Hopefully, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee will be more diligent in its review of the 2009 - 10 Public Accounts and press the Ministers of Finance and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada on this issue, as well as the directors of the CEIFB as to how they perceive their role in the setting of EI premium rates.

Shareholders are also taking notice of issues related to socioeconomic and political equity, access and opportunity — such as public disclosure of corporate funding for political action committees (PACs), campaigns and lobbyists.

This hearing served as a check - in with Mr. Sloan for committee members to ask what Wells Fargo had done to change its corporate culture, rectify outstanding issues for customers, and comply with federal regulations.

Transport Canada told Postmedia News that it identified the transportation of flammable liquids, such as crude oil, as an «emerging» issue in 2011, and that it is now reviewing new safety recommendations received in recent weeks from three industry - led committees «on an urgent basis.»

«The fact that the company took approximately a year to notify impacted users raises red flags within this Committee as to what systemic issues prevented such time - sensitive information from being made available to those left vulnerable,» said Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, who convened the hearing.

As such, we encourage the Committee to also devote time and attention to several issues that will help ensure the long - term stability of the individual market, including: Section 1332 waivers under the ACA; long - term stability funding; limiting third - party premium payments; and returning to the states more regulatory authority over the individual and small group markets.

As we noted in the last issue of The IRA, the yield on earning assets for all US banks has been falling since 2008 thanks to the social engineering of Janet Yellen and her colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee.

The chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee of the broader Senate appropriations committee want GAO to «examine the impact self - driving trucks will have on the two million Americans who currently work as truck drivers and the communities where they live,» according to a press release issued last week.

He has served on the investment committee for a family office and has first - hand experience in the issues facing a family office such as managing an in - house accounting team, maintaining relationships with various third parties such as brokers, bankers, custodians, tax and trusts and estates consultants.

The fraud issue lies as far outside the scope of the financial committee meetings as does the question of how the economy should cope with its unpayably high mortgage, state and local debts in the face of its inadequately funded pension obligations.

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) issues a desired target rate in response to economic conditions as part of its monetary policy to maintain a healthy economy.

As part of that re-design, the Committee also began issuing the performance - contingent stock options discussed above, which will vest and become exercisable only if specific, absolute stock price performance goals are met.

Every committee in an organization such as the USCC is tempted to promoting its issue as the issue for the Church's attention.

In the search - committee setting, people often come together initially as strangers — people who do not know one another well enough to discuss complex and sensitive issues such as sexism.

The preference for a male may be unspoken or obliquely voiced by search committees, especially in liberal Protestant denominations where «it is totally unacceptable to refuse» pastor candidates because of gender, race or ethnicity and it is «frowned upon» to make age or marital status an issue, said the study, published last year as part of the Pulpit & Pew project at Duke Divinity School.

This bit is worth quoting in its entirety: The issuing committee «stresses that the participation of young people, in cooperation with other stakeholders, such as parents, in the development, implementation and evaluation of the programmes is vital for comprehensive sexuality education to be effective.»

Even as a teenager, I could recognize that the issues just happened to be the same as the talking points of the Republican National Committee.

Like most UN human rights treaties, its implementation by state parties is overseen by a compliance committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the Ccommittee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the CCommittee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the CommitteeCommittee.

Last week, delegates then spent three days debating Rule 44, which proposed that instead of having a committee of delegates compile and shape the proposals into a final petition, as per usual, the issue of sexuality should instead be considered by all 864 delegates — split into teams of no more than 15 people.

She has helped AFSA establish its voice and authority on a range of issues and secured frequent meetings with a number of politicians to lobby for significant reform, as well as leading the process for submissions to government inquiries, including the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the impact of regulation on agriculture, and the Victorian Government's Animal Industries Advisory Committee, which released its report in 2016 that includes recommendations for more scale - appropriate application of the planning scheme around extensive and intensive animal husbandry.

The committees consider issues such as proposed marketing promotions, store remodeling features and operational execution testing.

Working to give the organization a solid foundation comprised of as many perspectives as possible, this dynamic Board then formed advisory committees for both technical and policy issues.

Our executives take an active role as contributors and chairpersons on special task forces and committees that address important issues like improving best practices in food safety and traceability.

«This committee is very concerned and has been for a long time about competition issues and market share issues, so that is probably something that this committee would regard as a sensible piece of legislation.

As I wrote on Wednesday, Baylor's got a bigger issue than the committee at the moment: The schedule gets really tough.

As a result, the NCAA did not add any allegations or include this issue during the University's appearance in October 2011 before the Committee on Infractions.

A steering committee, which included club officials, as well as representatives from both the national and city governments, debated the delicate issue.

In theory, having the committee begin ranking teams only midseason (instead of using preseason polls as a guideline) should decrease the two - year issue.

The long answer is that, it is true that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) initially decided in July 2013 that modification of helmets with third - party after - market add - ons, such as impact sensors installed inside a helmet or to its exterior, would be viewed as voiding the helmet manufacturer's certification, and that the certification could only be regained if the helmet was retested by the manufacturer with the add - on, NOCSAE later issued a press release clarifying that position: Instead of automatically voiding the certification, NOCSAE decided it would leave it up to helmet manufacturers to decide whether a particular third - party add - on affixed to the helmet, such as a impact sensor, voided its certification of compliance with NOCSAE's standard, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a helmet model, as long as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and as long as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the helmet / add - on combination.

The campaign's creators were well aware of the impact these ads would have; one member of the AAP's breastfeeding committee claimed the campaign signified «a change to promote breastfeeding as a public health issue rather than simply as a personal parenting choice.»

As a member of Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest dayAs a member of Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest dayas someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest days.

On December 13, 2012, the Park District completed its review of the application and issued the approval to the Illinois Nativity Scene Committee as it had satisfied the insurance and other Park District permit requirements.

The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), International Lactation Consultant Association / United States Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA / USLCA), and La Leche League International (LLLI) are jointly issuing an urgent call for human milk donations for premature infants in Haiti, as well as sick and premature infants in the United States.

Having served as a consultant both for the American Academy of Pediatrics subcommittee on breastfeeding, and as an ad hoc consultant for the Infant Sleep Position and SIDS AAP committee in 2004 - 2005 which was studying the bedsharing issue and eventually recommended against bedsharing altogether, I was at one point very hopeful if not confident that a compromise would be forthcoming i.e. that the AAP sub-committee would support and educate breastfeeding mothers who chose to bedshare.