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WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the launch of the Freight Policy Council which will focus on improving the condition and performance of the national freight network to better ensure the ability of the United States to compete in today's global economy.

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A panel about job loss will feature the French Digital Council, an advisory commissioned by the French government to study the future of jobs, which will discuss that country's growing momentum toward the policy.

The latter is an option that is being exercised by groups like the Canadian American Business Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce which are all engaging the three governments involved to shape the negotiations and the policies that follow.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which plays a huge role in funding Republican candidates, has made opposing net metering and clean energy policies a foundation of its policies.

Given these positive surprises, and because monetary policy must be forward - looking to achieve our inflation target, Governing Council's discussions focused on three main issues: first, the extent to which recent strength is signalling stronger economic momentum in Canada and globally; second, how heightened levels of uncertainty, particularly about US tax and trade policies, should be incorporated in our outlook; and third, how much excess capacity the economy currently has, and the growth rate of potential output going forward.

If you're an economist with a background in academic and policy research — which Kevin Hassett is — then becoming chair of the Council of Economic Advisers is pretty much a dream job.

The Bank's Governing Council judges that the overall balance of risks remains within the zone for which the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate, and the target for the overnight rate remains at 1/2 per cent.

A committed leader with an interest in both business and education, Cardenas is a board member of several organizations including Discover The Palm Beaches, the Florida Atlantic University College of Education and the bi-partisan Council of Community Leaders, which seeks to shape public policy.

Against this backdrop, Governing Council decided to leave our key policy interest rate unchanged, as we judged that the balance of risks at present are still within the zone for which the current policy setting remains appropriate.

By advocating for policy changes, the Council seeks to create an economic model in which what is good for business is good for the environment and society.

SAN FRANCISCO (January 13, 2016)-- Glass Lewis today announced the appointment of Dr. Bonnie Hill to its Research Advisory Council, which comprises experts on corporate governance, accounting, law, financial transparency and regulatory matters and guides the development of Glass Lewis» proxy voting policies and guidelines.

The Canada and Quebec delegation included representatives from Common Frontiers, the Council of Canadians, Réseau Québécois sur l'intégration continentale (RQIC), the Canadian Labour Congress, Unifor, the Canadian Union of Public and General Employees (CUPE) National, the United Steelworkers, Public Service Alliance of Canada, BC Teachers Federation, Fonds de solidarité (FTQ), Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centro international de solidarité ouvrière (CiSO), the National Farmers Union, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, many of which are member organizations of the TJN.

Mr. Melby was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1987 to 1993, during which he participated in bilateral and multilateral trade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export controls.

Lucy Macdonald is also a member of the firm's Global Policy Council, which is responsible for setting company - wide macroeconomic and strategic pPolicy Council, which is responsible for setting company - wide macroeconomic and strategic policypolicy.

Before announcing his candidacy, he met with leaders of the «Council for National Policy,» a shadowy right - wing Christian group of which Tim LaHaye is a co-founder.

Most of these are politically united under the banner of the South African Council of Churches, which, as noted, has gone far beyond declaring apartheid a heresy as an idea and fundamentally anti-Christian as a policy (which it has repeatedly done in a variety of fora).

But in Europe, for instance, most of the Christian Democratic parties have endorsed the idea of workers» councils as part of management in corporations — a policy which Schumacher proposed in his book.

«With a public health challenge as serious and complex as obesity, we must ensure that policy decisions focused on public health are based on the best scientific evidence, which this recommendation is not,» said the Council's CEO Geoff Parker.

Help campaign for the European Council to accept ambitious food waste reduction targets, which will set EU food waste policy for the next 14 years.

As part of our commitment to responsible marketing, we comply with the social responsibility policies established by DISCUS — the Distilled Spirits Council for the United States and spiritsEUROPE — the European representative body for producers of spirit drinks, which set out the principles we maintain in all of our sales and marketing activities, including advertising and promotional programmes.

The advisory council must hold at least one (1) hearing at which public testimony about the local wellness policy being developed is allowed.

Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: The state Department of Education produced the Local School Wellness Policy Guide for Development (2005), which advocates a three - step approach to developing local school wellness policies that involve School Health Councils.

The advisory council must hold at least one hearing at which public testimony about the local wellness policy being developed is allowed.

Houston ISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), of which I'm a member, has been working hard all year to craft a new wellness policy for our district.

If you want to ask me why their salaries for the month of March were not paid, then I will say their March salaries were not paid because in the last six months, they have been on strike for three and a half months and we paid them while they were on strike and the Council of this university which governs the institution took a decision that enough was enough and that it would invoke the No - Work - No - Pay policy which is a law of this country and they were told.

Seven rough - sleepers could have faced up to two years in prison after being accused of breaching an injunction which bans them from sleeping in tents in protest against the city council's homeless policy.

The Iraq Resolution known as «AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002» cites national policy, a war on «terrorism», and United Nations Security Council Resolutions to justify authorization of military force against Iraq, but I am not aware of any document by which the United States has been legally bound by a declaration of war against Iraq as per the federal Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11).

During a recent conference on addiction held in Tehran, Saeed Sefatian, a prominent Iranian official and head of the working group on drug demand reduction in the Council for the Discernment of the Expediency of the State (also known as the Expediency Council), illustrated what could become a potential alternative to Iran's current drug policy — including a move which that could include measures towards legalisation of cannabis and opium.

The way this new strategy towards drug use is taking shape is that of a comprehensive discussion among Iran's drug policy, addiction, anti-narcotics and social policy experts through the Expediency Council, which is the institution that has the power to carry out this change.

They can't comment on the individual cases raised, but point out that a crucial question will be whether the councils concerned have the five year land supply to meet their housing need - which councils are require to have under the National Planning Policy Framework which together with its presumption in favour of sustainable development the National Trust, of which Jenkins is Chairman, apparently supported, along with the CPRE (claims my source, who also disputes Hastings's figures on the amount of land built on in any way).

TH council has a policy (which Labour proposed) opposing the Tory version of «affordable rents».

The governor revealed that the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment briefed the NEC on the establishment of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council which was approved by Federal Executive Council (FEC) in 2017.

In February 2006, the Institute for Public Policy Research published a report calling for elected mayors in Birmingham and Manchester, which was positively received by the government, but not by the two city councils concerned.

Other policies include building a million new homes, half of which would be council homes, universal public childcare and the «progressive restoration» of free university education.

Back in 2005, Tony Blair held a meeting with Tory MEPs in his role as holder of the Council presidency, during which he implored us to support his Government's policy because he couldn't count on his own party's representatives to do so.

A new liaison committee was established with members of the TUC General Council, the NEC, and the Labour Shadow Cabinet, which gave the unions direct access to policy making.

There's been a policy that the mayor and the Council have both pursued of tax cuts — property tax cuts — which is the city's primary source of revenue it can raise on its own.

The Commission, or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy where the agreement envisaged relates exclusively or principally to the common foreign and security policy, shall submit recommendations to the Council, which shall adopt a decision authorising the opening of negotiations and, depending on the subject of the agreement envisaged, nominating the Union negotiator or the head of the Union's negotiatingPolicy where the agreement envisaged relates exclusively or principally to the common foreign and security policy, shall submit recommendations to the Council, which shall adopt a decision authorising the opening of negotiations and, depending on the subject of the agreement envisaged, nominating the Union negotiator or the head of the Union's negotiatingpolicy, shall submit recommendations to the Council, which shall adopt a decision authorising the opening of negotiations and, depending on the subject of the agreement envisaged, nominating the Union negotiator or the head of the Union's negotiating team.

City Council Education Committee Chairperson Robert Jackson was at first barred from attending the September Panel for Educational Policy board meeting, which is supposed to be open to the public.

While Bratton has signaled few dramatic changes in policy from his predecessor, he is, it appears, focusing his efforts on boosting the department's image in the eyes of the City Council — many members of which joined the de Blasio administration in criticizing the previous administration's police policies.

The Council, which is to device and supervise policies that will speed up Nigeria's industrialisation bid, was inaugurated at the presidential villa in Abuja.

He declined, however, to articulate his reasons for pursuing the post, which specific policies he would champion if he were to become speaker, or how he would change how the council is run, if at all.

Officials said the study, which was done in - house by Council staff, was green - lighted because Mark - Viverito wanted to see how the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's policies would affect the local economy.

Pictured left to right from the winning team, which argued in favor of eliminating cash bail, were City Council member Daniel Dromm (District 25) and Fortune debater Felix Guzman, joined by Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society.

Syracuse's Director of Planning and Sustainability Andrew Maxwell accused the Syracuse Common Council Monday of «moving the goalposts» on enacting the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan, which would be a guide to future zoning and land - use policies in the city.

Learning that the council had pursued a racist policy of allocating the best housing to white working - class families, Livingstone went public with the evidence, which was published in the South London Press.

Councilor Kathleen Joy expects the Syracuse Common Council to file court papers in the next few days asking a judge to settle the issue of whether lawmakers should be forced to sign that computer use policy which is required of and agreed to by all city employees.

The group, along with CitizenLink and its coalition of state - based family policy councils, questioned Trump's stances on issues such as abortion and same - sex marriage (which tended in the past to be liberal) as well his gambling and casino interests.

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Tough policy on migrant rough sleepers was «intensely lobbied» for by Westminster Council, and encouraged by the «Mayor's Rough Sleeping Group», which included senior charity managers from St Mungo's, Thames Reach, Homeless Link, and also Crisis.1