Sentences with phrase «policy project at»

«The inequality among the states will become more visible and obvious when some people can claim federal benefits and others can not,» says Jennifer Pizer, director of the Law and Policy Project at Lambda Legal, a nonprofit organization working for the civil rights of lesbians and gays.

Marjorie Heins, co-author of the report and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project at the Brennan Center explained: «Fair use is an essential part of our political and cultural life.

Myron directs the Global Warming and International Environmental Policy project at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Cooler Heads Coalition, which was formed on May 6, 1997, «to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific and risk analysis.»

Fuller is a co-director of the Child - Care and Family Policy Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Electoral law that Damian Tambini, director of the media policy project at the LSE, says isn't fit for purpose.

«The DEA appears to be dragged into this kicking and screaming,» said Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank focused on social - justice issues.

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But Larry Downes, project director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy (GCBPP), an economic policy think tank, certainly thinks the case has Policy (GCBPP), an economic policy think tank, certainly thinks the case has policy think tank, certainly thinks the case has merit.

«What we've seen is that the economic climate has had a huge effect on people being willing to take vacations,» says Karen Sumberg, vice president and director of projects and communications at the Center for Work Life Policy.

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

On Wednesday, following two days of talks, the Fed will release updated economic forecasts, a «dot plot» of the projected path of rates, and a policy statement at 2 p.m., all capped off by a press conference by Yellen at 2:30 p.m..

In the upcoming months as the political debate unfolds, any economic policy proposed by any political party, to be financed from the rather small projected surpluses, should be judged, at a minimum, on how it will strengthen economic growth and job creation.

Without such reasons or explanation, Canadians can only guess as to «the wider public policy factors» (Pembina at para. 74) taken into account by the GiC in ultimately granting project approval.

As part of the Innovation Policy Lab research for the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs» Creating Digital Opportunity (CDO) project, this report looks at Canadian high - tech companies in Asia, in particular the «micro-multinationals,» or companies that apart from Asia have locations in either the U.S. or Europe, or both.

The other aspect of the White Spruce decision which reveals a policy vacuum is the setting of the offset multiplier at 2:1 (i.e., twice as much habitat must be restored as will be impacted by the mitigated project).

This is evidenced by Facebook's sweeping policy update which banned all digital currency ads from its network, at the expense of genuine projects.

He has lead the payload team on a NASA - funded CubeSat project, taken multiple space - policy study abroad trips, and worked internships at Cummins Engine Company, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and Northrop Grumman.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

Alas, the report released yesterday by the Corporate Mapping Project and its partners at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Edmonton - based Parkland Institute is likely only to intensify a debate that has become highly politicized and, in some quarters, nearly hysterical.

«The overarching message here is we don't just have a jobs deficit; we have a «good jobs» deficit,» said Annette Bernhardt, the report's author and a policy co-director at the National Employment Law Project, a liberal research and advocacy group.

«We would argue this rally was a continuation of a reflation trend put in place at the start of 2016 by the Chinese through credit stimulus aimed at infrastructure projects and policy - driven supply curtailments.»

Before joining DFAIT, he worked at the Department of Finance, including from 1983 - 1990 with the Financial Sector Policy Branch where he served as Project Director, Financial Institutions Reform Project, and chaired the Inter-Departmental Legislative Review Committee, which guided the development of the 1992 reforms that overhauled the federal financial institutions statutes (the Bank Act, the Insurance Companies Act, the Trust and Loan Companies Act and the Cooperative Credit Associations Act).

The Fed's projected path of interest rates shifted downward, with the long - run federal funds rate now seen at 3.5 percent, compared with 3.75 percent at the last policy meeting.

With more than thirty years of experience as an economist, and as a leading thinker on the impact of government impact on business, Moore has written extensively on the economy and public policy for The Wall Street Journal, and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow for the Project for Economic Growth at The Heritage Foundation.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

The failure of our foreign policy to harmonize the dreams of (liberal) dignity and (conservative) nobility must suggest to us that this project can only proceed at home.

No, the real story is that motherhood has become a stress - laden and guilt - ridden project due to the societal veneration of stay - at - home moms, the workplace requirement that women be overachievers just to stay even with their male colleagues, economic anxiety about class standing and, above all, government and corporate refusal to devise family - friendly policies.

«While state policies and the actions of extremist groups often mask the high levels of tolerance in the minds of ordinary Arabs, the typical citizen in this region expresses a great deal of support for tolerant policies,» said Michael Hoffman, who studied religious minorities as part of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

Mr Djibril Drame, a Resource Person at the launch of the project said it was aimed at providing guidance to food chain actors, government and private sector on appropriate food packaging systems including food packaging, materials, equipment and an enabling policy and regulatory framework.

Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Ms. Sasser worked on a series of economic and legal reform projects at the IRIS Center at the University of Maryland and also worked at the World Bank designing and conducting policy and country level evaluations in the Operations Evaluation Department.

Todd Kuiken, senior programme associate with the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, speaks with Lisa Palmer on why he is promoting informed policy - making for the emerging food products being produced by synthetic biology processes.

The media has been reporting extensively on what the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance project has dubbed the «Trump Effect»: the fear and anxiety which the President - elect's campaign rhetoric - and his policy pronouncements, especially regarding immigrants and Muslims - appears to be engendering among Latino, Hispanic, African - American, and Muslim children, immigrant children, and children of immigrants, and the bullying, intimidation, slurs, and threats which appear to be increasingly directed at them.

Aimed at an international audience of practitioners and policymakers, it tackles contemporary themes in early childhood, with contributions from both foundation - supported projects and outside experts drawn from the fields of practice, policy, and academia.

The project seeks to strengthen international cooperation on gender mainstreaming policies, and to transfer knowledge and good practices at the European level in the most effective way.

Our next piece took a look at this week's Hollyrood election debate and and suggested that the SNP's income tax policies show that the New Labour project lives on in Scotland.

At the same time, City organisations began to introduce policies of corporate social responsibility to involve their staff in social and educational projects.

Tomorrow, the Westminster Policy Institute publishes a report looking at some of the most controversial developments, including housing projects, energy installations and new airport capacity, asking how government can overcome the difficulty of getting projects approved.

At the international level, the Bolivarian project after Chávez is convenient for players who benefitted from Chávez's policies indirectly.

Also at noon, the Marijuana Arrest Research Project will release a major report commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance: «Unjust and Unconstitutional: 60,000 Jim Crow Marijuana Arrests in Mayor de Blasio's New York,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Madison is currently the Vice President and Director of Transportation Policy at STV, Inc., a consulting firm that deals with infrastructure projects and construction management.

Former State Senator and Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs at Homes and Community Renewal Ruth Hassell - Thompson said, «As this district's former senator, I'm excited to celebrate the start of a project that is both smart for the Bronx and the environment.

No policy details were presented at the launch - no blueprint on how Mr Ganley would seek to reform the European project.

In June 2016, the Policing Project at the NYU School of Law co-sponsored a study with the NYPD to assess sentiments regarding police body cameras, part of an effort to influence department policy as body cameras become worn by an increasing number of patrol officers.

When Priti Patel MP asked about the government's policy on future votes at the World Bank on loans to Argentina, she was told Britain would assess each project on its own merits and the context of each individual loan.

And one of REBNY's several lobbyists on staff at the time planned to lunch with an advisor to a deputy mayor that she communicated with about various projects and policies.

At noon, the Anti-Violence Project, Audre Lorde Project, Make the Road New York, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, GMHC, TransLatina Network and the LGBT Community Center unveil a policy brief outlining major recommendations for government officials in New York City, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Energy policy also dominated the discussion at the Capitol on Monday as groups like the Business Council and lawmakers urged the Cuomo Administration for regulatory reform on pipeline projects.

By taking aim at the state over the Inner Harbor Project, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has added a chapter to her long - running clash with Cuomo over his upstate economic policies, which rely heavily on state funds to create new factories, technology centers and other major projects designed to generate jobs.

According to him, social protection policies remained a mix of policies, programmes and projects designed for individuals and households throughout lifecycle aimed at ensuring that poverty, hunger among other social challenges are eliminated in the society.

State policy has long encouraged extensive delays, particularly on energy - related projects, said Gerald Benjamin, a professor of political science at the State University of New York at New Paltz.