Sentences with phrase «public policy focus»

As of 2003, the AAMA is shifting its public policy focus to approaching state boards of nursing and departments of public health in pursuit of regulations (and, less frequently, legislation) that would allow only CMAs (and, in some cases, American Medical Technologists [AMT] Registered Medical Assistants [RMAs]-RRB- to be delegated injections.

Public policy focus area that advocates for comprehensive and systemic educational improvement, responsive to current and emerging educational needs.

Robert H. Nelson, a professor of public policy focusing on public lands management at the University of Maryland and a proponent of the federal government transferring federal public lands to the states, said that what's most notable about McMorris Rodgers» nomination is that, unlike other Trump cabinet nominees, she does not appear to be a well - known activist.

Indeed, the evidence we report strongly suggests that public policy focused on the content and organization of what is taught is a relatively desirable means of preventing illiteracy and its associated ills.

She leads the organization's state - driven public policy focused strategy development, which supports collaborative philanthropic responses to Michigan's most critical needs and leads over 300 member organizations toward deeper impact affecting over 300,000 Michigan residents.

He pursues an interdisciplinary line of research in economics of education, school finance, and urban public policy focused particularly on policy effects experienced by disadvantaged students and the communities that serve them.

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Canada's digital privacy laws should focus on preventing «concrete harm,» not abstract concepts of autonomy and human dignity, and should minimize the compliance burden on businesses, according to a new report from the Macdonald - Laurier Institute for Public Policy.

A plan focused on laid - off manufacturing workers would have been a worthwhile goal, though it may not necessarily be sound public policy (the devil is in the details).

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evalupublic sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpolicy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpolicy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and GoverPolicy and Governance.

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

«It's also part of a civic duty,» said Joo Yu - min, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy whose research focuses on mega-events in Asian cities.

From 1997 to 2005 he was a partner at the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, and focused on public debt dynamics while at the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank.

The focus of my presentation was the emergence of homelessness in Canada as a pressing public policy area in the 1980s.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

Almost all of the public discussion at the time on the appropriate setting for monetary policy focused on the inflation outcomes excluding the influence of the changes in the tax rate (Graph 4).

A resident physician in preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Malik is an authority on drug policy reform focused on public hPublic Health, Malik is an authority on drug policy reform focused on public hpublic health.

What with the Advisory Council on Growth's paper on skills, and the Expert Panel on Youth Employment wrapping up, public policy is suddenly back to a focus on skills — and in particular what skills youth should have.

Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax - exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues.

Over the objections of his aides and advisers — who urged him to focus on policy and the broader goals of his presidency — the new president issued a decree: He wanted a fiery public response, and he wanted it to come from his press secretary.

In trying to provide investors with information that «is not in the current stock price» and therefore giving them an «edge», many Wall Street, and independent investment research providers have begun focusing on such areas as «forensic» accounting, «channel checking», public policy analysis, «lie detection» on conference calls, data mining and «expert» networking.

Bonnie Hill is president of B. Hill Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on corporate governance and board organizational and public policy issues.

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should focus the public's attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»

Still, by shifting its policy focus to negative rates, Reuters said the BOJ hopes to dispel growing market views that the unpopularity of negative rates among the public would discourage it to cut rates, even if it would arrest unwelcome rises in the yen.

Different organizations will highlight different issues: Some Jewish leaders will be most concerned with anti-Semitism, Vatican relations with Israel, and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict; others will focus on interfaith dialogue on theology and history; others will discuss social and economic policy, and the place of religion in politics and the public square.

With other members of the Congress for New Urbanism, I contend that the mixed - use walkable neighborhood is the sine qua non of urban design and that it ought to be a focus of both public policy and urban planning, whether such neighborhoods are considered in isolation or in relation to other neighborhoods.

Anderson focuses on three questions: «What is marriage, why does marriage matter for public policy, and what are the consequences of redefining marriage?»

In 1984 the study committee held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

«This money is mandated for services for pregnant teens and women - violence prevention, vocational training,» said Carrie Gordon Earll, a spokeswoman for CitizenLink, the public policy arm of the evangelical group Focus on the Family.

From this paradigm comes his current focus on nuclearism; he sees the potential of nuclear holocaust as pervasive in our psyche, our society and our public policy.

Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family's senior vice president for government and public policy told CNN that Obama won't get the evangelical vote because «evangelicals are people who take Bible interpretation very seriously, and the sort of speech [Obama] gave shows that he is worlds away in the views of evangelicals.»

I find civil religion motifs in Reston's focus on «the American Dream,» in his belief that the precepts of the Republic's founding documents were political affirmations of certain religious concepts, in his belief in America's unique moral role in world affairs — and in his concern for injecting morality into public - policy discussions.

It held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

The Policy subcommittee focuses on the public policies in various parts of the country that create incentives for food donation to those in need or that result in robust infrastructure for landfill alternatives, such as composting facilities.

«Schools became our focus because a lot of public schools have a green policy and want to be more sustainable.

«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.

Duncan Selbie, CEO of Public Health England, discusses the change of policy focus for 2018, from sugar reduction to overall calorie reduction.

Founded in 1908, GMA has a primary focus on product safety, science - based public policies and industry initiatives that seek to empower people with the tools and information they need to make informed choices and lead healthier lives.

OLCC's policy will focus on public safety and community livability considerations when guiding alcohol beverage system growth.

My main area of research focuses on developing public policies that are effective in reducing the harms that result from excessive alcohol use.

The most effective intervention we have is a focus on parental attachment, through a public policy of home visit programs, starting in the first days of a child's life.

In our Promoting Strong Couple Relationships paper we considered a range of options for how the Coalition Government might use the promotion of strong couple relationships in its policy development, thus enabling a shift away from public services focused solely or primarily on the mother and child.

This letter is submitted in my personal capacity, as a parent of two children in Houston public schools and as the writer of The Lunch Tray, a blog focusing on food policy issues relating to children.

She is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Health, with a focus on health policy, at The Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.

In his book The Myth of the First Three Years, Bauer is mostly skeptical of public policy that focuses on «educating» children, which often involves taking children from their families and placing them in a «more stimulating» environment in the first three years of life.

The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income AmerPolicy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income Amerpolicy on low and moderate - income Americans.

Her research focuses on public health policy and parents, particularly Infant Feeding Ppolicy and parents, particularly Infant Feeding PolicyPolicy.

Annalisa also graduated with her Master's in Public Health from George Washington University in 2017 with a focus in Health Policy.

For example, we have a long - standing relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion as part of the Dietary Guidelines Alliance, a public - private partnership focused on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the MyPlate Food Guidance System, and resources such as the «It's All About You» toolkit.