Sentences with phrase «ability of the public interest»

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Shoving people into positions of power at Federal agencies that were created to protect the public interest based on little more than Trump's gut instinct that his picks will show him the requisite personal loyalty that he demands is undermining the Federal government's ability to do its job.

«In the best interest of the people of my state, I have directed the Arizona Department of Transportation to suspend Uber's ability to test and operate autonomous vehicles on Arizona's public roadways,» Ducey wrote in his letter.

NewSpace as an industry has a proven track record of generating intense and lasting public interest, so this new ability to advertise for investors could disproportionately benefit NewSpace companies.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government empPublic Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government emppublic officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

«We must end the ability of so - called not - for - profit advocacy organizations to elude regulation and to mock New York City's public finance system, by allowing campaigns access to virtually unlimited money from special interests,» he said.

«I believe that fiscal reform can restore public trust in state government and enhance the state's ability to act in the best interest of all New Yorkers,» DiNapoli said to the crowd seated in the Grand Ballroom of the Yale Club - mostly men in suits from places like the Building Trades Employers» Association, Cablevision, Nicholas & Lence Communications, and Brown and Weinraub PLLC, whose companies spent thousands of dollars for tables of ten to attend the breakfast event.

The lawsuit alleges that those restrictions also impair the ability of public workers to associate with labor unions and to express concerns of mutual interest with their employers.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

In an extraordinary interview, Mr. de Blasio, appearing to unburden himself of months» worth of frustrations, said that Mr. Cuomo — who, like the mayor, is a Democrat — «did not act in the interests» of New Yorkers by blocking measures like reforming rent laws and the mayor's long - term ability to control the city's public schools.

Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he believes the case, as raised by Sugarman, rests on the ability to show coordination by de Blasio's allies.

The KITPC outreach develops a series of scientific activities including public science lectures and science research group classes in order to popularize natural science, arouse interest in science and improve the scientific research abilities among the students and teachers of Universities and high schools.

Those who think that unions should speak for teaching as well as for teachers, for the institution of public education as well as for explicit self - interest, have both the right and the ability to ask tough questions.

«I wanted to be a teaching artist with the ability to combine all of these different interests to create public, large - scale, community - mobilizing art.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

Required: • Ability to meet deadlines • Strong motivation and work ethic • An interest in public affairs, politics, and government • Strong grammatical skills • Journalism experience — on the job / internship or in the classroom • Sense of humor

NSBA is committed to equity and excellence in public education through school board governance, and with the onset of a new administration and a new Congress, will amplify the voice of 90,000 school board members across the country, to maintain and strengthen the ability of local districts and school boards to act in the best interests of students, parents, and communities.

We all have an interest in the success of our public schools and in the ability of students to graduate into adulthood with an understanding of creative and collaborative learning processes.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers for restoring local governance and working with our public education stakeholders to end the prescriptive requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act — strengthening the ability of states and local school board members to act in the best interests of students, parents, and local communities,» said Gentzel.

When our state education officials impose an educational program that does nothing to develop our children's intellectual abilities, intentionally mislead parents about what the law on testing permits, then waste scarce taxpayer dollars, not on educational services, but rather on a media blitz to further snow the public, we know that they do not have the best educational interests of our children in mind.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

I find it interesting that two of the three reasons that people pirate books are addressed by the ability for public libraries to offer this format.

Ideally, the interest in the title stems from readers» awareness that Hitler's ability to entice people helped him rise to power, and that the renewed wave of purchases are from a cautious public bent on ensuring this type of monster doesn't wind up in a position of authority ever again.

Public libraries offer many programs based on their patrons» age, abilities, interests, and other factors, and sensory - enhanced storytime at DCL is another expression of our commitment to the American Library Association's (ALA) Core Values of Librarianship.

Also, if you don't plan to use federal income - driven repayment programs or public service loan forgiveness, student loan refinance can be a smart move.Remember that the number one benefit of student loan refinancing is the ability to lower your interest rate.

Trained as a painter and introduced to conceptual art in college, Charlesworth developed a deeper interest in photography and its ability to deconstruct our shared symbols and public imagery in ways that articulate and question the values and beliefs of our culture.

«But its critics claim that InsideClimate News is essentially a mouthpiece run by a public - relations consultancy that gets its funding almost exclusively from groups with an environmental agenda... The little that is known about InsideClimate News raises questions about conflicts of interest as well as about the publication's ability, and proclivity, to report fairly and without bias.»

Indeed, most of the improvements in our climate monitoring abilities occurred after the public interest in «global warming» began in the late 1980s, i.e., when governments began increasing funding for climate research with multi-billion dollar research programmes such as the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

In regards the public interest test that we have to address, once again, I would think that whilst there is a good argument for protecting the ability of academics to communicate freely and openly, the underlying data that may comprise part of that communication might well fall into another category.

The public, if well informed, has the ability to override the influence of special interests, and the public has shown that they feel a stewardship toward the Earth and all of its inhabitants.

Discrimination in the first category will only rarely be justifiable «merely on utilitarian» grounds; whereas issues as to discrimination in the second category — which might include marital status, for example, or education, ability, occupation — «usually depend upon considerations of public interest» (Lord Hoffmann in Carson at [16]-RRB-.

This debt really limits the willingness / ability of law school graduates to hang their own shingle or to take positions in the public interest.

Second, the Commission's willingness to defend commercial interests at the expense of the public's ability to access information belies the current fragility of the EU.

While certainly some lawyers go to law school with the intention of pursuing a career in public interest law, even those lawyers do not go to law school with the intention (let alone the ability) to work for free.

Again, it is plainly not of itself sufficient to supply the present deficiency, but it may point the way to the ability of the common law to recognise a new form of privilege, where, in a new context, the public interest so requires.

An interesting article, PR - savvy stars navigate the courtroom, from the Christian Science Monitor, talks about the role of public relations in celebrity trials, and the ability of celebrities to influence trials by hiring elite teams of lawyers and jury consultants.

«Denying a lawyer's right to free expression on behalf of a client in a court of law in favour of a vague definition of civility and its application after the fact fetters and chills the lawyer's ability to engage in vigorous advocacy,» Groia argues in his factum, «in turn damaging the public interest, as well as infringing [on] the ability of an accused or client to make full answer and defence in a judicial proceeding.»

The CLSMF Director of Public Interest & Litigation a FT position with the ability to work both scheduled and flexible work hours, including some evenings / weekends, based on business need throughout CLSMF's 12 - county service area.

As a result of this decision, the IPC (subject to an appeal the Supreme Court of Canada will hear this fall) now has the ability to decide independently whether records subject to the law enforcement and solicitor - client privilege exemptions should be disclosed in the public interest.

This article proposes a structural change to the manner of conducting patent litigation at the district court level that may potentially decrease the level of overzealous advocacy as well as enhance the court's ability to take into account public interest considerations when adjudicating patent disputes.

«This uncertainly has a material impact on our ability to reach definitive conclusions, both about the impact in relation to individual regulatory objectives and better regulation duties, and our assessment of the broader impact on the overall public interest,» he said.

On top of this, our country is neck - deep in a seemingly perpetual access to justice crisis that has seriously undermined the public's confidence in the ability of the legal profession to respect and protect their interests.

At the same time, under current procedures, one must keep in mind the necessarily limited ability of the Canadian Patent Office to comprehensively initially evaluate patent validity, and balance the public interest in not having to engage in expensive litigation or re-litigation of matters (such as construction) previously determined during patent prosecution.

«[We would be choosing] to impair the ability of private parties to resolve a dispute in favor of the public interest.»

By denying third party public interest filers the procedural ability to challenge patents, the patent system would sacrifice an important asset and a mainstay of their mission to manage the public domain and promote public knowledge and innovation.

He added: «In the best interests of the people of my state I have directed the Arizona Department of Transportation to suspend Uber's ability to test and operate autonomous vehicles on Arizona's public roadways.

• Track record of initiating contact with prospective customers and converting them into business - providing patrons • Well - versed in following sales initiatives, aimed at achieving selling targets • Exceptional public relation skills, targeted at ensuring excellence in customer service provision • Able to handle tight deadlines and work back - to - back shifts during peak hours • Special talent for demonstrating store products, with the aim of selling to customers what they need • Particularly effective in inventory control procedures, order processing and shelves stocking, in sync with store procedures and protocols • Skilled in handling adverse situations involving irate customers by providing solutions to ensure customer retention • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, targeted at working harmoniously alongside peers, supervisors and clients • Hands - on experience in leading store and product promotion activities, in accordance to popular marketing and promotional directives • Able to work well under stressful situations brought on by customer pressure or tight deadlines • Functional ability to employ persuasive skills, aimed at focusing customers» interest in new products and upgrades • Expert in handling merchandising activities, organizing store displays and working alongside marketing personnel to edict a positive image of the store

The Independent Advisory Group will make recommendations to the Council at the end of May, 2016 on measures to strengthen the Council's ability to uphold the public interest by assuring the competency and integrity of real estate licensees and their compliance with the Real Estate Services Act.

Particular thanks to Carolyn Rogers, under whose leadership the IAG has delivered recommendations that will enhance the Council's ability to act in the public's interest, and strengthen the regulation of the BC real estate industry,» said Council Chair Marylou Leslie.

These organizations are able to wield their nowadays entirely out - of - wack - for - the - times Orwellian powers for their own pockets» benefits only due to their ability to legally hold the public to ransom in order to achieve their own selfish goals; their successfully exercised powers of class warfare against the public interest are a form of legalized extortion... period, in my opinion, because the consuming public which uses their services is being held to ransom during the course of a strike; they, the public, have no other acceptable choices at their disposal.