Sentences with phrase «about protection of the public»

While they say they are public interest regulators, they nevertheless hang on to a variety of activities that are designed to make lawyers feel good: receptions and black - tie dinners, awards... things that are about lawyers rather than about protection of the public.

Those who are worried about the protection of the public should remember that there are existing laws and Codes of Ethics in effect to protect the public from fraud, abuse and sharp dealings.

Those who are worried about the protection of the public should remember that there are existing laws in place and codes of ethics that protect the public from fraud, abuse and sharp dealings.

Not exact matches

His books can alter the way the public thinks about and conceives of entire worlds, from baseball management to football pass protection to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Taxes on real estate in Maryland account for about 35 % of city budgets and 30 % of county budgets, funding local services like public education and fire protection.

Clean Harbors is working with the town and the Department of Environmental Protection on a clean - up plan, and there will be a public information session about the plan Wednesday at the Public Safety Facpublic information session about the plan Wednesday at the Public Safety FacPublic Safety Facility.

It's about the determination of Republicans to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, National Public Radio and the Environmental Protection Agency - efforts that have absolutely nothing to do with the deficit.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, in partnership with the Connecticut Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, has been awarded a $ 69,632 Environmental Education grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to inform their members and the public about climate change and its impacts on local ecosystems.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James wants an explanation from the Department of Environmental Protection about their projections that water rates could swell 80 percent by 2027.

When asked about Cuomo's actions and statutes concerning environmental protection and public health, Bill Samuels, head of good government group Effective NY, believes Cuomo has been late in putting forth state mandates.

At 7 p.m., state Sen. Leroy Comrie and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection host a public hearing about groundwater in the community, Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center, 172 - 17 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

Seeking to reassure the British public about public protection, Dr Reid released figures showing that of the 27,500 crimes committed by Britons which had not been entered into the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), only five had gained employment.

«The recent public health crisis in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh is a critical reminder of the need to be vigilant about protecting our public health and safety,» the mailer states, «and making smart investments in water quality and environmental protection.»

The Immigration Protection Act will foster the safety of all of the county's residents by removing any trepidation some in the community might have about their interactions with the county's law enforcement agencies and I'm proud that we've been able to craft something that has the full support of both advocates for the immigrant community and the county departments responsible for public safety, corrections and probation.»

«Support for Increased Notification Related to Protection of Private Information about Pistol Permit Ownership from Public Disclosure»

In 2011, in response to growing public concern about the possible environmental and human health effects of fracking wastewater, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high salinity effluents.

One is protection of Americans and humans in general, which I can imagine a CIA director would, of course, be interested in; and the other is, as we've often spoken about in around public circles, energy independence means that you're less susceptible to hostile interest [s].

«And it appeared that either relevant data were ignored or that full and careful consideration of cost - benefit analysis best practices were not followed in assessing wetlands values and public attitudes about water - quality protection.»

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

Despite Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) messages that the water was safe, we fought to educate residents about severe public health risks.

The scientific community needs to more effectively speak out about the necessity of evidence - based policies, scientific integrity protections and public access to research to defend the role of science, said John Holdren, former White House science adviser, in a speech on the eve of the April 22nd March for Science.

Despite public health messages about the importance of sun protection, many people, including some with a previous melanoma, are not protecting themselves effectively resulting in severe sunburn.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California, in 2005 — 06 the total cost of this protection was $ 402 million or about $ 111 per student in declining - enrollment districts.

For example, when asked about lowering student grades for disciplinary reasons, approximately half of public school teachers and administrators responded that this action was prohibited; among the educators who did think such disciplinary actions were permissible, 32 percent reported that students subject to such disciplinary sanctions were entitled to formal due process protections.

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says many of the nation's state voucher programs — as well as many private schools — aren't providing parents with the information about how leaving the public schools may affect the federal protections available to children with disabilities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a scorching report last summer about an array of public service loan forgiveness messes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week issued an urgent warning to the public about the dangers posed by auto - defaults, the industry - wide practice of lenders placing borrowers» private student loans into default simply because the borrower's co-signer — often a parent or grandparent — had died or declared bankruptcy.

Go here for information about a scathing audit by the Office of Inspector General of APHIS lax and ineffective regulation of dog breeding facilities and the agency's plan to remedy its failures; and for information about the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, the PUPS Act, pending federal legislation that would mandate APHIS regulate all dog breeders that sell directly to the public whether through the internet, newspaper ads or otherwise, and not only those that sell through brokers or dealers or that maintain show rooms where buyers can observe dogs for sale.

Cats Protection's Advocacy Manager Jacqui Cuff (pictured right) added: «Over the past few years, we have been contacted about a worrying number of issues that our supporters and the general public want us to raise with the Welsh Government.

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Last year's letter called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore inspection reports and other documents abruptly purged from the agency's website in February 2017, leaving the public in the dark about violators of the AWA and the Horse Protection Act on soring.

«It's the standardizing of credentials, it's about title protection, and [it's about something] that the public would more easily be able to understand,» said Ken Yagi, RVT, VTS, a representative of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, which is spearheading the effort.

Cats Protection's Advocacy Manager Jacqui Cuff said: «Over the past few years, we have been contacted about a worrying number of issues that our supporters and the general public want us to raise with the Scottish Government.

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian BPublic when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Bpublic coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

A bill introduced in Congress this week to «save uranium mining,» the Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011, would undo that protection from new uranium mining claims.Despite all the talk about energy independence, «a significant percentage of these mining claims and pending operations are controlled by foreign interests, which pay no royalties for the mineral wealth they extract from U.S. public lands,» said Jane Danowitz of the Pew Environment Group, in response to the legislation.

The World Ocean Festival is an open, public event, recognizing that millions of people and organizations care about the oceans and will stand together for their protection.

The program currently supports grantees working to: create international protections for species and ecoregions of the High Seas; educate scientists and the public about the value and vulnerability of the ocean as a world system; and foment civil society movements to protect Arctic waters and Arctic coastal communities.

We envision a world where our private and public leaders prioritize the protection of our planet; where solutions to remedy climate change are equitable, lift up those that are most impacted, and are rooted in racial and economic justice; and where facts win out over fiction and there is universal agreement about the impacts of climate change on the earth and all of its inhabitants.

The advent of wind turbines in the 1990's brought about changes by devaluing public noise protections with favorable legislation and regulation to facilitate permitting.

PIPC Executive Director James Hall stated, «One would hope that Franny Reese would not only be proud of the preservation efforts reflected in this preserve but also the partnerships of Scenic Hudson, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Commission that brought about its permanent protection and availability to the public.»

My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

While it's an undoubted athletic accomplishment, the real purpose is educational: Raising awareness in the public about the need for interconnected wildlife habitat and in the case of John experiencing first hand how much of the East Coast is yet undeveloped and in need of protection.

Protection of the public devolves into an argument about the sufficiency of scientific evidence.

Zapping from one favourite blog to another, I find here a solemn accusation of BBC censorship in the Arctic from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; at Harmless Sky, Alex Cull has unearthed another twitcher, Lord Krebs (whose place on the Climate Change Committee seems to be due to his scientfic expertise on birds), musing on how best to brainwash the British public into agreeing with him; while on Bishop Hill there's a video of an hour long rant about Deniers from an expert on rhodedendrons.

Even more thrilling is that in accepting this navigation tool Parties didn't forget about «the Great Eight» — the eight rights - related dimensions in the Paris Agreement preamble: human rights, indigenous peoples» rights, public participation, gender, just transition, ecosystem integrity and protection of biodiversity, food security, and intergenerational equity.

Equally, it is hard to resist the idea that there is a public interest in being transparent about these issues and a three - year sunset provision on entries short of strike - off or indefinite suspension provides some protection against this.

By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us.

A new review has been launched to establish how information about criminals and criminality can be used in the interests of public protection.

The coalition will make arguments about the impact of Justice Camp's behaviour on survivors and on public attitudes about sexual assault, and about the legal protections for sexual assault complainants that Justice Camp allegedly ignored.

These staggering developments have not only seriously dented public confidence in the ability of public and private sector organisations to keep our personal data secure, they have also reawakened concerns about the extent to which our domestic laws provide adequate protection for individuals whose personal data is lost or misused.