Sentences with phrase «access public agenda»

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In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

This portal serves as a centralized source for quick access to financial information and budgets, public meetings and agendas, tax information, strategic plans, staff contact information and more.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

The commission, which is holding hearings across the five boroughs to solicit public input as to what its agenda should be, can consider any proposal presented to it, though de Blasio charged its members with particularly looking at voting access and campaign finance reform.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Governor Andrew Cuomo used the occasion of the Empire State Pride Agenda's annual Manhattan fall dinner to announce new regulations that will provide anti-discrimination protections in employment, housing, public accommodations, and access to credit for transgender New Yorkers.

Professor Steve Yearley, Director of the ESRC Genomics Forum commented: «The issue of growing public access to personal genome data is currently high on the agenda of the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum.

The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education guarantees that school choice will remain a key component of the education policy agenda in 2017, as public charter schools continue to expand and state and federal policymakers implement or consider policies to expand access to private schools.

In that time, he won praise for uniting education reformers, teachers, principals and business stakeholders behind an aggressive education reform agenda that included opening more than 100 new schools, expanding after - school and summer learning programs, closing down underperforming schools, increasing early childhood and college access, dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers, and building public - private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

The current Education Reform agenda is directly linked to Milton Freidman and his notions of a privatized public education system accessed by vouchers.

ADEu and the European Guide Dog Federation (EGDF) will be lobbying together in Brussels to get the Equal Treatment Directive onto the agenda of the European Commission, and to gain public access for all assistance dogs and those in training.

Moneyed interests have easy access to public media and an agenda driven entirely by profits.

I have to give Minnesota representative Michele Bachmann credit for figuring out the secret hidden agenda and making it public, the real reason Democrats and environmentalists want to make the United States «the only country that has made it illegal to access its own energy.»

Incorporate strategies for providing online access to public legal information into national development plans to implement the UN 2030 Agenda.

Drafted meeting agendas, supplied advance materials and executed follow - up for meetings and team conferences.Managed the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in - person requests for information.Designed electronic file systems and maintained electronic and paper files.Handled all media and public relations inquiries.Maintained the front desk and reception area in a neat and organized fashion.Served as central point of contact for all outside vendors needing to gain access to the building.Wrote reports and correspondence from dictation and handwritten notes.Maintained an up - to - date department organizational chart.Dispersed incoming mail to correct recipients throughout the office.Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence.Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents.Managed the day - to - day calendar for the company's senior director.Received and screened a high volume of internal and external communications, including email and mail.