Sentences with phrase «among public interests groups»
Last week, CNN reported on the concerns among public interests groups that lawmakers were purposely trying to kill the OCE through their inaction to avoid future ethics investigations.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
Reform groups, including Common Cause of New York and the New York Public Interest Research Group issued a challenge to lawmakers, asking them to sign what they call a «Clean Conscience Pledge» that would, among other things, ban or limit outside income.
Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.
Disclosure: Having met with the governor in my previous capacity as a government reform lobbyist with the New York Public Interest Research Group, my name appears on the schedules on four occasions, placing me in a tie for 66th among non-government officials.
Among other things, he has vowed to unite a group of renegade state Democrats — though that initiative faces considerable skepticism — announced that prison parolees will now be allowed to vote, and taken a sudden interest in New York City public housing.
While the reform alliance provided data showing trial lawyers» campaign contributions were tops among influence blocs, the New York Public Interest Research Group put teacher unions far in the lead in combined lobbying and campaign donations.
Among the CSFR / OSFR early professional ethics initiatives, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the committee to review proposed regulations regarding issues of technical dissent with the agency, OSFR staff surveyed 241 professional societies asking them about the extent of their organization's professional ethics issues and efforts, and the CSFR, the President's Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine and Research and the group Medicine in the Public Interest cosponsored a workshop on whistle blowing on fraud in biomedical research.
Democrats, Republicans, public interest groups, and the chemical industry all say that TSCA needs fixing, but lawmakers have repeatedly failed to resolve differences among stakeholders on how to do it.
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.
According to his DeSmogBlog profile, «DeMelle has served as research associate for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., researcher for Ring of Fire Radio, researcher for Laurie David and StopGlobalWarming.org, law and policy analyst for the Environmental Working Group, campus organizer for Connecticut Public Interest Research Group, environmental justice associate for EPA Region 10, among other positions in his career.
Law firms and in - house legal departments aren't the only employers out there; there also are government agencies, non-profits and public interest groups, among others.
Others among the several blogs honored here are Above the Law as Best New Law Blog, Overlawyered for Best Blawg Theme, Likelihood of Confusion for Best Law Blog Name, Antitrust Review and PHOSITA sharing the award for Best Group Blog, TalkLeft for Best Politicio Blog by Lawyers, Althouse for Best Personal Blog by a legally oriented female blogger, SHLEP: the Self - Help Law ExPress for Best Law Blog in the Public Interest, Online Guide to Mediation for Best Law Blog by a legal mediator, and Denise Howell as Blawg Diva for her blogging at Bag and Baggage, Between Lawyers and Lawgarithms.
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