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"briefing book" is a collection of important information or notes that are prepared for someone to quickly understand and be updated about a particular topic or situation. It helps them to get a concise overview and be prepared for a meeting, presentation, or discussion.
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He had another aide whose job was to be with him at every public appearance with a
thick briefing book.
Last week it was revealed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office created an «enemy list» to include
in briefing books for newly appointed Cabinet members.
«Gaming options both in and out of New York have expanded exponentially, but regulation of this sector remains mired in the 1960s,» according to the
budget briefing book released by the administration.
In some cases, the budget message includes no details, and even his 161 page
briefing book on the budget (Read it Here) is often a broad - brush treatment.
Elizabeth Jenkins, a staff assistant in the Office of the Deputy Secretary, has a hectic job managing the Deputy Secretary's scheduling requests and the calendar, and preparing
briefing books for important meetings.
This included expenditures for questionable activities by CUNY's affiliated not - for - profit foundations,» the executive budget
briefing book said.
On its face, this is perfectly reasonable, and is close to where Checker Finn and I landed when we released our
ESEA Briefing Book in April.
Environmentalists say the Conservatives» communications strategy on climate change almost exactly echoes advice in a three - year - old
briefing book written by U.S. pollster and communications adviser Frank Luntz.
In its 25th annual New York
State briefing book, the Fiscal Policy Institute analyzes and comments on Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2015 - 2016 Executive Budget.
Cuomo's
briefing book described his latest proposals as «the most ambitious ethics and good government reform package ever to restore New Yorkers confidence in their representatives.»
The tablets provide members access to a range of legislative information, including daily session calendars,
calendar briefing books, instant bill lookup and other advanced bill search capabilities.
Communities impacted by prison closures would be eligible to receive assistance from the regional economic development councils via a $ 100 million fund to, as the budget
briefing book puts it, help them «end their reliance on incarceration as a major source of employment and economic sustainability.»
Clocking in at 548 - pages, here is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
briefing book containing his 2015 legislative and budget agenda.
In an
accompanying briefing book, the Cuomo administration described who would be eligible: patients with cancer, glaucoma and other specific diseases listed by the Health Department and «who are in a life - threatening or sense - threatening situation.»
It was perhaps no surprise the Obama administration put the New NY Bridge design on its budget
briefing book last year.
Cuomo's
briefing book also suggested a number of changes to voting, most of which have appeared in some form in his past proposals.
She went on to complete an internship at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where she co-authored the «Enhancing Humans» chapter of From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center
Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns.
The 2011 Superintendent's
Briefing Book provides comprehensive yet concise overviews of the best thinking available on a wide range of top - priority PreK - 12 education concerns.
This doesn't just
mean briefing your book designer accordingly, it also means staying in touch, giving feedback on the early comps and sharing ideas as they come along.
And if you are interested in medical malpractice statistics, you can find those in our continuously updated Medical
Malpractice Briefing Book: By the Numbers.
Cuomo's
briefing book said the governor would seek to include e-cigarettes under the state's Clean Indoor Air Act, prohibiting people from smoking or «vaping» e-cigarettes anywhere cigarette smoking is already illegal.
For more great stuff, get the Center for Justice & Democracy's
new briefing book, Tort Litigation: By the Numbers.
We further fleshed out our vision two years ago with our
ESEA Briefing Book and list of 10 recommendations to imbue that key federal law with Reform Realism.
In its 28th annual New York State
budget briefing book, the Fiscal Policy Institute analyzes and comments on Governor Andrew Cuomo's FY 2019 Executive Budget.
Prepared briefing books, assisted Director creating agendas and provided IT support in all presentations during meetings.
Reagan also enjoyed the hits «High Noon,» «It's a Wonderful Life,» and «The Sound of Music» — the latter is credited as being the reason he once didn't study
his briefing book.
Thanks for bringing it up and
the brief book review.
I envisioned it being
a brief book, but once I started writing it, I enjoyed it so much and got so engrossed in it, it quickly mushroomed to 300 pages.
Such
a brief book with such an ambitious agenda is bound to leave some gaps.
Taylor's usual method is to publish a major treatise and then follow with
a brief book that makes his argument available to a wider audience.
As a final example, consider how the feminist exegetes treat
the brief Book of Ruth, a portrait of a brave and magnificent woman if there ever was one.
McDermott concludes
this brief book with «Twelve lessons for stutterers (and the rest of us),» drawing on all his subjects for the counsel he offers.
In short,
this brief book does exactly what you would hope for in a book on this topic.
The shortcoming of
this brief book, perhaps inherent in the author's polemical task, is that it is negative, and to see how well Kimball conveys his own appreciations of great art a reader must look to his other works (his rich essays on Eakins and Delacroix, for instance, in his collection titled Art's Prospect).
In the present case, the lectionary was not used, originally because what was needed was a three - hour Bible study rather than a traditional sermon, and we wished to do a whole,
brief book.
You want them to be easy to include in
a briefing book.
That path, according to
a briefing book released in conjunction with Cuomo's budget, includes a directive to state regulators to work with NYISO to «develop a regulatory framework that will ensure system reliability while facilitating repowering to cleaner fuel or closure.»
For a more comprehensive look at the state's revenue and budget challenges, see the Fiscal Policy Institute's 2018 - 2019 budget
briefing book, which includes a discussion of many other progressive pro-revenue tax proposals which would generate billions of dollars that New York needs to remain competitive in the future.
Briefing book on the 2011 - 2012 executive budget >>... (read more)
That could include «new opportunities for charitable contributions to support public programs,» according to
a briefing book released by Cuomo's office.
According to the budget
briefing book, the governor will «seek a partnership with state employee unions to reduce workforce costs.»