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This article was co-authored by policy director Dan Woynillowicz and originally appeared in iPolitics.

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The set of four papers released on Wednesday includes one authored by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member and RBI executive director Michael Patra.

Other analysts, such as Larry Downes, project director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy, an economic policy think tank, say both reclassification under Title II and regulating under section 706 represent overreach by thPolicy, an economic policy think tank, say both reclassification under Title II and regulating under section 706 represent overreach by thpolicy think tank, say both reclassification under Title II and regulating under section 706 represent overreach by the FCC.

The set of four papers released on Wednesday includes one authored by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member and RBI executive director Mich...

«To ignore market trends by impeding progress toward a cleaner energy future, on the basis of ignorance or ideology, makes no sense,» Nathanael Greene, director of renewable policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.

«From time to time, I will get called by the director general of export controls at Global Affairs Canada, asking for my feedback regarding a policy issue.

Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure in Canada and Mexico.

«Once pollutants get into the ground water, they move pretty freely, so it makes a lot of sense to expand the types of waters covered by the EPA,» said Bob Martin director of food system policy, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

The Fund has always had a European managing director, but its policy direction has been determined by the US Treasury.

Knight, a former Hill staffer who worked on the Bush administration's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, was promoted from her position as special assistant for tax and retirement policy to deputy director for policy in February, and was recently praised by the council's new head, Larry Kudlow.

From 2008 to 2012, the board member in question — Susan Arnold, who chairs the compensation committee at Disney — received fees from Disney that were 70 % greater than the average received by Fortune 100 directors, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).

In 2010, Russ Shay, the Alliance's public policy director, privately urged IRS officials to crack down on the syndicators through more aggressive action than individual audits — perhaps by issuing a public advisory.

This article was co-written by Clean Energy Canada policy director Dan Woynillowicz and originally appeared in the Vancouver Sun.

The Board's stock ownership policy provides that each non-employee director is required to attain, by the fifth anniversary of such director's initial election to the Board, a minimum share ownership position of the lesser of (i) 7,500 shares of common

(a) Schedule 2.7 (a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list setting forth each employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement (including any «employee benefit plan» as defined in Section 3 (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended («ERISA»)(«ERISA Plan»)-RRB-, including, without limitation, employee pension benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (2) of ERISA, multi-employer plans, as defined in Section 3 (37) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (1) of ERISA, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, bonus plans, stock purchase plans, fringe benefit plans, life, hospitalization, disability and other insurance plans, severance or termination pay plans and policies, sick pay plans and vacation plans or arrangements, whether or not an ERISA Plan (including any funding mechanism therefore now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, under which (i) any current or former employee, director or individual consultant of the Company (collectively, the «Company Employees») has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) has had, has or may have any actual or contingent present or future liability or obligation.

«By and large, with the exception of the Conservative platform, which doesn't have many details, the other four parties have... incorporated some degree of energy efficiency program,» says Tim Weis, director of renewable energy and energy efficiency policy with Pembina.

Although Tesla does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of the Board at Tesla's annual meetings of stockholders, Tesla encourages, but does not require, directors to attend.

Because the CNGC already regularly analyzes whether our incentive compensation programs provide proper incentives to our NEOs to achieve our Company's strategic priorities (including ROI) and because our shareholders already receive annual reports on those matters in the CD&A s in our annual proxy statements, we believe the adoption of the policy requested by the proposal is unnecessary, duplicative of practices already followed by the CNGC and our Company, and would result in an expenditure of Walmart's resources and our management's and directors» time that ultimately would not be in our shareholders» best interests.

Pursuant to the policy, as revised in February 2009, at each annual meeting of our stockholders, provided that the director has served on the Board for at least six months prior to the annual meeting, a non-employee director would be granted RSUs having a value equal to $ 225,000 divided by the lesser of (i) the trailing average closing trading prices of our common stock for the 180 - day period preceding and ending with the date of the RSU grant or (ii) such number of RSUs as the Board may determine based on additional criteria such as business conditions and / or company performance, outside director compensation practices at peer companies and advice from outside compensation consultants.

Further, it is understood that emphasis should be on recruitment of Directors who bring more than credentials or designations by contributing to a culture that accelerates business success by advocating and influencing public policy, developing business leaders, connecting businesses and presenting thought leaders.

Prior to February 2009, the policy provided that at each annual meeting of our stockholders, provided that the director had served on the Board for at least six months prior to the annual meeting, a non-employee director would be granted RSUs having a value equal to $ 225,000 divided by the trailing average closing trading prices of our common stock for the 180 - day period preceding and ending with the date of the RSU grant.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director, Angus Reid Institute and Carlo Dade, Director of the Centre for Trade and Investment Policy, Canada West Foundation February 15, 2017 — It's no mystery why the topic of «women in the workforce» was a centrepiece of the first face - to - face

«Ireland's Economic Development and Convergence» A panel discussion moderated by Tom O» Connell, Assistant Director General, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Ireland.

The Council, co-chaired by Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director, Research at the C.D. Howe Institute and Adam Fanaki, Partner, Competition and Foreign Investment Review and Litigation at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP provides analysis of emerging competition policy issues.

Marilyn Mohrman - Gillis, executive director of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards» Center for Financial Planning and head of public policy, noted on a panel discussion moderated by Borzi that DOL's fiduciary rule will «hopefully [be] the tip of the iceberg to push other rules and regulations to protect investors.»

As HSUS Texas senior state director Katie Jarl, Florida state director Kate MacFall and director of shelter outreach and policy engagement Kim Alboum organized the transports, Animal Rescue Team members, coordinated by senior director Sára Varsa, searched for missing pets and animals in need of rescue.

«We are pleased to see the Obama administration will not cause harm to citizens and states by shutting these businesses down, and hope this will lead to an expansion of sensible policies related to marijuana, such as allowing these businesses access to banking, and taxing them at a fair rate,» said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a Washington, D.C. - based trade group that represents what it says are the thousands of firms involved in marijuana production and sales.

«Given that Canada's foreign policy has put gender equity issues prominently at the top of its agenda, obviously this is something we wanted to highlight here: That you have a Canadian company actively undermining those rights abroad by facilitating censorship in countries where those rights aren't respected or recognized,» Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, told me over the phone.

In the past, our General Counsel was permitted to grant an exception to this policy on a case - by - case basis for an officer or director who clearly demonstrated the financial capacity to repay the loan without resorting to the pledged shares.

The vote count reached a remarkable level of backing for proposals opposed by management, according to Heidi Welsh, executive director at the Sustainable Investments Institute, a Maryland - based nonprofit that provides impartial analysis of social and environmental policy shareholder resolutions.

Audio Recording: Presented by Nathana O'Brien Sharma Nathana O'Brien Sharma is the Program Director for Faculty Affairs and Principal for Blockchain, Law, Policy & Ethics at Singularity University.

«When you look at how much money somebody could make by turning a rental unit — particularly something that's rent - controlled, where the city is trying to keep rent low — into what is essentially a hotel room, you see there's a powerful incentive there,» said Ed Lazere, executive director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, which helped oversee the report.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR)'s Danielle Hale, Managing Director of Housing Research, was joined by Alex Nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity at the Cato Institute, to share insight on the current and future impact of foreign buyers and immigration on the U.S. housing market.

Additionally, technology errors and omissions insurance, cyber liability insurance, employment practices liability insurance, and directors and officers insurance are also excluded by an umbrella policy.

The discussion will be moderated by Clean Energy Canada's Policy Director, Dan Woynillowicz.

The broad goals of the our program are defined by the Standing Education Committee of the National Board of Directors and are outlined in the National Education Policy.

Investment professionals who have long relied on Bloomberg for its suite of financial data and analytics now have access to research from Glass Lewis on matters not well covered by traditional investment research: accounting policies, financial statement transparency, corporate governance, litigation and regulatory developments, related - party transactions, executive compensation and board of director independence and quality, among others.

In addition, any family firm with a CEO who is a family member received credit here by default if the board has a policy to meet at every meeting with only independent directors.

And many corporations that have adopted some sort of majority voting have adopted policies that nevertheless allow incumbent directors to remain on corporate boards even if their reelection was opposed by a majority of shareholders.

However, starting in the third quarter of this year, Fortress» board of directors saw it fitting to better align the company's dividend policy with its profitability by paying out nearly all of its after - tax distributable earnings.

At the direction of the board of directors and supported by management, the Policy Council is the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's lead public policy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princPolicy Council is the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's lead public policy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princpolicy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princpolicy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic principles.

Our unique public policy committee structure balances the priorities of our grassroots Members with the strategic direction set out by our board of directors, policy council and management team.

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statePolicy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statepolicy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

The Board's stock ownership policy now provides that each non-employee director is required to attain, by the fifth anniversary of such director's initial election to the Board, a minimum share

By the way, Hoovervilles were named after President Herbert Hoover, not the FBI Director, and the GOP is not proposing to follow Hoover's counterproductive policies.

«Insti - tute for Social Policy and Understanding»???? As per http://www.guidestar.org, the directors and CEO are all Muslims which definitely does not agree with the topic commentary by Mr. Iftikhar.

Guest post by Elizabeth Kucinich, Rodale Institute Board of Directors Member, Documentary Producer, Coventry University Professor, and Advocacy, Policy & Campaigns Consultant.

«What we've heard from the National Organic Program was that they're intending to finalize the rule by the end of the year,» said Nate Lewis, the Organic Trade Association's Farm Policy Director.