Sentences with phrase «citizen committees from»

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The Nigerian Senate's Committee on Banking and Other Financial Institutions will examine bitcoin's suitability for investment and recommend measures to protect citizens from suffering financial losses as a result of trading the digital asset.

The proposed rule follows recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board, a federal advisory committee of 15 citizens appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture that includes representation from the various stakeholders involved in the organic industry, including farmers, handlers, a retailer, a certifier, scientists, a natural resource conservationist and a consumer.

The plans, which will be discussed at the July 8 Park Board meeting, would establish a citizen advisory committee to solicit comments from the public on future park projects.

The committee will draw its members from the Park District, city officials, Chamber of Commerce, Police Department, city youth workers and citizens.

Second, the Constitutional Committee was tasked with convening a National Assembly in 2010 at which 950 citizens, drawn at random from National Register, defined and discussed their views of what should be in the new constitution.

Only American citizens (and immigrants with green cards) can contribute to federal politics, but the American divisions of foreign companies can form political action committees (PACs) and collect contributions from their American employees.

The Democratic Party is governed by committees of citizens who are registered Democrats, from the national level down to state and community - level.

«Our proposed committee structure is bi-partisan, featuring three members from each caucus of the legislature; it would also incorporate input from private citizens to ensure its work is conducted at the highest standard»

Technical aspects and proximity to the Long Island Power Authority's substation on Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton make Beach Lane in Wainscott an excellent potential landing site for the transmission cable that would run from the proposed offshore South Fork Wind Farm, officials of Deepwater Wind told members of the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee's environmental subcommittee on Monday morning at Town Hall.

They have also hosted a website that allows citizens to submit testimony online, which I can say from personal experience is actually being read by the Redistricting Committee.

First, push to adopt the policy recommendations from Citizens Union's 2013 report on political clubs to curb excess influence over institutions like the Democratic County Committee.

The Committees to be established are Rent Control, Housing, Education, Human Relations, Senior Citizens, Law Enforcement and such others as the Executive Committee shall from time to time determine.

Revere America was cited by NYC Bill de Blasio during our CapTon «Ad Nausem» segment yesterday as an example of a committee that could be benefitting from the Citizens United decision.

In collaboration with the Manhattan Borough President's Office and Citizens Committee for New York City, funds earned from these events have been used to support community compost grants.

Removing all children from Rikers can not come soon enough,» said Jennifer March, Executive Director, Citizens Committee for Children.

The EFCC had commenced investigating Azibaola last year sequel to a list sent to the commission by a committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the ONSA from 2011 to 2015 which indicted more than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

But the board still wanted to hear from a citizens advisory committee what it thou...

Through the hard work of the Citizens» Committee to Save Loew's, the theatre was saved from the wrecking ball in 1975, then purchased by Syracuse Area Landmark Theatre, Inc. in 1977.

The two major parties in New York State are governed by committees of citizens who are registered members of their respective parties, from the national level down to state and community - level.

The resolution charged a committee, composed of citizens from local labor unions and advocacy organizations, with examining the possibilities of a municipal public financing system.

Bowery Babes, Friends of DeSalvio Playground, the Partnership for Parks and the Citizens Committee of NYC will poll their neighbors in the park from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

One long - standing sore point among CIRM critics is that many members of its 29 - member governing board, the Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee (ICOC), represent institutions that have benefitted from CIRM funding, creating at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

No matter that Glover is herself advised by hundreds of European research organisations and the Joint Research Council, academies and learned societies from across the sciences and across the world, universities, expert committees, science associations and citizen science.

Novocell's proposal was selected for funding by CIRM's governing board, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), with advisement from the Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group.

Irrespective of being committed in the UNHCR activities and human rights promotion in general, the first post-apartheid Minister of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) declared that the spirit, object and purport of the RDP will not be realised if non-citizens who are pouring into South Africa would be allowed access to the national resources.27 Again, this political attitude was, in 2011, reflected in the statement of the chairperson of the DHA Portfolio Committee, Ms Maggie Maunye, in which she stated that «foreign - nationals coming to South Africa are using up national resources and prevent citizens from enjoying their freedoms ’28 Even though she apologized, this statement reaffirms the spirit of government.

ALS has waded into state political contests, with the company and its executives contributing at least $ 45,000 to Florida politicians and political action committees since 2015 — including sizeable contributions to the Republican Party of Florida and a political action committee called Citizens First that has taken in tens of thousands in donations from charter organizations.

Thanks to the efforts of the Committee and dedicated citizens, Kentucky has moved from the bottom of the national rankings in education to the middle and above.

Ted Kolderie, former director of the Citizens League and member of the committee that authored its Chartered Schools report, noted the news from Milwaukee.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

It seems clear that ESSA has provided the committee with an opportunity to design and develop an «authentic assessment», based on evidence - based classroom performance indicators, that will establish a new era of meaningful, student - centered testing that CT teachers, parents, students, and citizens have proudly come to expect from educational leadership.

Senate Finance Committee member, Ron Wyden, and Senator Sherrod Brown of the Finance Committee Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee, together with five other Senate Democrats, introduced a bill with a goal of protecting citizens of United States who receive Social Security from stripping away their benefits in order to pay federal debts like student loans.

Under the newly - launched «Pets & Friends CARE» programme, elderly citizens from St Joseph's Home, the Chinese Development Assistance Council, and the Active Ageing Committee were ferried to the event and had the opportunity to interact with the furkids.

-- We used social media to generate phone calls of support from concerned citizens, and invite organizations and individuals to support the bill in person at the committee hearing.

The «Love Cats» pilot project is led by the Cat Welfare Society (CWS), with support from the local Adviser, Ministry of National Development (MND), Housing and Development Board (HDB), and Agri - food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), Chong Pang Citizens» Consultative Committee and Sembawang - Nee Soon Town Council.

Lyme, N.Y., Wind Energy Conversion Systems Law [7.5 - MB PDF]-- 1 / 2 - mile setback from property lines, 1 - mile setback from schools, churches, public gathering places; 30 / 35 - dBA +18 - dBC noise limit at property line Union, Wisc., Large Wind Turbine Citizens Committee Setback Recommendations Report [24 - MB PDF]

In fact it is somewhat ironic that a congressman on a committee worries about undue influence from industry on the testimony he hears when his colleagues on the committee are also receiving such influence due to the Citizens United ruling.

Whether you are a credentialed reporter or a citizen journalist, if you are arrested or run into legal problems while reporting on the presidential inauguration, help is available from two sources: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press will run a round - the - clock hotline for reporters who are detained while covering the inauguration.

It was necessary to acknowledge the expectations Indian citizens had from the Committee; it was, however, more important to approach issues concerning gender equality and sexual violence with a degree of objectivity and dispassion.

In a report published last week, «Surveillance: Citizens and the State», the House of Lords Constitution Committee sets out 44 widesweeping recommendations to protect individuals from the «pervasive and routine» electronic surveillance and collection and processing of personal information.

When asked whether they would recommend U.S. citizens buy phones from these manufacturers, none said they would, with committee member Sen. Mark Warner adding, «We need to make sure that this is not a new way for China to gain access to sensitive technology.»

According to a report prepared by China's National Internet Financial Security Technical Committee, 65 Chinese ICOs have raised approximately 2.6 billion yuan ($ 400 million USD) from 105,000 citizens so far during 2017.