Sentences with phrase «closed door policy»

I find institutions have a closed door policy.

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European Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker on Friday denied media reports that President Donald Trump slammed Germany's trade policies during a closed - door meeting in Brussels the previous day.

In February 2007, Teresa Heely of Social and Economic Policy at the Canadian Labour Congress wrote about more closed door meetings.

«Given the important public policy issues at stake, we have also asked the court to hold its hearing in open rather than behind closed doors.

In this way, the SEC has effectively closed the door on this engagement with its change in policy.

Behind closed doors, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick often refers to Rachel Whetstone, his SVP for policy and communication, as the most powerful woman in Silicon Valley.

Daniel Schuman, policy director of Demand Progress, told HuffPost: «With today's action — taken behind closed doors and with no opportunity for public debate — the House now rolls back the clock to an era of corruption and decay.

«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Arby's for closing its doors to pork producers that aren't eliminating gestation crates,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

There has been a quiet revolution taking place behind closed doors and public policy still hasn't caught up with this new reality

If you run into a closed - door policy, keep looking.

At the very least the proposed changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system of government — have all the hall marks of a policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups of like - minded people — just the sort of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.

Like too many things in this country, these are policies conjured up in the corridors of Westminster, in local authorities» offices, behind closed doors, or at exclusive events attended by the few.

Key policies on tackling crime and immigration across the EU are being made behind closed doors with little opportunity for scrutiny, peers warn today.

Three legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo behind closed doors at the state Capitol yesterday and hammered out a number of specifics, though a range of non-fiscal policy issues — apparently with the exception of addressing sexual harassment — have fallen off the table.

But a year into Article 50 and the UK has remained quiet on its patent policy, save for a few hushed conversations behind closed doors, leaving many patent lawyers - whose livelihoods rest on working across the EU - in jeopardy.

The repair language was discussed by Republicans during their closed - door policy retreat in Philadelphia last week as a better way to brand their strategy.

You could almost call this a mini-TTIP deal, similar to the US - EU trade deal that lets big business steer government policy to their advantage, mostly behind closed doors.

But what actually went on behind the closed doors of the party's policy forum in the less - than - idyllic surroundings of Warwick University?

Mr Clegg insisted: «Behind closed doors, I am very, very tenacious in making sure the policies we produce as a government have a Lib Dem imprint on them from top to bottom.»

«Why should we settle for sexual harassment policies that are being discussed behind closed doors without a single woman present?»

«At a time when millions of women are making their voices heard, why should we settle for sexual - harassment policies that are being discussed behind closed doors without a single woman present?»

As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.

It also shows the consequences of making policy behind closed doors and under the frenzy of a budget deadline.

The final skid off the highway of smooth administration came after a week of furious negotiations, mostly behind closed doors in various corners of the Capitol, about $ 150 - plus billion in spending, the governor's proposal for subsidized tuition at state colleges, and policies regarding charter schools.

June 30: The school board — following a series of closed - door legal hearings since its June 8 action — votes 3 - 1 to remove Johnson as trustee after finding he had disclosed the names and addresses of district employees in violation of district policy.

During recent public appearances, Bharara went out of his way to mock Albany's «three - men - in - a-room» governing style in which the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker negotiate most budget and major policy decisions behind closed doors.

And yet this new closed - door policy seems to have been extended to the main competition as well, shutting out some of the more obviously raucous contenders.

State officials can subvert the law through interpretations that don't conform to its intent; school districts can change their policies without making genuine changes in curriculum; or teachers can ignore the mandates, closing their classroom doors and doing as they please.

Could a «closed - door policy» help you better manage your time?

Behind closed doors, insiders may or may not have exchanged their opinions on value - added evaluations, but since the evidence required for a meaningful debate over the real world effects of those evaluations did not exist, I wonder if the lack of research on the policy implications of value - added was considered.

As the law moves to closed - door negotiations, Republicans are increasingly opposing any and all federal education policies, regardless of merit, on the grounds that education is inherently a state and local concern.

N.C. Policy Watch reported last fall that the school was in serious financial trouble, threatening to close its doors the year prior thanks to a $ 150,000 shortfall.

The state has not turned over the paperwork related to Nasir Qadree's position, but according to SDE insiders, professional staff was also included on search teams --- until Pryor arrived and now hiring is done behind closed doors with little to no involvement by the staff that actually has the responsibility to carry out state policy.

Read 2016 Intentionality Report: Closing the Revolving Door: Policy Recommendations for Supporting Early Career Teachers and Administrators.

Professionally engaged teachers, in other words, teachers who were committed to the profession by keeping an open door policy, were more likely to use the computer in their classroom instruction than were private, or closed door, school teachers.

Even formerly traditionally published authors like US President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis have told Good e-Reader that doors closed to them once their self - published titles came along, specifically in review and interview opportunities; Davis even recounted how she appeared on NPR to promote one title, but when she reached out to that same program about her debut indie title, she was told there was a policy in place against self - published works.

As a self - published writer, you are going to encounter discrimination and closed doors from some reviewers in their submission acceptance policies.

However, my biggest concern is if we decide to close our doors, what happens if we cancel our insurance policy and we get sued two years later?»

It shook up the major platform holders enough to revise their publishing policies, made independent games close to equals in a console's lineup and opened the door for an entirely new segment of the console market.

But if one simply asserts nature is fragile and then implements environmental management or policy under that assumption, one could be closing the door on many options that might serve both humans and nature well.

Most academic economists accepted, at least behind closed doors, that it was a sound policy idea.

It's not always a closed - door policy!

Video footage of a closed - door webinar provided to CMD reveals Frank Luntz» firm instructing state chamber of commerce lobbyists to ignore polling that shows Chamber members across the country overwhelmingly support progressive workplace policies including raising the minimum wage, providing paid sick days, and more.

And perhaps (notwithstanding the IPCC's firmly closed deliberations doors, and obviously unbeknownst to the movers and shakers behind this report) this is why — according to Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-- «the era of making decisions about global issues behind closed doors with little citizen involvement was coming to an end.»

Then, Dick Cheney and lobbyists for big oil, coal, and gas corporations met behind closed doors to set energy policy.

The action was organised by Friends of the Earth Finland / Maan Ystävät Ry which says that the Ministerial working group on energy and climate policy currently working on the draft must table a strong and ambitious Bill in the parliament instead of continuing ineffective politics behind closed doors.

June 21, 2016 — «Geoffrey A. Schoos, president of the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy, Inc. (RICLAPP), a non-profit legal services organization, recently announced the center will cease operations and close its doors at 3288 Post Road in Warwick effective June 30.

While some may consider this an example of firmly closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, it nevertheless represents a policy rethink that most Canadian law firms have yet to undertake.

In the wake of the Megaupload raid a couple of other online file storage sites voluntarily closed their doors and several others have scrambled to revise their policies and procedures.

It is therefore ironic that by closing the door to a set number of policy exclusions Parliament unwittingly opened the door to insurers to argue by implication that any other exclusion not so nullified is valid.