Sentences with phrase «commission convened»

The North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission convened a task force to examine training experiences and needs among mental health professionals in the state.

The commission convened a panel of scientists who study such issues as engagement, social - emotional development, student attendance, and economics to help draft research recommendations.

A new commission convened by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon seeks to come up with a long - range plan for early childhood education services.

Ghana's National Technical REDD Committee and the Climate Change Unit of Ghana Forestry Commission convened the 1st Roundtable on Carbon Policy and Governance in Accra on November 27 & 28, 2008.

The Arts Commission convened the ad hoc Los Angeles Arts Education Task Force and commissioned a study on the state of K - 12 arts education in LA County public schools.

A commission convened to offer reforms to Michigan's troubled education system recommends a major shift in oversight power to the governor's office — and the possible abolition of the State Board of Education.

The commission convened a panel of scientists who study such issues as engagement, social - emotional development, student attendance, and economics to help draft research recommendations.

In 2012 - 13, Weingarten served on an education reform commission convened by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which made a series of recommendations to improve teaching and learning.

In addition, Kentucky and Vermont have incorporated portfolios into their statewide assessments of student achievement — another effort to offer a broader picture of student achievement, and the now - defunct Massachusetts Reform Review Commission convened representatives from various stakeholder groups to devise a strategy for expanding the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System to make it fairer and more comprehensive.

The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

The 146 - page report, issued Friday by an independent commission convened by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and tasked with studying the issue, calls for the closure of the Rikers over the next 10 years through a mixture of alternative sentencing, bail reform, and the building of five smaller jails, one in each of the five boroughs.

ALBANY — A Hudson Valley town and a city in Oswego County will be the first municipalities to accept help from a commission convened by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restructure the finances of distressed localities.

Between a Medal of Heroism ceremony honoring a school resource officer and a commission convened to investigate the failings that led up to a Valentine's Day massacre, mass school shootings still took center stage in Florida this week.

The commission convened to make recommendations on raising the age of criminal responsibility.

A commission convened to assess the salaries of top NYC officials has recommended raises for the mayor, the City Council and other politicians, while declaring Council members should not be able to earn outside income.

To analyze the TCJA and identify and evaluate options for appropriate State and local government action, in December 2017 the Citizens Budget Commission convened a Special Committee consisting of CBC trustees, business and civic leaders, and policy experts.

Trump this year signed an executive order to disband a voting - fraud commission he convened after alleging repeatedly and without evidence that voting fraud cost him the popular vote.

«The Director of Operations at Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tetteh Ankamah Okyne, says the power cut the nation is currently experiencing is due to the activities of vultures and other birds... The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers, including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others, to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

While the Special Commission convened by Pope Paul VI to look at the question of contraception in the modern world was not directed to consider whether the Church should or could change its teaching, the Commission decided on its own to take up that question and sent reports to the Holy Father that advocated that the Church permit married couples to use contraception.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission convened an unusual joint panel of market practitioners, academics and former regulators who were brought together to address a broad range of regulatory issues in the wake of the May 6 «flash crash.»

The 37 - member commission convenes just once every 20 years to consider proposals put forth by the public and the commissioners themselves.

The appointments will be overseen by two independent selection commissions convened by the Lord Chancellor under statutory rules.

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The Alternative Reference Rate Commission, a group of industry representatives convened by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has established a timetable for transitioning away from the use of...

The National Monetary Commission was convened to draw up recommendations for a banking system that would not fall heir to the existing reliance on discretionary Treasury activities.

An early benchmark of this consensus is the 1944 report of the Calhoun Commission, convened by Robert Calhoun for the Federal Council of Churches.

The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism had convened a consultation of Orthodox theologians at Bucharest in 1974 on the subject of Confessing Christ Today, as a preparation for the Nairobi Assembly.

It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series of seminars and conferences convened by the ATS to discuss some of the results of this research and reflection.

The term was first introduced in expert meetings convened by the Smithsonian Institution Migratory Bird Center (SMBC), NAFTA's Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and the Consumer Choice Council (CCC) in 1998.

The commission was convened by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit, health advocacy group based in Washington.

The Chicago Plan Commission and the Chicago Park District have convened a joint task force to examine the future of Burnham Park, stretching along the lakefront south of the Loop, and the opportunity for its revitalization.

If the European Council, after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, adopts by a simple majority a decision in favour of examining the proposed amendments, the President of the European Council shall convene a Convention composed of representatives of the national Parliaments, of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, of the European Parliament and of the Commission.

«This commission will convene the best minds in law enforcement and public policy from across New York to address weaknesses in the State's public corruption, election and campaign finance laws; generate transparency and accountability; and restore the public trust.»

The preliminary report of the Charter Revision Commission has been released, and while it addresses the issue of term limits — ostensibly the main reason it was convened in the first place — it does not touch some of the more controversial topics, like nonpartisan elections (a past pet issue for Mayor Bloomberg).

Indeed, the Deputy Chairperson CS has arrogated to herself the powers of the Chairperson, convening commission meetings and taking other ultra vires decisions in clear breach of the Law.

The Council of Europe convened a group of scholars known as The Venice Commission to consider the proposed referendum.

Cynthia Nixon vowed to convene a Moreland Commission to investigate government corruption if elected — the latest in a slew of examples that she is using her campaign for governor to advance policy proposals that troll her primary opponent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Reinvent Albany Asks Charter Revision Commission to Better Disclose and Limit Contributions to City - Affiliated Nonprofits by Donors Doing Business with the City Recommends Commission Phase in Campaign Finance Reform Because of Unprecedented 2021 Election Activity Due to Term Limits Reinvent Albany delivered testimony to the mayor - convened New York City Charter Revision Commission this evening, calling -LSB-...]

Convene a Constitutional Commission The New York Constitution provides that, every 20 years, New Yorkers must vote by referendum on whether to hold a convention to amend the State constitution.

Mark - Viverito convened a commission led by retired Chief Judge of the State Court of Appeals Jonathan Lippman to explore a path toward that goal.

Legislative leaders fought to keep the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, from subpoenaing records from their firms and others that employ legislators that would detail the extent of their work and their exact clients.

He convened the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and then agreed to disband it for a pilot program on public financing that flopped.

The special Moreland Commission appointed by the governor in July will convene again, privately, today, amid a flurry of stories questioning its independence from the Cuomo administration.

The Commission had, between June 5 and 6 2017, convened a well - attended workshop that reviewed the policy for the first time since its production in 2013.

The State Department of Health never convened the statutorily - authorized mandate commission, examined closely what is mandated, or what the costs of those mandates are with a commitment toward quality not quantity.

The governor also offered a new assessment of his decision to disband the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which he convened in the summer of 2013 after lawmakers left the Capitol without doing anything to respond to the arrests of two other senators, Malcolm Smith and John Sampson.

A new politician commission was convened to make a second attempt.

Another Wednesday development included Nixon's highlight of Bharara's echo of her call for a new Moreland Commission, similar to the one Cuomo convened in 2013 only to disband it later that year.

At 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul convenes a Women's Suffrage Commission meeting, 633 Third Ave., 38th Floor Conference Room, Manhattan.

Brodsky noted that the Feerick Commission — formally known as the Commission On Government Integrity — convened by former Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1987 to investigate the state's campaign finance system employed a double - barrel approach that involved deputizing the chairman, Fordham Law School Dean John Feerick, as a deputy attorney general.

In a HuffPo essay published yesterday, Brodsky noted that the 1907 act empowers the governor to convene a commission to «examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»