Sentences with phrase «direct public impact»

Their efforts to serve the public by providing an accessible, fair, efficient and innovative forum for justice also include several notable initiatives with direct public impact: In addition to hosting the second - ever Twitter Town Hall, the Court is also taking greater efforts to improve meaningful access to justice for self - represented litigants (SRLs), and has recently released Guidelines for Using a Support Person in Provincial Court.

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Going public would give investors a voice in company operations and a direct impact on decisions to determine how we will conduct business.

While many believe that the public debt of the new nation «would inevitably be assumed by the Kingdom of Spain,» Cuenca explains that the direct separation impact to the debt is impossible to predict.

Apart from their direct financial impact, flash crashes are a serious problem because they pose a threat to public trust in markets.

We have also questioned the impact of the restraint measures on direct program expenses — total expenses less public debt charges and major transfers to individuals and other levels of government.

Our clients view the success of our public relations programs by the correlation between media placements and a direct impact on their business.

The vast sums of money involved can compromise legitimate economies and have a direct impact on governments through the corruption of public officials.

As a result, the IFSD deficit forecast appears to be grossly overstated, given its assumptions with respect to PIT revenues and direct program expenses and the resulting impact on public debt charges.

The association is the leading policy and public education advocate for the non-alcoholic beverage industry which employs nearly 240,000 people across the country with a direct economic impact of more than $ 169 billion.

Cherveny estimated that the district will need to borrow about $ 3.1 million, but the actual amount will be announced at the public hearing.The board last week also directed President David Gervais to sign an agreement between the Park District and the Village of Cary to double the impact fees developers have to pay to the Park District.

«In a sense we are still in a «phony war» as there has not been much of a direct impact on services and benefits the public receive or on public sector employment as yet.

Hart said she applied for the commissioner's job because she wanted to have a more direct impact on public safety on Long Island, saying, «On this level, I think you have a very strong impact on the day - to - day operations of people's lives, to be frank.

«As Massachusetts and Vermont recently legalized recreational marijuana, as well as other states across the nation, the governor has directed DOH to undertake a study to understand the potential impacts on the criminal justice system, economy and public health,» Fashouer said in a statement.

Also at 10 a.m., the state Senate holds a public hearing to elicit comments on what measures the state can implement that will provide a direct economic impact to farmers by enhancing their bottom line, Legislative Office Building, Van Buren Hearing Room A, Albany.

They questioned whether Fresh Direct required such a generous public benefits package and how the city would hold the company to its hiring promises, and they feared the impact that scores of new trucks would have on their neighborhood's air quality.

«We are not permitted to describe his findings in any way, even though this is about a public policy that has a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of city residents,» Gurian said of the report.

Scientists in these positions have the opportunity to see their work have a direct impact on public health.

What counts is the impact on the reduction of vaccine - preventable disease incidence through direct and indirect protection, which is particularly pertinent for diseases that are of high public health importance.

«The environmental justice issues facing Native American communities range from direct environmental, public health, cultural and sacred sites impacts, to lack of meaningful involvement and fair treatment in the governmental decision - making processes,» according to an emailed response by the EPA's press office.

«These results suggest that hydraulic fracturing does have an impact on our health, though the good news is that this is only at a highly localized level,» said Currie, who directs the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Some medical writers find a particular reward in the fact that their work might have a direct impact on the public's medical literacy.

Speaking from temporary offices in Amman, Jordan, he told New Scientist: «In a city with a six million population we are afraid not only of the direct impact in terms of wounded and dead, but also other aspects of public health like outbreaks of disease.»

Donna Strobino, PhD, a professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, says it is a «no - brainer» that single mothers experience more health problems than paired - off mothers, but she questions how much direct impact single motherhood is having on their health.

She currently directs a multi-year evaluation of a comprehensive school turnaround strategy in the Atlanta Public Schools that includes implementation and impact analyses.

There are segments of the tax overhaul from both chambers (the final version of which is still being deliberated on in a conference committee) that have direct and indirect impacts on public schools.

Any direct or indirect erosion of Impact Aid through a voucher program will reduce the Impact Aid funding currently going to these districts, and would also place a great financial burden on the local community, which would be left to fund public schools with an already low level of state and local tax revenue.

Today, teachers continue to be in the public spotlight because of their direct impact on the nation's youth.

The president of Indiana's largest teachers union issued a statement saying the increase in voucher enrollment means fewer dollars for public schools, which has a direct impact on the depth of public school programs.

«Your POS promotions will make the biggest impact on sales when integrated into your direct mail, website, social media, advertising, public relations and event marketing outreach.»

Ultimately, their form of political activism is preventive, making their immediate public impact less direct or quantifiable but their long - term repercussions more meaningful.

I am sure that there is a need for the NWS to strike a balance between measuring weather in remote places that escape all anthropogenic effects and measuring weather phenomena that effect people the most and can have direct impact on public health and our economy.

introduced legislation directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the environmental impact of black carbon and the most cost - effective ways to reduce its emissions to improve public health and reduce global warming.

[3] Despite evidence and climate literature to the contrary, [4] the EPA concluded that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and public welfare, not because of any direct adverse health impacts but because of their contributions to climate change.

Climate and Health: Understanding the Risk: An Assessment of San Francisco's Vulnerability to Flooding and Extreme Storms (2016) is an assessment designed to prepare the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the City for both the direct and indirect health impacts of flood inundation.

Experts who had been invited by the CDC felt the conference should definitely go forward because the science shows increasing direct impacts of warming temperatures and more extreme weather on public health.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

The impacts of climate change on public health will extend beyond the direct effects of temperature on human physiology.

Public opinion related to the consumption of coal is directed primarily to its environmental impact in light of ongoing efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and tackle global climate change.

Besides the direct impact a President Trump would have on climate and energy policy (if he keeps his promises), he would also have a very strong, positive effect on public opinion.

The impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes are being assessed using a range of economic metrics capturing the loss of services provided by the lakes (e.g. increased drinking water treatment costs, property value losses, beach closures), as well as the direct effects of toxic microcystin on public health (Bingham et al 2015, IJC 2013)-- such events are expected to increase in frequency and severity in a changing climate (Michalak et al 2013).

Using available evidence, we describe the potential direct occupational and public health impacts of exposures to aerosols likely to be used for SRM, including environmental sulfates, black carbon, metallic aluminum, and aluminum oxide aerosols.

The University of Michigan Department of Environmental Health Sciences has just published a Science study, «Assessing The Direct Occupational And Public Health Impacts Of Solar Radiation Management With Stratospheric Aerosols» (excerpts from this study later in this article).

«The reality is that neither [direct air capture] costs nor the costs of alternatives are known well today: much depends on the progress of future technology, environmental impacts, and public acceptance,» the panel said.

They focus on those competencies that have the most direct impact on the protection of the public and on effective and ethical practice.

He didn't immediately respond to questions, sent by National Observer on Monday, about what Kinder Morgan lobbied him about in his new position and whether it had any impact on massive public investments that the government would later make on an Oceans Protection Plan, in direct relation to the Trans Mountain project.

Executive Order 12866 directs agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, when regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects; distributive impacts; and equity).

It argued that the coalition was «merely a shell company formed for the purposes of this litigation» and would not «be subject to any direct impact from the proposed projects that is distinct from the impact on the public at large.»

In the public sector, however, there continues to be a direct impact on recruitment for positions in the front line, such as doctors and nurses, in West Africa.

Geographic Information System Analyst — Duties & Responsibilities Serve as geographic system analyst responsible for major nationwide mapping and assessment projects Recruit, train, and direct junior team members ensuring they understand the brand and corporate protocols Set and strictly adhere to departmental and project budgets and schedules Maintain comprehensive records detailing project schedules, geographic information, and other pertinent data Consistently meet and exceed company goals through strong managerial skills Complete all phases of cartographic mapping and database management on 25 Digital Flood Oversee Insurance Rate Map countywide studies in association with FEMA's map modernization process Enhance PBS&J's Floodmap Desktop version 9.3 with an automated cross-section annotation process Create FMD tools and a nationwide automated public land survey system attribution tool Assist in 2006 Post-Hurricane Katrina flood assessment with the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans Create final project maps portraying environmental impact assessment calculations associated with the Saratoga, Wyoming well field and transmission line environmental assessment Design final project maps for a hydrologic assessment of County Road 204 in Garfield County, Colorado Provide GIS / data analysis services on a sign asset management project for the Colorado Department of Transportation Build and strengthen relationships with key clients, partner agencies, and community leaders Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity

The great tragedy in all this is that I believe that gardening and clean up can have a direct impact on reducing crime in public housing because it provides a pleasant environment and in turn an attitude of hope.