Sentences with phrase «draft proposals as»

«While we do not agree with all the proposals, and in particular are disappointed by the lack of increased spending limits, we recognise Sir Hayden's draft proposals as a sincere attempt to build cross-party agreement on a difficult issue.

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«There's no draft legislation for the passive income proposals now and it will be an area that is complicated as well as difficult to change.

The proposal to collect social media data is set out in a part of the draft regulation that describes expanding the content of so - called «Alien Files,» which serve as detailed profiles of individual immigrants, and are used by everyone from border agents to judges.

Rometty held a copy of a cost savings proposal drafted by the Technology CEO Council, a think tank of IT chieftains on which she sits as a member alongside Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, Intel (intc) CEO Brian Krzanich, Oracle (orcl) co-CEO Safra Catz, and others.

If parliament gives its nod, Greek voters will be asked to rule on two complex draft documents that detail a proposal by the country's creditors to unlock aid of as much as 15.5 billion euros for Greece in return for sales - tax increases and pension reforms.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

As part of baseball's proposal, MLB would operate facilities in the Dominican Republic, where international draft prospects would be invited to live to develop their skills and education before becoming eligible.

That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.

The draft proposals are being presented to MSs as almost final in behind - closed - door - meetings that will in effect prevent EU Member States (MS) from taking effective action to protect child rights and health.1

The proposals were drafted by the District 41 Think Tank, a volunteer group of about 60 staff members and parents, formed last year as part of long - range planning.

The current proposal in the draft reform bill avoids this difficulty by only requiring voters to express as many preferences as they want to.

The governor's office has since been assuring politicians that the proposal is just a draft and should be viewed as an opening bid in redevelopment negotiations.

The committee's mandate, as noted earlier, is to streamline all the proposals for constitutional amendments and by that, determine the «substance and workability» of each proposal and present their report, which shall be in the form of a draft constitution to national conference, through national council for consideration and adoption.

Mahoney recently unveiled a draft of her ideas in the County - Wide Shared Services Plan version 1.0 that listed 83 proposals in shared services in areas such as economic development, wastewater and governance.

Traffic jams could afflict New York City's heavily traveled West Side Highway for three years as a multibillion - dollar train tunnel is built under the Hudson River, draft proposals obtained by...

A tax cap for New York City has never been a feature of major tax cap proposals — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's draft legislation in 2011 — or mentioned as a budget possibility until the Cuomo administration proposed shifting Medicaid costs back to New York City earlier this month.

With voters increasingly blaming him for the transit mess, Mr. Cuomo is working behind the scenes to draft a proposal and is using Mr. Bloomberg's failed campaign as a lesson to improve its chances of winning the support of stakeholders, including the State Legislature.

But a draft proposal circulated this week listed the state Senate Democratic Campaign Committee as one of the supporters.

The Mirror understands Mr Watson's proposals have been drafted out in detail, but his office are refusing to comment as they assess if they have the numbers to win a vote of the NEC - which is finely balanced between pro- and anti-Corbyn supporters.

«These are old drafts and it's not uncommon to have many draft proposals flying around as negotiations continue,» Azzopardi said.

The so - called Fix New York City panel — announced as Mayor de Blasio is in the thick of his reelection campaign — will draft a report of proposals by December on tackling traffic and devising a way to bring a constant stream of money to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Earlier drafts were widely reviled in the scientific community «as a direct attack on [the National Science Foundation's] vaunted system of peer review,» but the latest proposals are less radical.

«House and Senate Republicans are now drafting specific tax proposals that are slated to then get signed as a bill into law by President Trump by the end of this year.

I benefited enormously from helpful colleagues who read and commented on endless drafts and also provided their services as collaborators on my proposals.

Moderated versions of open - notebook science may involve some time delays or restrictions on releasing some types of materials, such as proposal drafts.

In a given day you will find me holding proposal strategy sessions with individual faculty members; facilitating a brown bag on cracking Google research funding; reaching out to Federal Relations re: an upcoming faculty member's visit to D.C. (our Seattle location has its challenges); drafting policies related to the management of our research centers; planning our transition to an eIRB system; helicopter - parenting a proposal as it makes its way through OSP review; advising my ADR on internal seed fund requests... If it pertains to the conduct of research, I pick up the phone.

Rose drafted the original proposal for School of One back in summer 2008, while serving as NYCDOE's chief executive for human capital.

That is why I asked my staff to ensure that the draft proposal was superior to the common core standards and those of other states such as Massachusetts and Minnesota, which before adopting the common core were widely considered to be among the best in the nation.

The proposal to create an «achievement school district» that wrests control of low - performing schools away from local school boards and into the hands of charter operators is being developed behind closed doors as the legislative session marches on, with numerous lawmakers and advocates working in tandem on successive drafts of the legislation.

«Newly adopted legislation, designed to increase charter school and authorizer accountability while respecting school autonomy, has been described in media reports as the most sweeping reforms of Ohio charter school law since school choice was first introduced 15 years ago,» a draft of the grant proposal said.

Under ESSA, in its recent draft proposal, New Jersey has included chronic absenteeism as a benchmark for its accountability system for measuring school quality, climate and safety.

She says, «As I read the Republican draft proposal, all a state would have to do to get federal dollars is to submit a plan with a bunch of promises, with no proof that the promises were ever kept... and the Department of Education would lose any meaningful tools to make sure that the states actually followed through on this.»

Granted, it's hard work — but not half as discouraging as having editors change the very tone of your book, decide that a proposal won't sell because it's not the flavor of the month, have the completed draft languish on someone's desk for months, wait five months after the book's published for a first advance, or learn that you, a prolific Canadian writer, aren't being published in Canada.

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As you may know, the press has reported that SEC chair Mary Schapiro has directed the Commission's staff to draft proposals for rules governing shareholder proxy access by mid-May 2009.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

As for the «attack» on XBLIG's quality, I'd like to forward anyone interested to my proposal to create a better face and reputation for XBLIG platform, as well as a better user experience: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final DrafAs for the «attack» on XBLIG's quality, I'd like to forward anyone interested to my proposal to create a better face and reputation for XBLIG platform, as well as a better user experience: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Drafas well as a better user experience: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Drafas a better user experience: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Draft)

Series I: Publications contains documentation and drafts (including some media and visual materials) related to Foci: Interviews with Ten International Curators (2001), and On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators (2009), as well as other writings and projects from 1997 to present including proposed articles and curatorial proposals.

After studying the exhibition design of Night and Day, budding architects and designers will use the digital programs Google Sketch Up and Architectural Design Studio as well as hand - drafting and model - making skills to design a proposal for a student exhibition.

The Europeans are drafting their proposal (we've posted a PDF of the European climate document here) as the United States enters into a period of intense debate over the wisdom of adopting such market - based systems following the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

Together, Marx and his fellow leaders drafted a ten - point specific policy proposal for, as the document says that «those negotiating the COP 21 [United Nations climate conference] in Paris,» November 30 — December 11.

I refer to this generally in my draft «uncertainty monster» paper (will resume working on the revisions to that paper once my proposal is submitted) as a significant reason in support of my thesis that the «very likely» statement in the IPCC attribution statement is over confident

Last year, as EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson submitted a draft proposal for coal ash rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget, coal lobbyists began booking potentially illegal meetings with the White House, en masse, so as to clog OMB's review of the EPA proposal.

Of general interest for all solar energy applications is the proposal of a flexible time series - format for solar radiation specific meteorological input data, which is drafted as IEC 62862 -1-3 and now available as a TCP Report.

For two months, the two groups struggled to draft a common set of principles and strategies, and finally presented a grant proposal to Ford, which they accepted and granted $ 410,000 to the Natural Resources Defense Council as a startup grant to cover the Council's first few years of operation.

The new draft proposals released yesterday at the Copenhagen Climate Conference will lead to large - scale destruction of ecosystems and unprecedented land grabs as spurious «offsets» will allow Northern countries to burn ever more fossil fuels say civil society groups who have been tracking negotiations.

The Europeans are drafting their proposal (PDF) as the United States enters into a period of intense debate over the wisdom of adopting such market - based systems following the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

«A proposal for the first oil and gas drilling in federal offshore waters of the Arctic took a step forward Thursday as regulators released a draft environmental impact statement, which reflects concerns about the effects of the project on marine life and local communities.»

However, the treaty has been viewed as a draconian measure, not least because there appears to be a cloak of secrecy surrounding its specific terms, with international government agencies refusing to release draft proposals or to discuss its contents.

What the SRLs in my study most frequently describe as their primary struggle is not basic legal knowledge, but procedural know - how, drafting (forms, pleadings and other precedents) the development of strategy and the evaluation of settlement proposals.