Sentences with phrase «during the public comment process»

And you don't have to be a regulator to recognize that an independent and objective economic analysis should be performed during the public comment process, especially when the regulatory agency making the decision is not a subject matter expert.

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They flooded the FCC with 2.5 million emails during a public comment period last fall, during its new rules creation process.

«Based on the extensive public comments and evidence garnered during that process, the department determined that such conflicts of interest are widespread and could cost investors in individual retirement accounts (in one segment of the market alone) between $ 95 billion and $ 189 billion over the next 10 years,» wrote the Justice Department lawyers.

Spotify declined to comment for this story citing the SEC mandated «quiet period», which restricts companies from making certain public statements during the going public process.

At last night's Town of Ulster Town Board meeting, Town of Ulster citizens made a consistent request of their Town Board (who is Lead Agency in SEQR for the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas - fired power plant project in the Town of Ulster) for a 90 day public comment period during the Scoping process.

Within minutes of her remark, her staff sent out a memo highlighting de Blasio's comments during a 2005 council speaker debate where he said, «I think after extensive public discussion, after extensive hearings, I think we should move forward with an additional four - year term through the legislative process.»

The directive comes on the heels of an investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who alleges the process was rife with fraud, including the fraudulent use of 2 million Americans» identities during the FCC's public comment period.

But their promises are tough to swallow considering as many as 2 million fake identities were used to falsely issue pro-FCC comments during the public hearing process, according to the state attorney general's office.

There will be a year - long vetting process replete with debate at public hearings, discussion during community meetings and ample opportunities for public comment.

«It's been a little bit hard to see into the process,» said Juska, who submitted a comment during the public review process in 2008.

Interns will also assist trial attorneys during the rulemaking process, which includes review and analysis of public comments, research related to the rulemaking topics, and assistance in drafting preliminary documents related to both final rulemakings and proposed rulemakings.

Oil companies and environmental groups weighed in, and more than 4,000 public comments were submitted and responded to during the draft process.

The comments in the Proposed Rule listed examples of willful neglect as: (1) disposal of a hard drive in an unsecured dumpster where the covered entity failed to implement policies and procedures to safeguard PHI during the disposal process; (2) failure to respond to an individual's request for restriction of the uses of PHI where the covered entity did not have any policies and procedures in place for consideration of the request for restriction; (3) a covered entity's employee loses a laptop that contains unencrypted PHI and the covered entity feared for its reputation if the incident became public and decided not to provide the appropriate notification.7

Examples of «willful neglect» from the comments in The Federal Register help define the term: (1) disposal of a hard drive in an unsecured dumpster where the covered entity failed to implement policies and procedures to safeguard PHI during the disposal process; (2) failure to respond to an individual's request for restriction of the uses of PHI where the covered entity did not have any policies and procedures in place for consideration of the request for restriction; (3) a covered entity's employee loses a laptop that contains unencrypted PHI and the covered entity feared for its reputation if the incident became public and decided not to provide the appropriate notification.5 In each of the examples, the covered entity had actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.

The Standing Committee, which has shepherded the process of review of these model rules, will sponsor a public forum to hear comments on its working draft of proposed changes during the upcoming ABA Midyear Meeting in Vancouver, Canada.

Spotify declined to comment for this story, citing the SEC - mandated «quiet period,» which restricts companies from making certain public statements during the going - public process.

Spotify declined to comment for this story citing the SEC mandated «quiet period», which restricts companies from making certain public statements during the going public process.