Sentences with phrase «first government effort»

This is perhaps the first government effort to regulate consumer spending in a way that encourages people to slow their spending.

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In an effort to build a creative economy, the South Korean government has invested heavily in its start - up ecosystem and last year appointed its first start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises minister.

This isn't the first time the government has tried this clever strategy, but the effort has never reached across so many states at once.

Your first stop should be The National Climate Assessment, an interagency effort by the U.S. federal government, puts out a report every few years, assessing the likelihood of floods, fires, heat waves, hurricanes, and other climate - based events.

Japan this year became the first country to regulate exchanges at the national level, part of a government effort to exploit financial technology as a means of stimulating the economy.

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

«I'm concerned about our tax competitiveness first and foremost, and that's actually where I'd like to see the government concentrate efforts.»

First, here is the most recent tax cut talk from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: â $ œI can assure you that our government is by no means finished in our efforts to improve our tax system for the benefit of Canadian -LSB-...]

A District of Columbia federal judge has delivered the toughest blow yet to Trump administration efforts to end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, ordering the government to continue the Obama - era program and - for the first time...

With B.C.'s new trade office and Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's state - owned export credit agency, stepping up its trade promotion efforts in the Asia Pacific by launching its first overseas branch in Singapore, Canadian and B.C. businesses are in an unprecedentedly advantageous position to make full use of government support to secure a market presence in Asia.

While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.

Additional concerns about the fourth premise were also raised (i.e. «is the federal government really more efficient at managing such efforts»), but arguments about the effectiveness of the department are really ancillary to the justification for its existence in the first place.

She quoted the minister as saying the essence of his visit to Makurdi was to complement the efforts of Benue Government and partners in providing healthcare services to the victims, as well as get first - hand information from medical personnel on what they required in furtherance of medical activities in camps created for victims.

The First Lady indicated that children have dreams to go to school, and to realize their full potential, but they need a helping hand to achieve those dreams and that was the reason for the gathering which aims to raise funds to put up a six classroom block at Ayaakomase, near Nsoatre in the BrongAhafo Region to supplement governments efforts.

The Political Economy of the Northern Powerhouse (co-edited with Craig Berry)-- the first volume to critically assess the coalition and Conservative governments» Northern Powerhouse agenda since 2014 and associated efforts to devolve power to local authorities across the North.

Young people leaving school or starting their first job will be targeted by the government under efforts to encourage people to switch to public transport.

«I am honored to receive the backing of the Yonkers Firefighters union local 628 and I will continue my efforts to ensure our state government provides the support that our first responders need and deserve.»

The first lady informed that the association was in the state to launch the Lagos chapter adding that in spite of the effort of government, a lot need to be done in terms of education and advocacy to address breast cancer issue in the country.

The first lady made the observation when she interacted and presented medical supplies to the Essam Government Hospital at Bia West in the Western Region as part of the Lordina Foundation's efforts to support government in ensuring quality healthcare for the Government Hospital at Bia West in the Western Region as part of the Lordina Foundation's efforts to support government in ensuring quality healthcare for the government in ensuring quality healthcare for the citizenry.

He said as part of the government's efforts to make the State the next technology hub in Africa, the «Code Lagos» and «Digital Library» projects were initiated, adding that the Digital Library programme was the first of its kind in the State and one of the largest learning platforms in Africa.

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

The state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, who is also from Buffalo and who is leading efforts against sexual harassment in the workplace, at first commended Hoyt for his service in government.

For the first time in at least 10 years, both branches of Rockland County government worked together to pass the 2018 budget unanimously, and I thank the Legislature for that effort.

Efforts continue to make County Government more accountable and responsive to the public, providing unprecedented access to county information and data with Marc himself hosting over 60 town hall and public forums in his first 3 1/2 years as County Executive.

Although Buffalo Common Council members have also discussed and debated what should be done to permit ride - share services locally, the Erie County Legislature is the first local government to earmark a significant amount of money toward the effort to bring the services to the region.

The NSA efforts also suggest that other deep - pocketed governments might go quantum first.

The government took heat last year over an effort to validate panchagavya, a folk remedy based on cow dung, as a cure - all, and in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the world's first plastic surgery was performed in India when the Hindu deity Ganesh was created with a human body and an elephant head.

His first book related the story of how he led a private effort that raced a government - funded consortium to decipher the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome.

A panel of top science administrators and stem cell scientists met on Friday with Davide Vannoni, the president of an Italian foundation providing highly controversial stem cell treatments, in a first effort to hash out the details of a government - sponsored clinical trial of the therapy.

That is because California has often set standards more stringent than the federal government's — for example its decades - long efforts to rein in pollution from automobile exhaust, including being the first state to mandate catalytic converters in 1975.

As the first of several national laboratories that China intends to launch in the coming years — others will be devoted to brain research, physics, and environmental science — the Qingdao lab will also be a bellwether for efforts to persuade scientists to accept greater government scrutiny and direction in exchange for ample resources.

Another example of using government data to help make people's lives better was after the Nepal earthquakes and the incredible grassroots effort by data scientists around the world to use open data to help first responders and aid workers better understand the situation around them.

Townes» appointment as director of research for the U.S. government's Institute of Defense Analysis in 1959 slowed his efforts to build an optical device, opening the door for Theodore Maiman to demonstrate the first laser — light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation — in 1960.

The majority said de jure segregation (caused by the state or a local government) was different from de facto segregation (resulting from social and economic factors, like lower housing prices in the city and white flight to the suburbs) and that it was constitutional to address only the first through a metropolitan - wide effort.

Australia's new government will continue with the development of a new digital technologies curriculum, the nation's first formal effort to teach computer science from kindergarten to year ten in every primary and high school.

First, House Education Committee chairman John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio and longtime proponent of education reform, expressed doubts about the federal government's role in leading the high - school reform effort.

And that's if students can even find the data in the first place, as they are often buried in government websites and efforts to make them more accessible often fall short.

Summary: New data indicate the first significant decrease in school - based bullying since the federal government began collecting that data in 2005, suggesting that efforts at the federal, state and local levels to prevent bullying may be paying off.

The strategies outlined in our first three Open Government Plans align with the requirements of the Open Government Directive as well as the Open Data Policy and have been at the core of our open data efforts over the last six years.

The Japanese government was widely criticized for its initial response; by comparison, the public response was overwhelming with about 1.2 million volunteers involved in the relief efforts during the first 3 - months.

In a publication from October 2016, when the first stress test was introduced, the Finance Department announced in their press release, «Protecting the long - term financial security of Canadians is a cornerstone of the Government of Canada's efforts to help the middle class and those working hard to join it.

In an effort to help first - time homebuyers — but not hurt the equilibrium of housing markets outside of Toronto — the Ontario Liberal government announced today that they'll double the first - time homebuyers» maximum Land Transfer Tax refund to $ 4,000.

But efforts aimed at eradication can be successful only if the public is properly prepared first, and even then eradication will likely have to be continuously applied, while at the same time keeping up with the public education campaign and enforcement of state statutes and local government ordinances aimed at reducing the flow of new cats into the wild.

Thanks to a concentrated effort on behalf of the Belize government and non-profit wildlife organizations, the number of young hawksbill turtles in the area has risen since 2009 when in - water counting of the endangered species first began.

Inca Trail Reservations makes its best effort to secure permits for our customers, however, permits are sold by the Government on a first come, first serve basis.

Our mission is to promote shark conservation efforts through education and research while collecting abundance data from around the three Gili Islands to build a case strong enough to propose to the government to make the Gili Matra Marine Reserve the first recognized shark nursery ground in Indonesia.

The decision is a major first step forward in the government's efforts to remove Belize Barrier Reef from the List of World Heritage in Danger.

It's not the last action the government will take in its efforts to preserve the integrity of the reef; it's first in a three - prong effort to get the Belize reef off the list of endangered World Heritage sites.

The ESA offers services to interactive entertainment software publishers including a global anti-piracy program, owning the E3 Expo, business and consumer research, federal and state government relations, First Amendment and intellectual property protection efforts.

Several provinces, including Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Quebec reject any effort to introduce a federal tax, though they agreed at a first ministers» conference in Vancouver that governments should adopt some undefined form of carbon pricing.