Sentences with phrase «for legislative studies»

The plaintiff, through his counsel, Ifeanyichukwu Obasi - Nweze, is seeking a judicial review to determine whether or not the Office of Mark had not become vacant by the provisions of Section 68 (1)(e) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and Section 3 (3)(a) of the National Institute for Legislative Studies Act, 2011.

Steering Committee members of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) with Commission members in a group photo after the meeting.

«We are not looking at other agencies under the National Assembly like the Public Complaints Commission, National Institute for Legislative Studies, the National Assembly Service Commission and supporting staff.

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Written by NCEO founder Corey Rosen, this issue brief discusses as of mid-2016 the extent and growth of employee ownership; survey data on ESOPs and corporate governance as well as ESOPs and executive compensation; research on the effect of ESOPs on corporate performance; the 2012 shared capitalism study of Great Place to Work applicants; data on employee ownership and employee financial well - being; the NCEO's analysis of data on ESOPs and default rates; trends in broad - based equity compensation plans; equity compensation and corporate performance; the impact of ESOPs and other broad - based plans on unemployment; legislative and regulatory issues for employee ownership; and international developments in broad - based plans.

A study conducted by the Department of Finance in 2001 examined fiscal rules in a number of countries at the national and subnational level and concluded that legislative fiscal rules are not necessary for achieving a balanced budget.

In Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseen.

While the study found that high schools in the state were meeting the law's minimum guidelines - likely left purposefully vague as a necessary legislative compromise for an unfunded mandate - Chrisman and her co-authors thus expressed the hope that further revisions of the law would beef up the educational requirements for athletes and parents.

One concise and readable analysis of the CNA (although it was written in April so may not reflect the most current legislative activity) is this article written for The Atlantic Monthly by Marion Nestle, the widely respected professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University.

In the lead up to this weekend's New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus» conference in Albany, the Center for Working Families and Citizen Action of New York has released a study that found public financing of political campaigns helps candidates in poor and majority - minority districts.

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

For those reasons, Stirpe was the only member of Central New York's state legislative delegation to Albany who declined to sign a Dec. 28 letter to Cuomo that supported including the tunnel option for additional stuFor those reasons, Stirpe was the only member of Central New York's state legislative delegation to Albany who declined to sign a Dec. 28 letter to Cuomo that supported including the tunnel option for additional stufor additional study.

Senate Republicans last month sought to have one of the TV ads pulled from the airwaves, contesting the claim that Larkin voted for a pay raise (Larkin voted for the creation of a commission that is studying a potential legislative salary increase).

At 10 a.m., the Empire Center for Public Policy releases a minimum wage impact study, LCA Room, Legislative Office Building, 1st floor, Albany.

The governor, sensing legislative momentum on the issue, proposed a pilot program for studying medicinal marijuana.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

«I think this seals the end of the era of the strong political leader who had tremendous sway over the [legislative] members,» said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of Hofstra University's Center for Suburban Studies.

During the 14th legislative period of the German Bundestag, I successfully applied for a position as Staff Scientific Consultant in the office of the Study Commission «Law and Ethics in Modern Medicine».

Researcher Developer Dr Rachel Westwood, Research Fellow Mr Sam Toon, and Emeritus Professor Peter Styles from Keele's School of Geography, Geology and Environment — together with Professor Nigel Cassidy who is now at Birmingham University — have published their study advising on hydraulic fracturing safety guidelines for legislative bodies, including governments, environmental agencies, health and safety executives and local planning authorities.

This study is the first to advise legislative bodies as there are currently no guidelines set for the horizontal distance required between the fluid injection points and pre-existing cracks in the rock.

«We've been so CO2 - infatuated, but the real problem when it comes to climate and health is burning anything for fuel,» said Kyle Ash, senior legislative representative with Greenpeace, referring to Wigley's study.

The bill was introduced in the House as part of a legislative package that also called for the establishment of a «Council for Science and Mathematics,» which would study math and science education in the state.

A 2010 study by the California Legislative Analyst's Office found that 68 % of the 231 school districts surveyed had shifted resources away from education for gifted students.

The legislative study committee will meet for the first time to hear testimony on the new standards at 1 p.m. Aug. 5.

A new joint legislative committee met Wednesday for the first time to study whether to recommend legislation to let previously merged school districts be divided.

The final report for this study examines the progress of MSAP projects in achieving four legislative purposes of the program.

Event history analysis applied in this way is particularly useful for understanding state policymaking around curriculum and assessment — areas that are likely to be missed by studies of legislative activity alone.

A recent study presented to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation and Oversight Committee revealed inequities in the current funding formulas and made suggestions for entirely new ways to allocate money to the local school districts.

But according to Tom McCarthy, chief of staff for Rep. Sondy Pope - Roberts (D - Middleton), chair of the Assembly's Education Committee, there's still hope that a proposed legislative study committee on special education and response to intervention (including reading troubles) may be established.

At its first meeting in October, the Joint Legislative Study Committee on School - Based Administrator Pay reviewed a proposal to eliminate the current complicated salary schedule for school principals and the insufficient salary schedule for assistant principals in favor of a new system that would pay principals a base salary with a structure for locally chosen bonuses.

In response to these legislative mandates, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has established various panels of technical experts to study NAEP, and panels are formed periodically by NCES or external organizations, such as the National Academy of Sciences, to conduct evaluations.

Instead, a series of state studies on the cost for providing specialized programs will be conducted between 2009 and the 2011 legislative session.

That first step is authorizing an education adequacy cost study be conducted in our state as called for in Substitute House Bill 7270 (File 511, House Calendar 351) of the regular legislative session.

On April 4, a little - known legislative committee met for the fourth time in six weeks in downtown Raleigh, N.C.. Although its name is dull and obscure — the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units — its mission is anlegislative committee met for the fourth time in six weeks in downtown Raleigh, N.C.. Although its name is dull and obscure — the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units — its mission is anLegislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units — its mission is anything but.

(b) The Secretary shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations directed by subsection (a) of this section to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action as he may find desirable, not later than February 1, 1975.

-- The study required by subsection (a), along with recommendations by the Office of Technology Assessment, including any policy options for legislative action, shall be submitted to the President and Congress within 36 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

The authors of the study point to other regulatory and legislative acts, including the «order precedence rule,» commonly known as the «Manning Rule» after a legal case against Charles Schwab, the Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act, which saw the end of the Glass - Steagall Act of 1933 and formally allowed the combination of commercial banks, securities firms and insurance companies, Regulation Fair Disclosure, which devalued stock research, and the Global Settlement ruling, which has made research coverage tougher for issuers to secure.

In fact, the CDC says its own 20 - year study is not an appropriate tool for making breed - specific policies or legislative decisions.

A measure in the 2017 legislative session called for a study of ways to better fund animal shelters and cited the need for a «government entity» to enforce the state's shelter rules, but it died without consideration.

-- Kim Stout, director of sales and marketing, Coastal Pet Products Sessions for the 2013 conference include: • The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Pet Demographic Study: Pet Population Trends and the Industry • The Dynamic Impact of Macro-Economic Trends on the Pet Industry • State of the Industry and Town Hall Meeting • The Future of Pets in Pet Stores • Legislation, Regulations and the Pet Industry • The Opportunities of Shifting Demographics and Pet Preferences • Government Panel on Legislative and Regulatory Issues • Topic Roundtable Discussions • Networking Events For the full agenda and registration information, visit petindustrytop2top.cfor the 2013 conference include: • The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Pet Demographic Study: Pet Population Trends and the Industry • The Dynamic Impact of Macro-Economic Trends on the Pet Industry • State of the Industry and Town Hall Meeting • The Future of Pets in Pet Stores • Legislation, Regulations and the Pet Industry • The Opportunities of Shifting Demographics and Pet Preferences • Government Panel on Legislative and Regulatory Issues • Topic Roundtable Discussions • Networking Events For the full agenda and registration information, visit petindustrytop2top.cFor the full agenda and registration information, visit petindustrytop2top.com.

In the chapter, with this perceptual barrier in mind, I assess the financial resources of the longstanding coalitions working for or against policy action, careful to situate spending in the first paragraphs of the chapter as one variable among many influencing legislative outcomes (se discussion of past study by Baumgartner et al..)

While having a body of existing policies and laws that cover «substantial ground» lessens the need for new legislation, «a sustained low level of legislative developments could be a sign for concern,» the study says.

Sen. Boxer — Time TBD — Hoover Institution, Reason Foundation, Pacific Research Institute Sen. Coons — Time TBD (or Monday)-- Group TBD Sen. Schatz — 5 pm — Center for Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Heartland Institute Sen. Franken — 5:15 pm — Heritage Foundation Sen. Warren — 5:30 pm — Science and Public Policy Institute Sen. Heinrich — 5:45 pm — American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Shaheen — 6 pm — Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy and Environmental Legal Institute Sen. Reed — around 6 pm — SEC climate change disclosures and the dangers of climate change denial from a national security perspective Sen. Markey — 6 pm to 6:30 pm — Acton Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Lexington Institute, Global Climate Coalition Sen. Peters — 6:30 pm — Cato Institute Sen. Blumenthal — Time TBD — Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Whitehouse — Time TBD — The Advancement of Sound Science Center, Chamber of Commerce, Committee for Constructive Tomorrow, Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity, James Madison Institute, John Locke Foundation, Locke Institute

In an earlier email, Balderson's legislative aide provided Gentil with a copy of a deeply flawed and biased study by Strata Policy and the Institute for Political Economy at Utah State University, both of which have funded by the Koch brothers.

In an earlier email, Balderson's legislative aide provided Gentil with a copy of a deeply flawed and biased study by Strata Policy and the Institute for Political Economy at Utah State University, both of which have

Among Peabody's beneficiaries, the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change has insisted — wrongly — that carbon emissions are not a threat but «the elixir of life» while the American Legislative Exchange Council is trying to overturn Environmental Protection Agency rules cutting emissions from power plants.

Heeding the dissenting opinion's request for the Legislature to study the issue, the Joint Legislative Council formed the Special Committee and tasked it with drafting proposed legislation.

Andrew C. Cook, Tort Reform Update: Recently Enacted Legislative Reforms and State Court Challenges, State Court Docket Watch (Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies), January 2013.

I head a Workers Compensation Study Group that meets monthly, posts articles of interest periodically and acts as a resource for our workers compensation and legislative committees.

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

For example, The Library of Parliament in its Legislative Summary of Bill C - 11 referred to the Andersen 2007 study as an «Industry Canada released study investigating the effects on music sales of music downloading».