Sentences with phrase «for policy institute»

Senior officials from business, government, NGOs and academic institutions gathered in London this week for policy institute, the Chatham House's annual conference on climate change.

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She recommends companies institute a clean desk policy (ensuring that workers file away papers containing customer data before they leave their desk), implement inactivity time outs for any tech devices, and switch to an e-faxing system, which eliminates the exposure of sensitive patient data on paper that's piled up around traditional fax machines.

During an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews that aired Thursday, Kellyanne Conway defended Trump's executive order on immigration last week by saying that former President Barack Obama instituted a similar policy for Iraqi refugees in 2011.

The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy institute at the NYU School of Law, reports that overall crime rates in the nation's 30 largest cities remain at or near historic lows.

Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy instPolicy Priorities, a research and policy instpolicy institute.

We again sounded the alarm to Facebook, publicly calling on the company to strengthen its data privacy policies and «institute human and technical auditing mechanisms» to both prevent violations and take swift action against developers for misuse.

The C.D. Howe Institute is an independent not - for - profit research institute whose mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies.

But whether it's a taxpayer advocacy group, a policy institute, a coalition akin to the one now fighting proposed changes to private corporations, opposition Conservatives and New Democrats, or even a more tax - reduction friendly government such as Quebec, the idea of a $ 10,000 TFSA should be a positive rallying point for many reasons.

Specific policies include researching methods to improve indoor air quality; instituting a Clean Water Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projects.

Some suspected that the institutes for policy study which Underwood envisioned were to be located in the Middletowns and New Havens where a screened elite could shape social policy.

During the «80s, Falwell raised doubts among his followers in a variety of ways: financial troubles, mismanagement of Liberty Baptist College, an attempt to institute a «tithe - or - quit» policy for his thousand - member staff in 1989.

Our age just wants to manage the business cycle with monetary policy, regulate efficiently, institute a multicultural ideology that harmonizes potentially antagonistic groups, and provide effective therapy for personal problems.

Her mother takes away her electronics for the week and institutes new policies that involve ongoing monitoring of her social media accounts.

«Then, do you believe that we must bring in a government that will institute policies which will bring jobs for the youth and prosperity for all?

It's worked in the past, at least according to the «What's the Matter with Kansas» argument, since for a generation conservative activists have voted for Republicans who've instituted corporate - and wealth - friendly policies once in office while largely giving lip service to moral issues and libertarian priorities.

To achieve this, he is establishing a not - for - profit institute with a policy unit at its core.

Among his many initiatives, he created a model for correcting wrongful convictions, instituted a marijuana policy that would later be replicated citywide and started a summons forgiveness program that would also be instituted in several other jurisdictions.

Additionally, much to the chagrin of the old boys network in town, we instituted policies in Erie County and at the ECIDA that mandate pay equity for female employees because there is no reason why a women should be paid less than a man for the same work.

The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute focused on technology policy and best practices in state and local government.

«The placement of vulnerable children and young persons with complex needs in YOIs [youth offenders institutes] may result in increased risk of self - harm and suicide, which are often difficult for staff to manage effectively, even with the benefit of the policies and procedures which are in place.»

«People like to give to a winner and one way to show you are a winner is the amount of money in your campaign account,» said Ian Vandewalker, senior counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonpartisan law and policy institute.

The abolition of fees remains central to Liberal Democrat education policy and the Social Liberal Forum believes that unless HE is paid for through general taxation, a fairly instituted graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.»

Employers seeking guidance in instituting pay equity in their own companies can access the National Committee on Pay Equity's Self - Audit, which provides a ten - step guide for evaluating current organizational pay policy and implementing equity - inducing changes where necessary.

«Of course I'm sadden by the news, but I will say that I've been very fortunate to be able to serve this community, to serve my district and my city and be able to institute policies that I think that were so very great for students and kids in the classroom,» remarked McCarthy.

Cuomo's proposed budget for 2015 - 16 includes legislation that would require private schools such as Syracuse University to adopt the sexual assault policies instituted at New York's public colleges and universities two months ago.

Advocates for the homeless and some City Council members are reacting with alarm to reports that the city will institute a policy later this month that will make it more difficult for single adults to gain admission to city shelters.

Proponents of the measure, including the Working Families Party and speakers for the Drum Institute, have pointed to other cities that have instituted a similar policy, the Post said.

Collin P. Kelley, senior research fellow at the Center for Climate & Security, a non-partisan security and foreign policy institute, called for more research to help regions better manage diminished water resources and to help better forecast water shortages to allow plans to be put into action.

The institute initiated an internal compensation policy review for all Whitehead employees, including postdocs.

Her husband, Robert E. Barnhill, SACNAS vice president for science policy and strategic initiatives, said that such experiences were the driving motivation for the leadership institute.

Now at the institute, and at workplaces nationwide, they have policies in place for such things.

«The planetary boundaries framework is not a useful guide for policy or environmental management in any concrete sense, as it does not capture the challenges involved in most of the environmental problems it lists,» argues geographer Linus Blomqvist, policy associate at the institute's Conservation Program and co-author of the review.

In a statement on the institute's Web site, its education analyst Casey Luskin hailed the new policy as a «victory for Louisiana students and teachers.»

The four main objectives of the institute are education and training, research and policy development, responsibility for the REHADAT Canada information system, and workplace program implementation.

In the meantime, a spokesman for the National Institutes of Health says that no study has yet been funded and the institute's policy is «not to comment on whether such a grant was submitted or is under review.»

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Stanford, for example, recently instituted grievance policies for postdocs.

«As Hispanics make up an increasingly larger share of the Texas population, it's critical that we consider their needs when developing and implementing policies about health insurance,» said Vivian Ho, the chair in health economics at Rice's Baker Institute and director of the institute's Center for Health and Biosciences, a professor of economics at Rice and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

«Geopolitical Dimensions of U.S. Oil Security,» co-authored by Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute, and Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the institute's Center for Energy Studies, was published online this month in the journal Energy Policy.

According to Raff, «The APS believes that our society must be a leader in instituting and enforcing a policy for reporting sex and gender in experimental studies.

Previously he worked for IKU, Innovation Research Centre, Budapest University of Economics (1990 - 97) and for other institutes in the field of industrial economics and industrial policy (1983 - 89).

Both Langa and Levine are faculty members in the Division of General Medicine at the U-M Medical School, and members of the U-M institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and affiliates of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center.

The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, based at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is a nationally recognized research and policy institute dedicated to raising the effectiveness of the American workplace by strengthening workforce education, training, programs, policies and practices.

Unlike other sustainability institutes, we are not addressing policy, education, or economics; we really focus on the seminal science advances and technology developments that can enable the new component energy technology for the future.

Instituting this policy for evaluating things we add to our life has led to a lot happier kids (and adults).

But the movie failed so utterly that DC famously (if only allegedly) instituted a «no jokes» policy for all its subsequent properties (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.).

Indeed, in the face of recent findings by Education Policy institute, which found that 20 of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs)-- running more than 300 schools — fall «significantly below» the national average for improving pupils» attainment, the importance of self - assessment not just within each school but right across the trust, is perhaps more important than ever before; and goes to the heart of addressing the issues raised in the all - party parliamentary group's (APPG) 21 questions http://www.nga.org.uk/News/NGA-News/Pre-2016/21Q.aspx

In December 2001, the CMS school board instituted a policy of districtwide open enrollment for the 2002 — 03 school year.

I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school funding policies must recognize the underlying heterogeneity of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).

«One thing I would like for every college to do is institute a policy that professors define terms like «office hours» on the syllabus.

We envision that the institute will bring faith, education, policy, and advocacy leaders together to identify, understand, and elevate best practices for effective faith - based education programs.