Sentences with phrase «general policy issues»

Instead, the goal is to create forum for «high - level discussions» of more general policy issues.

OSTP brings in scientists to assist both with general policy issues and, at times, on particular questions.

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«From time to time, I will get called by the director general of export controls at Global Affairs Canada, asking for my feedback regarding a policy issue.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

Other countries have explicitly no policy apart from general competition law or sector regulation they believe could deal with any issue that may arise.

We look forward to helping the Attorney General and his staff bring attention to this important issue,» said Facebook's director of state public policy.

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Among the hires Facebook is seeking to make are privacy and public policy managers, a government outreach manager, associate general counsel positions, and a couple of policy managers to help draft positions on tech and video policy issues.

In addition to this general statement, the Party also provides a detailed summary of its policies in key areas, including health care, the economy, democratic reform, education, the environment, and social justice and issues.

Through several public policy initiatives, NACO represents Angel asset class issues of national significance, assumes a leadership role in areas requiring national coordination and support, and promotes the Angel asset class to the general public in Canada and abroad.

Karen's background in public policy, communications, strategic planning, and issues management is founded on previous roles with Spectra Energy's Canadian LNG group, Westport Innovations, the United States Consulate General (Vancouver), and the Business Council of British Columbia.

Our letter was sent to the health and public health spokespeople and / or the general contact for policy issues.

The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.

The U.S. surgeon general issued a policy statement that «healthy infants be placed on their back or side to sleep to reduce the risk of SIDS.»

While the focus of the Beyond Breakfast blog is universal in - classroom breakfast, we haven't limited our blogroll to only that subject; you will find information on our BIC partners, relevant policy issues, general food and nutrition concerns and school lunch as well.

The International Secretary General of MSF, Oberreit, illustrated this method when, at the same time as the tweet was issued about «victims of EU policies», he called on European governments to change their priorities: «rather than maximising the number of people they can push back, they must maximise the number they welcome and protect.»

Prior to the last general election, for example, I found the Green Party inspiring on several issues: support for refugees, higher top - tier tax rates, free education, and radical environmental policies.

This week, former General Secretary of the CWU Alan Johnson has issued an unabashed attack on trade union influence within the Labour Party in an interview with Progress, part of an increasingly confrontational and destructive approach to dictating Labour Party policy from the Blairite wing.

These issues are identified and thoroughly researched by our Policy Committee, and brought to our general membership for discussion, revision, and approval.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

«Mr. Bloomberg's hypocritical support of constitutional protections, only when they don't impact the New York City budget, coupled with his uneducated and uninformed statements on the issue, serve to fan the flames of aggression, and undermine the potential for peaceful resolution of these matters, while perpetuating a long dormant policy of Indian termination which dates back to the days of General Custer's failed battle of Little Bighorn.»

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «It is clear that on many of the key education policy issues the majority of parents do not share Coalition Ministers» views».

The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many of their key issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most of the Democrats running for governor this year have come out strongly in favor of those types of progressive policies.

The call from Joan Walley, who chairs the Commons» environmental audit committee, comes as the opposition party draws up its policy on green issues ahead of next year's general election.

He has been largely quiet on many statewide issues — usually citing a desire to focus on his job as attorney general — in recent months, but this week people close to him have begun to reveal some additional policy positions.

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

NEW YORK >> New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced his resignation late Monday just hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

For several months, Cuomo's potential opponents have criticized the attorney general for not taking public stances on policy issues.

He believes the Prime Minister's focus on the economy has left a dangerous void on other domestic policy issues, and he predicts that Labour will lose the general election expected next year unless it develops a wide - ranging, forward - looking agenda.

We thought we would put the health policy issue in a box on the shelf at the general election, and just say that we were going to spend more.

Keith Kellogg, who was named to replace Flynn as Trump's interim National Security Adviser, was the first of the retired generals to flock to the now - president's long - shot campaign last year, advising him behind the scenes on foreign policy issues from early on.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

«In general, the policy issues are not the problem in this negotiation.

Self - proclaimed GOP «dirty trickster» Roger Stone has been helping Donald Trump prep for tonight's debate by drafting policy memos on specific issues and engaging in general conversations about the art of debating on TV.

According to the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, who spoke after he received a 10 - Man Committee's report set up to review communiqué issued at the end of the summit, he pledged that Lagosians would soon feel the positive impact of the policy implementation of the State Government on justice administration.

If he were to lose the leadership election he would go immediately I think, but this is a man who spends almost all his time on policy issues, he has little life outside politics and has spent all his life since his teens on either academic or political pursuits, I'm sure he would find his own nature militating for him to continue and he would probably see a General Election loss with him as PM as something he had to rectify.

This is done against the general principle set out in the Ministerial Code that when Parliament is in Session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance, in Parliament, and taking into account the importance of the issue and the other business before the House.»

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said email retention is a «complicated issue» and that he was «monitoring» legislative proposals to roll back a Cuomo administration policy of automatically deleting state emails after 90 days unless they are proactively flagged for retention.

They came up with issue of N450 million sent to the State Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the general election, especially state Assembly election in line with policy of sponsoring election.

Not all of the data is publicly available, as issue - based ads that ask voters to call their senator and encourage them to support or oppose policy is not considered political spending outside of a 60 - day window before a general election and 30 days before a primary, and is therefore not required to be reported to the FEC.

Labour is seeking to exploit the government's weakness and press home the anti-austerity arguments made during the general election campaign by holding a series of debates on key social policy issues.

Smyth said that despite McLaughlin's previous scandals, she will focus solely on policy and issues facing Rensselaer County during the general election, but has condemned McLaughlin's comments in the audio recording in the past.

By providing issue briefs and links to useful resources on key issues related to this topic, this website aims to aid scientists, policy makers, and the general public as they struggle to meet this challenge.

In March, advocate general Yves Bot issued a preliminary judgment limiting patents involving embryonic stem cells, on the basis that they «would be contrary to ethics and public policy» (see «European Court of Justice rejects stem - cell patents»).

But while the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is due to issue a report soon on public access at U.S. research agencies, it reportedly will make general recommendations and will not require an NIH - style pPolicy is due to issue a report soon on public access at U.S. research agencies, it reportedly will make general recommendations and will not require an NIH - style policypolicy.

The auditor, John Bourn, head of Britain's National Audit Office, also recommends that the organisation should formulate a policy for «dealing with the important and sensitive issues» of contracts awarded to countries represented on its executive board, which elects the director - general.

As Chief of Staff and General Counsel, Mr. Perelman provides coordination and leadership for American Chemistry Council's senior staff team; direction for many of Council's public policy issues and initiatives; and strategic counsel and support to the Council's President and CEO.