Sentences with phrase «if policy conversations»

Not exact matches

This time, the conversation often turned to how the world will cope if the U.S. refuses to lead on issues from international trade to human rights to environmental policy.

If an employee uses wearable technology to record a confidential conversation at a meeting, this could violate the company's confidentiality policy, necessitating action.

While this policy helps keep the spam under control, it doesn't exactly make for live conversation, particularly if I'm off gallivanting around instead of checking my email to see if new comments have arrived.

On domestic policy, all the candidates are tilting leftwards and are at least attempting to be bold, even if at times they seem to be conducting a private conversation, addressing the party rather than the nation - as Tony Blair did so successfully when he ran for the leadership in 1994, or David Cameron did when he became leader of the Conservative Party in 2005.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

But a repatriation of Ukip voters to the Tories (especially if it turns out that ex-Labour voters actually proved more loyal to Farage) will provoke a very difficult conversation about future directions in policy on Europe and immigration.

De Blasio, who said his team has put a call into Trump to schedule a phone conversation, said it's too early to tell if Trump will follow through on some of his most controversial policy proposals.

This won't erase those ideas from people's minds and the conversations we have on the street, but if it dampens those conversations in the spheres that end up controlling a lot of our lives — where our cash will go and what policies and laws should be in in our culture — then that's really important, because those conversations have tremendous power.

In these times it seems as if people who are comfortable with quantitative skills can hijack and railroad conversations about policy, science, or pretty much anything even when they are horribly, catastrophically wrong.

But if higher compensation is to be part of the picture, it can not happen without a serious conversation about policies — government or otherwise — and funding sources that could lead to actual changes in the schools, including how teachers are paid.

If members of your community want to constructively engage in CCSS conversations, ask them to support policies that relieve the pain:

Based on these conversations and what the research was showing, we knew that starting earlier with quality pre-K had to be an essential piece of our policy platform if we were serious about boosting student achievement and helping close the achievement gap.

If you continue to have questions, you are welcome to take the next step and schedule a conversation with one of our experts to discuss specific policy design details.

If there isn't one in your area, share our veterinarian resource center with your personal veterinarian to help him or her learn about the proper care for community cats.When you find a veterinarian, protect yourself and the cats you're helping by having an open conversation about pricing, appointments, and testing policies.

If you study the conservative approach to climate change policy long enough, the implication that they are trying to participate in a scientific conversation starts to fade away and you realize the underlying logic they are using actually starts from the conclusion that regulation and government intervention are bad and proceeds to the premise that there is no real problem with climate change, at which point, they pick around for snippets to support their premise.

And if / when we do start talking about governance and policy for SRM, the conversation will proceed much more effectively if we already have governance / policy for CDR in place.

If they want to have a «conversation» on climate policy with the Trump Administration then they need to disinvite the radical activists, at least at the policy table.

If there is to be such a conversation, it will have to confront a variety of difficult topics — access, transparency, standards, technology, government policies, IP laws and about the roles of government and private commerce.

If you are an employee, recording conversations at work could be a violation of your employment confidentiality / privacy obligations, agreements or policies.

«If the marijuana policy works out, then it may be an important stepping stone to opening up the conversation for change in regards to other illicit substances and how we try to target them and assist the people who are addicted to them,» says Gorham.

Canadian Premium Life Insurance Co. contended that in an August 25, 1998 telephone conversation, Brisco had cancelled an insurance policy that paid $ 1,000,000 if he died in a common carrier accident.

Talking about not being around forever isn't the most romantic of conversations, but if you say something along the lines of «I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon, but in case the unexpected should happen I purchased a life insurance policy today to make sure you are taken care of.»

If the landlord needs to see proof of a policy before they turn over the keys, then you can obtain this from a simple phone conversation with a Tornillo renters insurance company.

As the list of countries in which the U.S. is engaged in hostilities grows (Niger has joined the list since last report), and the purpose of U.S. intervention in some of these places blurs (the report reminds us that while ISIS has lost 98 % of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, and will soon have lost 100 %, we're planning to keep bombing in Syria after that nonetheless), we've increasingly replaced a difficult conversation about the adequacy of international security policy with an easier (if ultimately misguided) debate about the adequacy of international security law.

• Welcome customers as they enter the shoe store and engage them in conversation to determine their shoe buying needs • Provide customers with information on available styles, sizes and colors • Walk customers through the display shelves and answer their questions regarding prices and availability • Look for shoe sizes, styles and colors in storage areas and inform customers if something is not available • Assist customers in trying shoes on and provide honest feedback • Provide customers with information on discount or other promotional offers • Make - certain that the shoe display area is kept clean and organized at all times • Order out of stock shoes from the warehouse before the retail stock runs out • Maintain knowledge of new trends in the shoe making industry and ensure that displayed stock is kept current • Encourage customers to buy accessories such as socks, insoles and shoe polishes • Run customers through the payment procedure by processing credit card and cash transactions • Provide customers with information on return and exchange policies

DESTINATION HOTELS AND RESORTS, Saint Albans, VT (12/2012 to Present) Guest Service Agent • Welcome guests as they arrive and engage them in conversation to determine their requirements • Inquire if reservations have been made and verify reservations in the hotel system • Assist guests in walking through the reservation systems for new reservations • Arrange for rooms to be prepared and assigned to each guest according to his or her particular preferences • Coordinate the activities of bellboys to ensure that guests» luggage is delivered to their assigned rooms • Issue room keys and provide guests with information on using and caring for them • Assist guests in checking in and checking out by ensuring that both procedures are properly handled • Provide support in handling cash and credit card transactions for payment of rooms and associated services • Handle complaints by ensuring that prompt actions are taken in accordance to company policies

If you're a non-confrontational type of person, you may be tempted to make an exception (that you will quickly regret) to your rules or policies simply to avoid an awkward conversation.