Sentences with phrase «impact of government activity»

A goal of these indicators is to be able to measure the total impact of government activity on Indigenous disadvantage, including Indigenous health, and thereby discouraging a «siloed» approach from any given sector.

The Social Justice Commissioner has an independent monitoring role on the impact of government activity on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by Australia's Indigenous peoples.

The Social Justice Commissioner has an independent monitoring role on the impact of government activity on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by Australia's Indigenous peoples, and reports annually to Australia's federal Parliament on the status of enjoyment of Indigenous human rights (the Social Justice Report) and the impact of native title legislation on the enjoyment of Indigenous human rights (the Native Title Report).

As Social Justice Commissioner, my role is to monitor the impact of government activity on the enjoyment of human rights by Indigenous peoples.

Not exact matches

By focusing on outcomes for Canadians and making evidence - based decisions that are anchored in meaningful data and indicators, the Government is moving to a culture of measurement and impact, and is putting in place the tools to deliver on priorities, align resources to programs and activities that deliver real value for Canadians, and provide meaningful information to Canadians and Parliament.

A new study, backed by Facebook, wants to go beyond measuring the impact of internet shutdowns on the formal economy and measure the impact of internet cut - offs on «shadow economies,» namely economic activities that circumvent government regulation, oversight, and taxation.

Several high - profile economists and pundits are both frustrated and perplexed that initiatives like cash - for - clunkers, the $ 800 + billion U.S. stimulus program, and Japan's 20 installments of government spending juice (over recent years) have failed to trigger anywhere close to the expected multiplier1 impact on economic activity.

The release takes issue with the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan and calls on the government to create a regulator that understands the impact of proposed activity and puts rules in place to prevent any unacceptable impacts.

While Canadians also say by a wide margin (45 % to 28 %) that their provincial government does a good job of managing gambling activities, there are also serious concerns about government management of negative impacts.

IMPACT had called for a meaningful definition of «conflict diamonds» that does not only define conflict as rebel groups financing their activities to overthrow governments.

«While there are positive links between business and efforts to reduce poverty, too many experiences suggest that some businesses are not being held to account by governments for the negative impact of their activities.

Residents of both Ho in the Volta Region and Gbulung in the Northern Region hit the road Wednesday registering their displeasure with government over the poor nature of the roads which have impacted negatively on their socio - economic activities.

A shutdown would have broad impacts on federal science programs, including halting granting activity at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), forcing most government scientists to stay home, and delaying work on NASA space missions.

Meanwhile, the committee says, the government should commission a study of the associated costs, as well as the potential impact on scientific societies, which often publish their own journals and plow any profits back into other society activities.

In a series of separate public hearings this fall, members of Congress and New Mexico state legislators heard testimonies from the full range of people who have something to say about uranium mining — community members aggrieved by six decades of mining impacts, industry officials trumpeting new jobs from renewed uranium activity, and government regulators trying to figure out how to address both the past uranium legacy and future uranium developments.

Included in the PowerPoint: Government Microeconomic Intervention (AS Level) a) Maximum and Minimum Prices - meaning and effect on the market b) Taxes (direct and indirect)- impact and incidence of taxes - specific and ad valorem taxes - average and marginal rates of taxation - proportional, progressive and regressive taxes - the Canons of Taxation c) Subsidies - impact and incidence of subsidies d) Transfer Payments - meaning and effect on the market e) Direct Provision of goods and Services - meaning and effect on the market f) Nationalisation and Privatisation - meaning and effect on the market This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.

Many students have reported that not being involved in student government activities, sports, extracurricular clubs, and other traditional forms of student involvement affected their self - esteem, cultural identity, and critical thinking, ultimately negatively impacting their engagement as students.

Even the government can not ignore this fact and can only try to curb the effects and adverse impacts that are a result of the high risk created by the market activities.

Despite increasing seismic activity at Mount Agung, a minister said tourists should not be afraid to visit Bali as the government has always been ready to give up - to - date information on the volcano's status to minimize the impact in the event of a major eruption.

* global warming is not significantly affected by human activity but governments expend resources and disrupt social order and economies to reduce human impact but make no provisions for dealing with the effects of warming.

In practical terms, the law requires the government to transition from non-renewable to renewable energy; to develop new economic indicators that will assess the ecological impact of all economic activity; to carry out ecological audits of all private and state companies; to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to develop policies of food and renewable energy sovereignty; to research and invest resources in energy efficiency, ecological practices, and organic agriculture; and to require all companies and individuals to be accountable for environmental contamination with a duty to restore damaged environments.

Since the ESA forbids the Federal Government from funding any activities which might harm a listed species, why not sue to prevent the ridiculous Federal subsidies on Ethanol, on the grounds that the production, distribution, and use of ethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polar bears.

From gauging the interference of clouds on communications reliability, to the impact of solar activity on satellites to measuring how the Earth's wobble affects military targeting, AER has played a key role in supporting the weather risk management needs of a wide range of government programs and operations, including:

If we try to predict what the situation might be in California two years from now by looking at a time - traveled progress report published in the summer of 2017 concerning the impacts the Governor's order actually had on the process of managing state government — we might conclude than anything under the sun can and will happen, including the possibility that the processes state agencies use in making their decisions are gummed up to such an extent that all of California's regulatory and planning activities which affect environmental issues slow to a crawl or even stop altogether.

The legislation calls for local governments to report annually on activity regarding legislation adopted, the number of approved permits, environmental impact assessments, and data of any decommissioned facilities.

On a more positive note, federal environment minister Greg Hunt has promised that the Australian government will be «examining the cumulative effect of human activities and natural forces rather than looking at impacts in isolation».

Constitutional protection of the Aboriginal and treaty rights of Canada's Aboriginal peoples means that when an activity is proposed which has the potential to negatively impact those rights, government has a constitutional duty to consult and accommodate the affected Aboriginal groups.

Governments were worried about the impact of such frenzied market activity, which made them put the brakes on the cryptocurrency market.

A range of local government activities are rated as having either a «high impact» or «low impact» — to the extent that they may affect native title and to the extent that they may impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage.

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9

the Productivity Commission's Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage framework, which measures the total impact of Australian government activities on a range of Indigenous socio - economic indicators, including health;

[6] This and other activities had real impact: notably, the ALP in Opposition — and now in Government — had adopted much of the language and the approach of the Close the Gap Campaign in its Indigenous affairs policy by the time of the 2007 federal election.

This and other activities had real impact: notably, the ALP in Opposition — and now in Government — had adopted much of the language and the approach of the Campaign in its Indigenous affairs policy by the time of the 2007 federal election.