Sentences with phrase «important public process»

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It is also, in the end, about public faith in the decision - making processes of our most important institutions.
Whereas, we believe it is important that Alphabet's lobbying positions, and processes to influence public policy, are transparent.
The document states, «The Church seeks to assert Christian values in the process of decision - making on the most important public issues both on national and international levels.»
This is particularly important in the light of the fact that current democratization processes (the «new world order» processes) tend to delegate important areas of social life to private rather than to public control and accountability.
There is a combination of factors at play here I believe to be outside the scope of this question, but the important takeaway here is that the US path to public office rewards extremism due to the primary election process.
This is because the majority of the Ghanaian public are majority of stakeholders and it is very important to understand and appreciate the processes involved in declaration of results so that we can all be on the same page.»
«This process would allow us the opportunity to recommend or select a well - qualified replacement, so that public uncertainty regarding who fills this important office will be resolved as soon as reasonably practical,» Heastie wrote in a Wednesday letter to fellow lawmakers.
DOT spokesperson Susan Surdej said it is a bit unusual for the state to halt a project of this magnitude so late in the process, but it is also proof public comments are important.
Rachael: I entirely agree that it is important that the wider public be involved in this process.
Dadey, whose thoughts aligned with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's comments today in a radio interview, said the process as it is now hasn't served the public well and that while a perfect compromise isn't possible, the bipartisan support for the overhaul is important.
«Closing the loophole is an important step in curbing the corrupting influence of money and beginning the process of restoring public confidence in our state government.
«It's really important that we get a lot of people involved in the political process and when I see folks like Senator Schumer and Congressman Tonko and the governor say they support me, I think we're on the right path,» Tkaczyk said at an endorsement rally in Rotterdam on Tuesday at the public library there.
When lawmakers passed HCRA, they thought that collecting and spending the money outside of the state's budget would help protect important revenues for public health programs from the vagaries and fluctuations of the annual state budgeting process.
«With the unfortunate rise in corruption in New York and the resulting withering public trust in our political process, it is so important that we educate voters on where candidates stand on good government issues,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.
«Process is as important as outcome,» said Alexis Grenell, a public affairs consultant and writer who once worked in state government.
«Often times there is little to no participation at our public hearings, which are an important part of the process.
Making decisions based on a political case or set of values is a worthy and important process even if the public are sceptical about it.
But I recognise how important it is to provide business, the public sector, and everybody with as much certainty as possible as we move through the process.
It is important to realise that radical reform of the way Parliament operates is unlikely to happen, because incoming governments have too strong a vested interest in the status quo, unless there is a strong, persistent and well - informed demand from the public for action which gives them genuine participation in the parliamentary process, more direct transparency to overcome dependence on a highly distorting media, and the right to recall MPs for manifest breakdowns in integrity or competence.
«Unfortunately, too many ESCOs have refused to participate in this fact - gathering process and have repeatedly rebuffed department efforts to obtain necessary information, delaying this important public investigation.»
«It's an unfortunate effort to hide from the public those who are an important part of the decision - making process at City Hall,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.
«But the process is broken when the public doesn't know what's going on, and [when] politics is more important than how the project helps the community and the economy.»
However, the administration continues to block the public from engaging in this critically important process.
«At this time, when prescription opioid use and opioid overdoses are both major threats to our public health, it is important to identify new treatment targets, such as epigenetic processes, that help to change the way that we do business in treating opioid use disorders,» said professor John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry.
The ability to process that information and display it in ways that enhance understanding is an increasingly important aspect of the way scientists communicate with each other and — especially — with students and the general public.
Isolation is also not feasible in democracies, because public exposure of politicians is an important part of the political process.
The organisation had just undergone a reform process, and the new president clearly viewed public relations as having an important role to play.
«Reducing the amount of salt in processed foods and restaurant foods is perhaps the single most important thing we could do to reduce blood pressure and the incidence of heart attacks and strokes in this country and around the world,» Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), said after a recent confab of food industry and health reps designed to help consumers limit their salt intake.
He notes that this new insight into how the brain processes social standing may have important public health consequences, possibly even paving the way to new stress - reduction therapies.
While many important developments impacted the field, two that garnered significant public, political and scientific attention in 2016 were the proliferation of clinics using unproven stem cell «therapies,» and the steps forward in therapeutic modification of human oocytes (unfertilized eggs) through a process called mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT).
The same can not be said of those seeking to use important freedom of information laws to disparage academics and other public - sector scientists and abuse the freedom of information process to drive them away from ongoing important collaborations in the furtherance of sound, science - driven public and commercial policy development.
An academy that releases its advice to not only sponsors but also to the general public fosters democratic processes by providing information important to public debate.
He said he believes such journalism is important because it holds tech companies up to high standards, who in the process of believing, and often genuinely implementing, positive change in the world, can be blinded to the fact that some of their practices are disagreeable to the public.
Yet it also goes deeper: as in Ann Hui's equally compelling The Golden Era, the film respects the mystery of the creative process, the obscure correspondences between life and art, whether or not it is important to like a writer to appreciate his / her work — but, ultimately, why it matters for public freedom that writers should be allowed to misbehave in peace.
Important to our family engagement work is active participation from our partners: By joining the conversation and contributing insight and lessons learned, our partners will enable us to document promising transition processes, establish a public dialogue, and develop capacity building tools.
For years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line problem).
Verbal communication, public speaking, and other important nonacademic skills are honed in this process.
In some ways, equally important is the reality that all the petition process requires is a public hearing.
«We hope this will mark the beginning of an important healing process for our local community as we work together to insure [sic] a quality education for all local public school students.»
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Prepare and distribute a weekly newsletter for Summit Public School upperclassmen families updating them on the college process and important deadlines and dates.
Although the proposed ballot initiative for WA would only authorize a maximum of 40 charter public schools in our state, its passage would begin the process of bringing this important public school choice to the families and children of our state.
Book tours, public readings, attending appropriate events to promote the book and maybe most importantly, use of social media are an important part of the process if you want to avoid the mindset of «if you publish, they will read.»
While it's become a very public point of contention, think about how often you actually remove or replace your MicroSD card and think rationally about the important of this factor in your decision making process.
Home inspectors may disagree on whether licensing is good or bad for the profession, but the most important lesson to be learned from the history of licensing is that when the Realtor associations come knocking, home inspectors must get actively involved in the legislative process to ensure that any new licensing law serves both inspectors and the public.
Before this process takes place, however, it is especially important to understand exactly what changes will take place if you choose to include any or all of your federal loans into the refinancing package, as refinancing a federal loan may nullify federal student loan protections, such as public service forgiveness and income based repayment plans.
: Whether we are training our dog basic life skills, public access or specific service dog tasks, nothing is more important than the process.
• Promote efficient and responsible government • Provide the veterinary profession with political credibility and visibility • Speak on behalf of the veterinary profession in Florida in a strong and unified voice • Help candidates sympathetic to our profession achieve or maintain public office • Encourage members to participate in the political process • Build and maintain key relationships in both local and state government • Strengthen the political education of our membership providing awareness of government, candidates and important political issues • Provide a bipartisan means for the FVMA and our lobbyists to advocate for the veterinary profession, small business owners and the animals entrusted in our care
Engaging Legislative Process — With all the things a busy sheltering professional has on his or her plate, few are more important than making the time to influence public policy.
Building the game alongside the public has been an important part of our process.
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