Sentences with phrase «important public purpose»

«The patent system serves an important public purpose in our economy,» said Schultz.

Hobgood said the legislature's action harmed teachers» contracts and «was not reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose.»

It raises fundamental issues about the extent to which the sharing economy is largely an effort to evade regulations, many of which serve important public purposes.»

Not exact matches

It's important for me to spend time in contemplation, discovery, and in practice, learning what I purpose or intend when I am afforded that sacred public space.

What is important here for my purposes is the great agreement between the two that Christian tradition has something to say about the shaping of human desire and thus about public life.

«This action provides Mass Audubon and other regional and local land trusts in Massachusetts a critical tool to preserve important land that fulfills an array of public purposes, including watershed protection, wildlife diversity, and family farms.»

The records, we feel, are very pertinent and important to governmental purposes and this act in fact would violate FOIL and the public officer's law,» said Castorina at a press conference outside the Richmond County Courthouse, recalling Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's defiant response to the threat of legal action last week.

The CO2 Coalition was established in 2015 as a 501 (c)(3) for the purpose of educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy.

This assurance is even more important given DeVos's long - standing efforts and contributions to issues, initiatives, and organizations whose common purpose is to privatize public schools.

He continues, «it has become equally important for the profession to communicate the purpose and importance of the standards to families and the rest of the public,» explaining that educators are key to the success of the Common Core standards and play a crucial role in dispelling the growing misinformation that is circulating about them.

The reported first - person piece includes a retired teacher (being gentrified), a couple that includes a tenured Atlanta Public Schools teacher (doing the gentrifying), and — most important for our purposes — the school choice they make for their daughter.

One important aspect of such inquiry is the question of the relationship between public and political understandings of educational purposes and values, on the one hand, and educational policies and practices on the other.

It is easy to argue that the most important function of climate science to the general public is education for political purposes and I agree with this, but the best way to do this is to get the most accurate information from the scientists.

They will be wondering why public opinion on a important scientific issue was manipulated for political and short term economic purposes.

It seems to me that it is important and relevant that Mann is not just a limited - purpose public figure (like a celebrity), as he has conceded, but that the controversies in question largely arise from his contribution to government and intergovernmental documents: IPCC 2001 and WMO 1999, and thus pertain to Mann's conduct in public «service» â $ «as an IPCC Lead Author and / or WMO author.

The CO2 Coalition was established in 2015 as a 501 (c)(3) for the purpose of educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy.

API doesn't want the public to notice that the most important oil and gas tax credit, the intangible drilling credit, was included in the bill on purpose.

The withholding of the operational version of this important update came in the middle of a major ENSO event, thereby depriving the public of an important source of updated information, apparently for the sole purpose of Mr. Karl using the data in his paper before making the data available to the public.

I don't believe any such candidate would win, because of the current public climate (i.e. a general «wait - and - see» apathy, IMO), but it would serve an important purpose in moving people from that attitude towards a more concerned, and educated, position.

Lord Walker remarked that in a case such as Austin: ``... it seems to me unrealistic to contend that Art 5 can come into play at all, provided, and it is a very important proviso, that the actions of the police are proportionate and reasonable, and any confinement is restricted to a reasonable minimum, as to discomfort and as to time, as is necessary for the relevant purpose, namely the prevention of serious public disorder and violence» (at [61]-RRB-.

Since the Act received royal assent, the government has published 5 sets of draft regulations that define «important public services» for the purpose of the additional 40 % threshold.

Four specific types of order — Commencement Orders, Legislative Reform Orders, Remedial Orders and Public Bodies Orders — are worthy of particular mention because of the important purposes that they serve.

Given the important purpose of the judicial discipline process, the critical role of integrity in ensuring public confidence in the judiciary, and the need to ensure fairness to Justice Girouard, the Ministers agree that the best course of action is to jointly request, pursuant to s. 63 (1) of the Judges Act, that an inquiry be held into the findings of the majority of the Inquiry Committee that prompted it to recommend his removal.»

We reviewed the important purposes for which some commenters said government agencies needed protected health information, and we believe that most of those needs can be met through the other categories of permitted uses and disclosures without authorization allowed under the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

Additionally, given the variety of these laws, the varied contexts in which they arise, and their significance in ensuring that important public policies are achieved, we do not believe that Congress intended to preempt each such law unless HHS specifically recognized the law or purpose in the regulation.

We reviewed the important purposes identified in the comments for government access to protected health information, and believe that the disclosures of protected health information that should appropriately be made without individuals» authorization can be achieved through the other disclosures provided for in the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, research, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

Comment: Many commenters recommended that the privacy rule permit individuals to opt out of having their records used for the identified «important» public policy purposes in § 164.510, including for research purposes.

Just as the courts avoid deciding whether an alleged charitable purposes are for the public benefit, preferring just to slot them into ready - made categories, so too they should avoid deciding if an alleged religious principle is more important than another in a non-legal setting.

I think there is an important distinction between a standing curfew ordinance, and a temporary restriction for the (ostensible) purpose of immediate public safety in response to an emergency, and / or the investigation of a particular crime.