Sentences with phrase «in policy analysis»

Schuyler Center provides an excellent opportunity to graduate students interested in policy analysis, research, and advocacy.

She has an MPP from the Goldman School at UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Third, the THS assumption is imbedded in all of the climate models that EPA still relies upon in its policy analysis supporting, for example, its Clean Power Plan - recently put on hold by a Supreme Court Stay.

«There are usually relatively cheap and easy things to do at the start of any new environmental policy program,» said Taylor, who specializes in policy analysis, environmental and energy policy, and innovation.

This kind of «best approach to particular problem» has a long history in policy analysis, and since climate scientists do it all the time why shouldn't they just recognise it other disciplines?

What I object to in this is the idea that in policy analysis there is some kind of progression from unevolved to a higher plane (just re-read the language used above), rather than just using the appropriate approach for the characteristics of the particular system we face.

Since 1969, the nonprofit National Consumer Law Center ® (NCLC ®) has worked for consumer justice and economic security for low - income and other disadvantaged people, including older adults, in the U.S. through its expertise in policy analysis and advocacy, publications, litigation, expert witness services, and training.

She holds a BA in government from Cornell University, an MA in policy analysis and evaluation from Stanford University, and an MAT in elementary education from American University.

The training was grounded in emergent practices in policy analysis, organizational change management, interpersonal communications, and specific needs identified in the field.

Previously, he was a Senior Statistician and PNC Chair in Policy Analysis at the RAND Corporation.

The answer is no, we didn't find any evidence of donors monitoring in any way that could help in policy analysis or decision - making.

She indicated that advances in policy analysis during the 1980s made it possible to ask a number of new questions.

The fellow will have the opportunity to participate in policy analysis at NHGRI and ASHG, and to work directly within the U.S. Congress.

Furthermore, the skills I learned in policy analysis will help me in my pursuit of a career in public policy.»

Major energy efficiency provisions that have been included in these policy analyses include fuel economy standards, appliance and equipment standards, energy efficiency tax incentives, building energy codes, and industrial energy efficiency.

Finally, we examine ways to improve the application of radiative and nonradiative forcing metrics in policy analyses directed at climate change.

Not exact matches

Richard J. Reddick is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Stpolicy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American StPolicy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.

While the president's current tax plan still contains many unknowns, the Tax Policy Center conducted an analysis of Trump's campaign plan and its budget impact in October of 2016.

«We do not see an imminent turning point in commodity prices and thus forecast further negative repercussions on the Canadian economy next year,» Sebastien Lavoie, assistant chief economist at Laurentian Bank Securities in Montreal, said in an analysis of the Bank of Canada's latest policy statement.

Some universities also offer a bachelor's of public administration (BPA), like York University, which allows students to specialize in management, policy analysis, or law, justice, and public policy.

However, looking at DHS data on the arrest rate of illegal entrants at the Mexican border, Federico S. Mandelman, a research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummpolicy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummPolicy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummeting.

«When you have evidence of a problem like this, regardless of what the standards say, automakers should develop a better approach,» says David Friedman, who served as NHTSA's acting administrator in 2014 and is now director of cars and product policy and analysis at Consumers Union, the policy and mobilization division of Consumer Reports.

Under Trump's tax proposal, top earners — taking in more than $ 699,000 a year — would see average annual tax reductions of about $ 215,000, according to an analysis by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.

The SBA invested $ 6 million a year into 10 groups of businesses for two years starting in 2010 and commissioned economic policy analysis research - and - consulting firm Optimal Solutions Group to perform an independent review.

The bill would reduce taxes by about $ 1,600 on average in 2018, with the biggest benefit going to households making between $ 308,000 and $ 733,000, according to a recent analysis by the Tax Policy Center.

All in all, the Trump tax plan would wastefully increase deficits by at least $ 3.5 billion over ten years — with half of all tax cuts going to the top 1 % — while actually raising taxes on nearly half of all families with children, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center's (TPC) analysis.

Ryan Schoen, senior financial services policy analyst at research firm Washington Analysis, said he thought six months ago that a bitcoin futures - based ETF would likely launch in the first quarter of 2018.

«States would have only around 15 months to get new policies in place to do so before insurers would need to begin developing products for 2020 and only about 27 months before the new rules would have to be in effect,» Alder and Fiedler wrote as part of an analysis Friday.

Conveniently, that post links to studies, but not the IWPR's analysis, but rather to a brief commentary by a researcher from the Economic Policy Institute in 2011 that doesn't mention what a higher wage will do to poverty levels.

Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez argue that the statistical and comparative analyses reported in their paper indicate that Internet development is «a complex phenomenon shaped not only by public policy and conditions for entrepreneurship but also by specific contingencies in each country.»

«Health overwhelmed what I thought would have been financial problems» in terms of causes of stress, said Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health in a livestreamed discussion forum about stress at Harvard on July 9.

«Their driver monitor system isn't as good as some other systems in terms of assuring that someone is paying attention,» said David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports.

They have reputations as being believers in policy that is based on facts and reasoned analysis.

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It takes in - depth analysis to decide which type of policy — and how much coverage — fits the needs of the owner of a privately held company.

The central bank says in its latest analysis that the economy continues to depend on monetary stimulus, so has decided to keep the trendsetting policy rate at one per cent.

From 2008 to 2012, the board member in question — Susan Arnold, who chairs the compensation committee at Disney — received fees from Disney that were 70 % greater than the average received by Fortune 100 directors, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).

The Soufan Group, a strategic security firm that specializes in intelligence, law enforcement, and policy analysis, wrote earlier this year that while the targets of intelligence agencies and cyber criminal networks «are usually very different,» Russia has «increasingly blurred the lines between cyber-espionage and cyber crime in an unprecedented manner.»

Dr Ric Simes has extensive knowledge in public policy, governance, finance, econometrics, economic analysis and strategy.

Such a return may occur if the rule is not compatible with the law, if the quality of the agency's analysis is inadequate, if the regulation is not justified by the analysis, if the rule is not consistent with the regulatory principles stated in Executive Order 12866 or with the president's policies and priorities, or if the rule unnecessarily conflicts with other executive branch agency regulations or efforts.

According to an analysis released in December by the Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy, half of American college freshmen «seriously underestimate» the amount of student - loan debt they have, and about a quarter of students with federal loans do not even know they have such loans.

Because of the raising of the standard deduction and other changes like the reduction of the SALT deduction only around 5 % of filers will itemize deductions under the new Republican tax plan, (7 million filers estimated in linked Tax Policy Center report, page 7, in analysis of previous House version).

Ms. Maher joined the Bank in December 2010 as an examining officer and assigned to supervisory and regulatory policy, financial sector policy and analysis function.

I have no doubt that the growth forecast numbers will change when we do our full analysis in July, and that will have implications for our projection of inflation and our policy deliberations.

The IMF's latest delivery of the World Economic outlook contains an interesting analysis of the current «non» recovery in terms of a divergence between fiscal and monetary policy, the first between restrictive and procyclical in nature and the second being accommodating and reinforcing a financial expansion.

Employees work in approximately eight branches of the OCE, including Sustainable Development, Agricultural Labor Affairs, World Agricultural Outlook Board, Climate Change Program Office, and the Offices of the Chief Meteorologist, Environmental Markets, Energy Policy and New Uses, and Risk Assessment and Cost - Benefit Analysis.

The blackout stemming from Hurricane Maria was already the longest in US history back in October, according to an assessment by the Rhodium Group, a policy analysis firm.

While the Fed certainly considers much more than the superficial headline number in its analysis of inflation, some of those who interpret the Fed's actions make this overly simplistic assertion: Inflation is too low today and therefore justifies the maintenance of low policy rates.

At one time governments, both Liberal and Conservative, asked their public servants to provide their best advice, regardless of disagreement, wanted policy options costed, and were even willing to publish reports and analysis and defend them in public.

However, with the inception of the inflation target, the quarterly assessments on its view of the current and future state of the Australian economy gradually increased in length and depth of analysis, to reach their present form where they are published as a stand - alone document — the quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy.