Sentences with phrase «informed about public policy»

Moe writes, «Research has long shown that most Americans are poorly informed about public policy and don't have well - developed views on most issues.»

But in a population that is poorly informed about public policy, the positions people take on surveys are often soft — and complicated — and need to be evaluated with care.

Research has long shown that most Americans are poorly informed about public policy and don't have well - developed views on most issues.

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The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

A campaign really has very little to do with informing the American public on what policies are beneficial and which are harmful, which is exactly what it should be about.

NABCA offers numerous resources and research about regulatory, operational, policy and public health issues to inform public discussions about the alcohol landscape.

If the success of a representative democracy hinges on the informed consent of the governed, it is critical that the public know as much as possible about the information used and the processes by which its representatives spend tax dollars and act on policy recommendations.

In the face of criticism about apathy, young people have displayed leadership, and they continue to inform and shape public policy in our city.»

Notes to Editors The report, «How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

The Public Procurement Minister used the occasion to inform the Education Minister and his team about some of the government policies she is implementing to strengthen the country's procurement system to ensure value for money.

As the professions experience growing pressures from the public and government policy makers as well as from their own members to exercise their collective responsibility more effectively, they are, with increasing frequency, seeking strategies for informing and educating their members and others about the ethical implications of their work, for developing or revising standards of conduct, and for establishing procedures to implement and enforce whatever ethical prescriptions they adopt.»

«Informing citizens about the health of the nation and discussing pivotal science and policy issues such as mental health, chronic and emerging diseases and other public health threats, and vaccine research are important to not only advance the national dialogue but also improve the country's overall well - being.»

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

Through the internships and other initiatives described below, the institute helps Rice students explore careers in public policy, or simply become better informed about important issues of the day.

We also inform the public and policy makers about how imaging and image - guided therapies translate into disease prevention, earlier and more accurate diagnoses, and improved quality of health care.

More than that, though, recent political events have reminded me of my responsibility to be informed about and engaged in local, state and federal public policy.

Our work will ensure that Government policy and the wider public debate about Britain's future is rational and well informed.

Our work will ensure that Government policy and the wider public debate about Britain's future is rational and well informed.

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«Parents became informed about a nuanced public policy.

Each school in the Hope Community Public Charter School will actively inform families and the public each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation sPublic Charter School will actively inform families and the public each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation spublic each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation status.

The driving question for the project was, «How can art reflect and inform the public about policy - making agendas?»

Since our launch in 2009, GO Public Schools Oakland has connected the public to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and ePublic Schools Oakland has connected the public to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and epublic to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and events.

A social studies teacher may participate in a moderated #sschat on historical thinking, use the #FergusonSyllabus hashtag to research how to talk with students about systemic race issues, exchange ideas with digital colleagues, challenge local or federal policy by contacting legislators or informing the public, or organize a face - to - face Edcamp unconference in the community (see Swanson, et al., 2014, and Carpenter, 2015b, for more).

The Texas Tribune is the only member - supported, digital - first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

To ensure that more community cats stay safe in their outdoor homes, we recommended enacting an eartip protection policy, utilizing Alley Cat Allies educational materials, loaning traps only for TNR, training staff to inform the public about TNR, and diverting cats to TNR programs.

The HABRI Foundation maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to demonstrate the health benefits of pets and other animals; informs the public about human - animal bond research; and advocates for public policies that support the beneficial role of pets in society.

Our work will ensure that Government policy and the wider public debate about Britain's future is rational and well informed.

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Because unfortunately, most policy makers, and those in the general public who are informed about the problem, are still behaving as though we have decades in which to gradually reduce emissions if we want to limit warming to 2 °C, and that doing so is sufficient to prevent severe impacts.

Generally, the Commission uses the reports as a platform to educate and inform legislators and the public about current critical climate facts, policies, and strategies.

A well - informed public that has a good understanding of the marine environment can exert the necessary pressure to bring about policy changes and a better coordination between its conservation and its diverse economic or other uses.

It is the use of science to inform public policy that means it is very much about proving something.

Using science to inform public policy is all about proof, but proof does not have a constant standard it varies with context: http://thefatbigot.blogspot.com/2008/07/wise-old-saying.html

If a public debate about climate change and energy policies were permitted, and if the values that inform the interpretation of climate science were open to democratic contest, the climategate emails would be inconsequential.

If it is not reproducible, then there is doubt about it and it should not be allowed to inform public policy.

Gregory Nemet, an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin — Madison in the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Nelson Institute's Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, writes in this post about how the history of other technological innovations can inform our expectations and policy around the development and deployment of carbon removal solutions.

Moreover, I would suggest that those of us in «the electorate» who are well - informed about this issue are well aware that changes in public policy — including putting a price on carbon pollution, directly regulating GHG emissions, and providing effective support for the development and deployment of efficiency and renewable energy technologies on a scale at least comparable to the subsidies that fossil fuels have received for a century — are far more effective than the options that any individual can currently choose, and are in fact crucial to making more such options available to all of us.

It would be much harder to say that about wind energy, if there had been a public, democratic, transparent debate about our energy policy, and the values which inform it.

The policy which permits media reporting on judicial proceedings depends on (i) the right of the public to be informed about a significant public act of the state, and (ii) the law's recognition that the way in which the story is presented is a matter of editorial judgment.

Our work will ensure that Government policy and the wider public debate about Britain's future is rational and well informed.

I sensed an urgent need to inform members and the public about the effect that ABA policies have on the practice of law, on legislation and on our way of life.

Canadian law and public policy resists applying a traditional contract model to a variety of family law agreements, in part because of concerns about whether parties are in a position, at the time of these agreements» creation, to provide free and informed consent.

• 95 % were found compliant with the requirement to notify their employees and the public about the availability of accommodation for applicants with disabilities in the staff recruitment process • 87 % were found compliant with the requirement to inform employees of their policies to support employees with disabilities • 91 % were found compliant with the requirement to provide individualized workplace emergency response information to employees who have a disability

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

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Employees may perform responsibilities including: compiling and analyzing reports from overseas, providing logistical support to posts, informing the Congress about foreign policy initiatives and policies, formulating and overseeing the budget, issuing passports and travel warnings, and keeping the American public informed.

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