Sentences with phrase «interest group efforts»

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Examining modern campaign politics, the open - source movement and some of the few recent bright spots in the traditional music business, Benkler isolates a handful of «design levers» — «elements of successful cooperative human systems that we can employ to motivate [people]... to contribute to the collective effort rather than exclusively pursue their own interests (at the expense of those of the group).»

Without compensation, they will begin to feel exploited or used for their time and effort and begin to lose interest in the group.

These groups have mobilized to get their message out beyond the business media in a clear effort to capture public interest and sentiment.

Successful companies create internal programs, resources and networking groups after listening to employees and supporting efforts they're interested in.

From interest groups to job listings and everything in between, with a little effort you can use LinkedIn to tap into a variety of business leads and opportunities.

As Americans for Annuity Protection and others work on efforts to overturn this bad rule, we must all do what the rule does not - serve retirement savers» best interests — not regulators or special groups.

We strengthen sales efforts by creating value - add content that drives deeper interest and supports group buying obstacles.

We can applaud the courageous perseverance of Assistant Secretary Phyllis Borzi and her team at the Employee Benefits Security Administration, as well as the efforts of many professional organizations and consumer groups, for bringing the «conflict of interest rule» this far.

Fifth, governments, industry and other interested groups should strengthen their efforts to build a national ethic of energy conservation and a clearer public understanding of the costs and benefits of various energy choices.

«The Innovation District in downtown Las Vegas was designed to be a proving ground for new technologies, and this latest interest by NTT Group and Dell Technologies will continue our efforts to become a smart and connected community,» said Michael Lee Sherwood, Director of Information Technologies, City of Las Vegas.

But it's not enough, the interest groups stressed: The deduction, they complain, is «temporary and too low,» and efforts to restrain the deduction's cost go too far.

This means that our outward - facing marketing and PR efforts are needed simply to reach out to and capture, at the beginning, a group of highly interested, loyal, and fanatical users.

Communities of faith are not bereft of the Spirit, and therefore of the possibility of renewal through the efforts of men and women who dare to act in the hope that the Church can contribute more to our public life than merely another interest group.

In considering a Sunday afternoon Bible - study group for gays from an evangelical background, Fowler said that he believes efforts to reinterpret Scripture to justify homosexuality are «unfair to Scripture,» but that he would «be interested in examining Scripture with those who believe they can be both gay and Christian.»

They established links with other interested organizations, solicited input from different religious groups, and in general made every conceivable effort to broaden their base and justify their claim to be producing «a true People's Earth Charter.»

(b) Notwithstanding his interest in the socio - religious situation of the society of which he is a member, the student of religious groups can not afford to exclude from his range of effort a concern with religious grouping in all parts of the populated earth.

Further efforts are generally needed to specify how the interests of particular status groups are brought to the attention of the producers of ideology, how these producers respond, and what constraints influence their response.

With the assistance of a massive lobbying effort on the part of liberal interest groups, Bork's detractors prevailed and Judge Bork did not obtain the position for which he was so eminently qualified.

After meeting for several weeks for lecture and discussion, the young mothers were asked if they would be interested in continuing to meet in a small sharing group in which they could support each other in their efforts at being adequate mothers.

The inevitable tensions among the various constituencies — between blacks and Hispanics, for example — create conflicts that not only complicate political activism, but threaten to make the overall political effort look like a collection of interest groups seeking advantages, rather than victims insisting on justice.

Mainline groups have been critical of this advantage taken by the paid - time broadcasters because it has frustrated their efforts to encourage stations to act responsibly in the public interest.

One of the problems is that, in spite of efforts by such ecumenical leaders as M. M. Thomas (the Reinhold Niebuhr of Asian Christianity), who has been closely associated with the activist groups, most have not been able to, or have not been interested in, clarifying the theological bases of their action.

Many speakers touched on the need for help across borders, industries, languages, interest groups and stakeholders, requiring a concerted effort.

I just mean that any petitioner (PCRM or another group or person) seeking to change the NSLP in a way that would significantly and adversely affect agricultural producers would be likely to fail in the effort, given USDA's charge to protect those interests.

Patty Rundall, of the British Baby Milk Action, a group that advocates for breastfeeding, and who also represents the Baby Feeding Law Group, which advocates for laws controlling marketing of infant formulas, sends this most interesting article from The Independent about the latest efforts by Nestlé (really, no relation) to prevent the UK Health Department from enforcing marketing restrictions on infant formgroup that advocates for breastfeeding, and who also represents the Baby Feeding Law Group, which advocates for laws controlling marketing of infant formulas, sends this most interesting article from The Independent about the latest efforts by Nestlé (really, no relation) to prevent the UK Health Department from enforcing marketing restrictions on infant formGroup, which advocates for laws controlling marketing of infant formulas, sends this most interesting article from The Independent about the latest efforts by Nestlé (really, no relation) to prevent the UK Health Department from enforcing marketing restrictions on infant formulas.

Working together as a family, asking a friend to join you in volunteer efforts, or doing it as a group activity for Scouts, church, etc. keeps kids motivated and interested when they have company.

The paper «Identifying Best - Practice for Increasing Breastfeeding Initiation Rates Among Adolescent Mothers» was a group effort, and as such the inspiration stemmed in part from the combination of interests and experiences of the four authors: Eliana Roshel, Sarika Downing, Maria Mendez and me.

Since the Media Coalition Against Galamsey launched its campaign, various interest groups have attempted to frustrate the effort.

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

Blair Horner with the New York Public Interest Research Group is a veteran of the fits and starts of reform efforts in New York.

«Wealthy special interest groups spending millions in an effort to promote taxpayer funded political campaigns is the height of hypocrisy,» said the group's executive, Brian Sampson.

Among the accomplishments in its fiscal year 2014 - 15, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership formed a leadership council to assist the business startup group 43North, fostered an outreach to companies that may be interested in providing supplies to Solar City and its forthcoming massive manufacturing plant in Buffalo's RiverBend district, supported efforts to further grow business interest in RiverBend, supported the Buffalo Building Reuse Project and extended the Brownfield Cleanup Project.

He has argued that the meeting was «co-opted by special interests» in a systematic effort to circumvent constructive dialogue, a claim that New York State United Teachers and parents» groups call false and insulting.

Local - level groups in New York with disparate interest ranging from real estate to law enforcement on Wednesday sent a letter to members of Congress in a last - ditch effort to save state and local tax deductions.

Senate Republicans and the White House pressed ahead with their suddenly resurgent effort to undo Obamacare, even as their attempt was dealt a setback when a bipartisan group of governors and several influential interest groups came out against the proposal.

But any effort to fix the system would be complicated by loopholes that permit wealthy individuals and moneyed interests to exert outsize influence, including through 527 groups, which can accept unlimited contributions.

Blair Horner, executive director of the nonprofit New York Public Interest Research Group in Albany, said one of the few successful efforts to tighten the state campaign finance law occurred in 2014.

About 200 protesters, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups, in Abuja on Thursday, warned those they called fifth columnists, sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government to address the current economic recession, to desist in their own interest.

I Choose JM, a group of sympathizers of John Dramani Mahama, that is working in the interest of a renewed mandate for the NDC Presidential candidate, has launched an app as a tie in to its numerous campaign efforts.

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

He, therefore, called for a sense of collective responsibility and efforts from all stakeholders, particularly, the political parties, the Electoral Commission, the media, the clergy and interest groups, to achieve the desired outcome.

Already, though, legislators and interest groups are publicly lobbying it in an effort to affect, or at least pre-spin, its eventual recommendations.

Monday was a time for hundreds of lobbyists and dozens of special interest groups to engage in last - ditch efforts to get, or kill, plans in the budget.

Among the CSFR / OSFR early professional ethics initiatives, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the committee to review proposed regulations regarding issues of technical dissent with the agency, OSFR staff surveyed 241 professional societies asking them about the extent of their organization's professional ethics issues and efforts, and the CSFR, the President's Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine and Research and the group Medicine in the Public Interest cosponsored a workshop on whistle blowing on fraud in biomedical research.

The meeting — hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) here, and sponsored by HHMI; ASAPbio, a group that promotes the use of life sciences preprints; and the London - based Wellcome Trust — drew more than 100 participants interested in catalyzing efforts to improve the vetting of manuscripts and exploring ways to open up what many called an excessively opaque and slow system of peer review.

Earlier this month, the advocacy group Sense About Science launched an effort to reform those laws, arguing that they were being used to stifle scientific discourse on controversial topics, usually ones of medical interest.

Many previous efforts to overhaul the TSCA failed after lawmakers couldn't strike a consensus among competing interest groups, such as chemical companies and environmental groups.

The databank working group are supported by a data rescue task team who work with other organizations interested in data rescue issues to further this effort.

NASA Nationwide also provides NASA scientists who are interested in participating in education and public outreach (E / PO) efforts, or have a need to incorporate E / PO efforts into missions and projects, a means to learn more about these groups, get involved, and partner with member networks.

Going to bars and nightclubs, joining local special interest groups, or relying on your friends to invite you out with their single friends can all be quite expensive and take quite a considerable amount of time and effort.