Chu cited his role in key reports by National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on the competitiveness of the U.S. scientific enterprise and the state of fundamental research, studies that «sounded alarms that the health of science, science education and integration of science
into public decision - making in the U.S. was in peril and heading in the wrong direction,» he said in his candidacy statement.
Not exact matches
General Mills got
into some
public relations hot water recently over their
decision to deny disgruntled consumers the right to litigate and instead force conflicts
into arbitration.
Either way, don't expect Pai to make his
decision based on which position is more popular with the
public; as we've noted before, the FCC chief has already declared that he'll only take comments that he feels provide «substantial evidence»
into consideration.
A
public company must always factor
into the
decision making process the wants and needs of investors and Wall Street.
He cites Ayn Rand as the first inspiration for his
decision to go
into public life.
By that afternoon, however, the promising leads had collapsed, and officials confronted a risky
decision: proceed without the help of the
public to avoid tipping off the suspects or publicize images of them and risk driving them deeper
into hiding or worse.
OTTAWA — Jim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked
into the Trans - Pacific Partnership could cost Canada hundreds of billions of dollars — and eventually make signing it the worst
public policy
decision in the country's history.
Another clash of giants took place earlier this week when Carl Icahn decided to take on fellow activist Warren Lichtenstein of Steel Partners over Steel's
decision to convert a fund
into a
public company via a reverse merger without his investors» consent.
Expanse, an alternative
public chain of Ethereum has revealed that it is launching a decentralized autonomous organization, removing traditional management and thereby putting all major project
decisions into the hands of its community.
 The Harper government's
decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all
into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the
public equity share).
Stephen L. Carter warns that we must not fall
into the error of speaking «as though the Constitution and the
decisions explicating it constitute the whole of
public morality.»
This leaves the
public not only ill - prepared to make
decisions, but also delivers us
into the hands of profit - making commercial powers who are more than eager, in Neil Postman's perceptive phrase, to «amuse us to death.»
He said that Parliament was being railroaded
into a
decision with profound ethical and
public safety implications, without adequate debate: «Denying Parliament the opportunity to examine these results seems difficult to defend.
In either event, religious leaders and FBOs need to make informed
decisions, neither rushing haphazardly
into new
public partnerships without weighing the pros and cons, nor simply dismissing such collaborations without any thought about what their social responsibilities might be.
Because someone's beliefs inevitably end up in their
decision making, getting
into public policy, teaching our children, politics, etc.... Witch burning would still be around if peoples beliefs were not challenged.
Hence, the use of technology for good purposes runs
into three tough problems at once: (1) balancing private wants and social needs; (2) harmonizing the plans made by individual experts with the
decisions of the
public as a whole; and (3) devising long - range policies in a political system which responds best to immediately felt needs, fears, and wants and which has a generally ill - informed electorate.
And only allow the science
into government
decisions and
public schools in this country.
Why not put this function
into a central
decision - making body that must answer to the
public, instead of leaving it to the insurance companies and other groups who must answer only to their shareholders?
The
decision was made to put on sale the skimmed milk powder that entered
into public intervention before 1 November 2015 (some 22,000 t) started on November 25.
In a move unprecedented during the last quarter century of organic industry rulemaking, the USDA ignored the NOSB vote in the Federal Register without an opportunity for the
public to comment on their
decision before it goes
into effect.
Public hearings continue today in the Senate's inquiry
into the impact of supermarket price
decisions on the dairy industry.
«They are trying to con the general
public into thinking that this
decision won't affect the farmers.»
However, if this is correct, surely such a plan would have been put
into place before the start of the new season, and questions will justly be asked of this
decision by Mourinho, which comes just days after his
public criticism.
If he makes his
decision - making process
into a
public mind game... Well, that's the 21st century manager and it's fine by many of us!
Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell
into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust
into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful
decision to take his frustrations out
into the
public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though
It seems that the
public pressure and pressure from other former Chepo FC players helped nudged the club
into making
decisions favorable to Torres.
Why the
public loves OKC: The Thunder have been a
public favorite all season because of the talent packed
into their starting five, but, since bettors often make
decisions based on the last thing they see, today's
public support is probably due in large part to their impressive win in Houston on Saturday.
There are growing calls for
public inquiry by fans of other football clubs
into the
decision by Boris Johnson to let the Hammers rent the stadium built by taxpayers» money for the 2012 Olympics, an occasion of great British national celebration.
To obtain the best education for your child research
into your local
public school system as well as research about homeschooling will help you to make a
decision that makes sense for your own family.
The Park District made the
decision halfway through a
public meeting that packed 300 people
into the gymnasium of the Loyola Park fieldhouse.
The best (though not ideal) solution lies in
public involvement in governmental
decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent
decision - making by the government agencies which takes
into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.
The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research
into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising
public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political
decision - making.
The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy
decisions; entering
into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some senior
public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of
public money».
The coroner running the hearings
into the July 7th bombings will not face a legal challenge from the government after her
decision to hold all evidence sessions in
public.
In advance of the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus
decision, a provision tucked
into the state budget gives
public - employee unions the right to deny many services, such as free legal help, to covered employees who opt not to join or pay dues.
«Meanwhile, it puts New York State's
public - sector employers
into the position of being likely accomplices in potentially circumventing whatever the Supreme Court rules in the Janus
decision.»
The
decision has implications for tens of thousands of home - based child - care workers who were initially roped
into public - sector unions under executive orders issued by New Jersey's then - Gov.
The
public accounts committee report paints a picture of a benefit
decision - making system which collapsed
into chaos, with Atos taking up to eight months to decide about people's entitlement for personal independence payments (PIP).
Analysts believe the
decision to pre-announce the policy may been an attempt to cement Mr Osborne's «we're all in this together» agenda
into the
public consciousness before the comprehensive spending review later this month.
Public companies are even better: if you don't like how the
decisions are made, you can sell your shares or not buy
into it.
«we must not get drawn
into a narrow debate about foreign ownership, which is not the issue» Here Mandelson is right... The issues are 1) investor - ownership and corporate structures which are geared towards profit - maximisation rather than mere profit - making 2) the exclusion of the general
public and workforces from participation in
decision - making in the economy.
There's three weeks to go in the legislative session, and advocates are pushing hard for two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda items — translating the federal abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade
decision into New York state law, and enacting
public financing of statewide political campaigns.
Those classified government documents included giving the
public insight over
decisions that went
into how the government misled Congress and the people in its escalation of the Vietnam War.
When asked the role of the DEC in the
public debate over the Plant Janeway said, «We are now in the point of the process where are soliciting input and comments from all citizens and concerned stakeholders and we've extended that comment period, and when the comment period closes we will take all those comments
into consideration in making the
decisions going forward.»
More than 200
public school parents joined with StudentsFirstNY and prominent clergy leaders today to demand that Mayor Bill de Blasio rethink his
decision to force unwanted teachers
into New York City schools.
The
decision not to go beyond that date is given in the introduction by the current «C» [head of MI6] who wrote that «full details of our history after 1949 are still too sensitive to put
into the
public domain».
Through a constitutional convention, we can demand transparency to backroom dealings in Albany by mandating
public oversight of budgetary
decisions and requiring narrow, set purposes for all money funneled
into the budget.
But multiple sources say she is unhappy with his
decision to reenter politics, thrusting their relationship back
into the
public spotlight.
We need future development
decisions to follow a revised comprehensive Land Use Plan that takes
into account all aspects of development, including
public safety.
In this episode of Poll Hub, Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for
Public Opinion and Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho, Director of The Marist College Poll, discuss with political journalist and tech entrepreneur Jay DeDapper, the poll's
decision to go
into the three Rust Belt States that helped put President Donald Trump over the top in the 2016 election.