Although the Ethics panel has taken small steps in 112th Congress —
issuing committee rules in February, posting wanted ads for staff vacancies — sources familiar with the panel, as well as government reform advocates who monitor the committee, agreed the panel is moving slowly.
Not exact matches
The lack of any apparent pattern to the decisions seems to reveal that the people who sit on the
committee that
issues sexual - misconduct
rulings don't seem to know how and when to hand down punishment.
Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law,
rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics
issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National
Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.
The president is the only one who can stop a sale, if the
committee or any one member «recommends suspension or prohibition of the transaction,» according to guidelines
issued by the Treasury Department in December 2008 after the department adopted its final
rule a month earlier.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R - Wis., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee, said in a statement that he was «disappointed» that DOL
issued its fiduciary
rule, «despite widespread concern about the
rule's complexity and the harm it may do to low - and middle - income investors.»
Prepare and
issue the report of the
Committee required by the
rules of the SEC to be included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K (or the Annual Report to Shareholders if distributed prior to the filing of a Form 10 - K).
Last week, delegates then spent three days debating
Rule 44, which proposed that instead of having a
committee of delegates compile and shape the proposals into a final petition, as per usual, the
issue of sexuality should instead be considered by all 864 delegates — split into teams of no more than 15 people.
These
rules are currently being reappraised and the
Committee intends to shortly release modelling information and an options discussion paper to clarify the
rules and resolve this
issue,» it said.
After five years, the NCAA's
Committee on Infractions finally
issued a
ruling in Ole Miss's recruiting scandal on Friday morning.
Julian Tackett, assistant commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and chair of the NFHS Football
Rules Committee, said the committee felt the need to continue to address risk minimization issues for th
Committee, said the
committee felt the need to continue to address risk minimization issues for th
committee felt the need to continue to address risk minimization
issues for the runner.
As the chairperson of the nutrition
committee of HISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), I'm working with a dedicated group of parents and public health professionals to address the
issue of a la carte foods in HISD — both the items sold by the district itself (like the Flaming Hot Cheetos above) and items sold by parent and student groups (usually in violation of state
rules) as campus fundraisers.
The
Rules Committee of the state GOP is scheduled to meet late this afternoon at the Sheraton with lots of thorny
issues to work out on the eve of the party's nominating convention, including the order of Wednesday's gubernatorial vote.
Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo not
ruling out supporting Republicans this year, Democratic Senate Campaign
Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris remains upbeat, telling Liz last night on the show that Cuomo will ultimately settle with the minority conference given their agreement on bread - and - butter party
issues such as women's» health and increasing the state's minimum wage.
Citing credibility
issues and conflicting statements, the
committee said it was «unable to reach a consensus» about whether Ms. Wozniak had broken the Assembly's
rule against sexual harassment.
Late in the day, the Democratic State
Committee which is controlled by Cuomo
issued a new
rule.
The Commons standards and privileges
committee also said that Ms Smith had «clearly» breached
rules by wrongly designating her main home and ordered her to apologise to the House on this
issue.
The proposal was submitted through the
Rules Committee to create the bipartisan committee that would report by April 1 with «any findings and recommendations related to updating the employee handbook, employee training curriculum, and notice of practices for reporting and investigations related to the issues raised here within to the full legislatur
Committee to create the bipartisan
committee that would report by April 1 with «any findings and recommendations related to updating the employee handbook, employee training curriculum, and notice of practices for reporting and investigations related to the issues raised here within to the full legislatur
committee that would report by April 1 with «any findings and recommendations related to updating the employee handbook, employee training curriculum, and notice of practices for reporting and investigations related to the
issues raised here within to the full legislature.»
He further explained that, «But I am saying that, there was one
issue in my view they never
ruled on and I want to seek further clarification on that because the disciplinary
committee has no jurisdiction over an elected officer.
The
Committee on Ethics may
issue an admonition or reprimand for any violation of these
Rules and Regulations.
The Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices
Committee issued a mixed
ruling against Rep. Nita Lowey.
Now supporters of the
rules change have ammo to support their cause, as a panel set up by the Democratic National
Committee — the Unity Reform Commission, which included Sanders and Clinton campaign representatives —
issued a report calling for all state parties to pass laws, change party
rules or file lawsuits if necessary, to make it easier for voters to switch their registration to vote in Democratic primaries.
She told the Commons» business, innovation and skills
committee that while current listing requirements do not cover a company's record on environmental and social
issues, Britain's corporate governance
rules provide the public oversight needed.
Currently, the Nassau County Legislature's seven - member
Rules Committee issues final approval of all pacts — including those worth tens of millions of dollars.
Following the
Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Broadcast
Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) announcement for a public consultation reviewing the current
rules restricting the advertising of condoms and pregnancy advisory services, leading sexual health agency Marie Stopes International (MSI)
issued the following statement:
He said the Democrats dealt with three
issues: Leadership,
committee assignments and
rules reform.»
He has regularly testified at City Council hearings in support of more Council transparency, and praised Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council member Brad Lander, chair of the
Rules Committee, and Council member Kallos for their leadership on the
issue and including tech developers in the deliberative process.
The JCOPE report goes to the Legislative Ethics Commission, a bipartisan panel charged with weighing violations of legislative law and
issuing penalties, as well as the Assembly Ethics
Committee «which has jurisdiction over Assembly
rules and policies,» according to a news release from JCOPE.
Legal experts say that if a prima facie case is established against any of the commissioners during the preliminary investigation, the Chief Justice, per the
rules, will then set up a
committee to fully investigate the
issues and a report submitted to the president.
The decision to re-instate her, taken by a panel of Labour's
ruling National Executive
Committee, came after she
issued a grovelling apology and reached out to the Jewish community.
The EPA ethics
rules that bar scientists with grants from serving on these
committees also prohibit panel members from industry from working on
issues affecting their companies, says the current chair of the BOSC, Deborah Swackhamer, a University of Minnesota professor of science, technology and public policy.
A new report on the ethics of Ebola, released today by the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical
Issues, takes a nuanced view of the questions about study design; the
committee doesn't
rule out placebo - controlled studies but allows room for other designs as well.
In a letter this morning addressed to Reps. Doc Hastings and Ed Markey, the
Committee chairman and ranking member, Grijalva urges the
Committee to determine whether Indur Goklany, the DOI Assistant Director of Programs, Science and Technology Policy, received money he was promised by the Heartland Institute for writing a chapter in a book focused on climate policy in apparent violation of federal
rules, among other
issues.
At a hearing on the
issue last week, Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), was clearly sympathetic to arguments by several witnesses that Congress should keep the testing mandate but dump the
rules that prescribe how states must hold schools accountable for test results.
Senate Education
Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R - TN) contends that ED's proposed
rule on the
issue oversteps the law's intent, and he has questioned the integrity of ESSA's rulemaking process.
Where an employer is required by Executive Order 10925,
issued March 6, 1961, or byany other Executive order prescribing fair employment practices for Government contractors and subcontractors, or by
rules or regulations issuedthereunder, to file reports relating to his employment practices with any federal agency or
committee, and he is substantially in compliance with such requirements, the Commission shall not require him to file additional reports pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
In addressing this
issue, the
Committees reviewed research on the evolution of the suitability and «know your customer» doctrines in the securities industry and noted that although there are several different formulations of the
rule, all are based on the same premise: that different types of securities can have widely varying degrees of risk potential and serve very different investment objectives.
The addition of the new
rules in the spending bill came after 53 members of Congress
issued a letter to the House Appropriations
Committee, urging them to cut taxpayer money for canine medical research under the new spending bill.
Elbow was added in order for owners to
rule out elbow dysplasia which does seem to exist at some level within our breed and to also provide the Health
Committee with a more statistically significant level of testing so that we can more fully assess any ongoing health
issues with elbow dysplasia.
A Federal Aviation Administration advisory
committee issued a recommendation to make radical changes to
rules that currently prohibit airline passengers...
My questions were not to provoke a fight and was prompted by Dr. Curry's link to a Politifact story which stated — the
committee's
rules on
issuing subpoenas were recently changed where the
committee under Smith's leadership has now
issued six subpoenas, more than were used in its previous 54 - year history.
They would create an environmental
rules committee that could reject or change any
rule the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
issues.
Interestingly, Quietrevolution also installed seven turbines at the Olympic Park in Stratford, but contractual
rules issued by the International Olympic
Committee mean that the company can't talk about these projects just yet.
This
Committee finds that the NYSBA
rule is a better interpretation of the Code's disciplinary
rules and ethical considerations and New York precedents than the ABA's opinion on this
issue.
But often, they address these
issues with little or no guidance from the
Rules of Professional Conduct or written Bar
Committee opinions.
«By addressing this
issue in a comment, however, the compromise did not make manifestations of bias or prejudice such as discrimination or harassment a separate and direct violation of the Model
Rules,» states the
committee's memorandum accompanying its proposed amendments.
And the joint statement by opposing experts is to set out and not simply show the
issues on which they agree and disagree which is presumably the
Rule Committee's way of saying «Sock it to «em».
There's no need for anybody to be concerned that Ontario courts will ever be unclogged so long as each attempt by the
Rules Committee to produce a mechanism for summary disposition of actions is frustrated by those judges who find
issues warranting trials lurking under every rock.
The ABA addressed the need for change and to modernize ethics
rules in 1969, when its Special
Committee on Evaluation of Ethical Standards
issued the Model Code of Professional Responsibility.
I am sure this
ruling will launch a national public debate of the
issue, and a government
committee may be formed to study the topic of prostitution in Canada as occurred back in 2006 and 1985.
Often the reporter with the support of the relevant
committee will adopt the «better
rule» or trending
rule rather than the actual majority position of the states on a common law
issue.