Sentences with phrase «lack of guidance in»

In a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published on December 8, 2016, and publicly released on January 9, 2017, the IRS is called out for its lack of guidance in regard to taxpayers investing individual retirement accounts (IRA) in «unconventional assets,» including virtual currency.

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He also said the lack of federal guidance has led to deeply uneven enforcement of floodplain building at the state level, with enormous disparities around the country resulting in more resilient states, in essence, subsidizing disaster - prone development in others.

Best Buy (BBY) blows away the earnings and revenue estimates — stock up 15 % — Best Buy beats by $ 0.14, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS in - line, revs above consensus; raises FY17 profit guidance (32.80)-- Is this possibly due to lack of smartphone buying — people have money to spend on something other than iPhone?

What hurts most is your lack of guidance and your absence of conviction in leading us to discover our special contribution to the future.

They point to the lack of a «Bible» and say that without the «moral guidance» of a stack of paper covered in ink, we'd have no «moral compass», nothing but «anarchy», etc...

These parents, tense and bleary - eyed from their own lack of sleep, are in need of guidance, yet understandably wary of subscribing to a method that may be emotionally detrimental to their child now or in the future.

Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146

During the CSF meeting Dr Joanne (Jo) Lloyd of the Chemical Industries Association outlined some possible work areas for those SMEs which will have to register in 2018 in particular an extension of the REACH navigator tool, the need of a clear registration roadmap and the lack of consistent guidance on how to tackle registration as cost - effectively as possible.

In January a review into the Home Office country guidance by the Independent Advisory Group on Country of Origin Information (IAGCOI), argued the new guidance was «completely divorced from relevant objective evidence» and «totally lacking credibility».

«In Albany, the lack of clear guidance and certainly the lack of independent enforcement, I think, allow more people to stray from what the public should accept and that system has to change,» Horner said.

Over the next 6 months, as I researched career planning services for graduate students, I found the lack of guidance for fellows challenging, as I did my lack of experience in education policy.

Among the four remaining guidelines, the team found a lack of guidance specific to the settings in which most hospitalists practice — the inpatient, noncancer pain context.

U.S. guidance in this area is sparse and reflects the lack of societal consensus.

Predictably, the lack of comprehensive guidance has resulted in uncertainty and markedly different interpretations as to permissible ethical practices in CRTs, both within and across countries.

Clients often note that committing to regular Shamanic practice offers healing in a variety of ways: guidance and insight into questions or challenges; energy clearing and chakra balancing; reconnection to animal totems; soul retrieval after experiencing difficult situations, relationships or trauma; stress relief and a sense of centeredness that is often lacking in an often frenzied and chaotic world.

I'm not sensing an objective review in this article and reject most of its points as contextually it lacks real substance actionable by people needing dietary guidance.

My primary complaints in Farming Simulator 2013 focused on a lack of guidance and graphics and physics that lacked realism.

Chapter Three explores «the concept of the everyday as a film style» (p. 11) and draws attention to what Taylor calls «a lack of authorial guidance on how to respond to violent narrative events» (p. 37) in two films: Robert Bresson's L'Argent (1983) and Haneke's The Seventh Continent (Der siebente Kontinent, 1989).

He embodies the pain of a teenager growing up in an environment that lacks guidance.

Having a less bureaucratic and evidence - based review of financial practices in schools is fine in principle, but many schools are now concerned that the SFVS lacks structure, guidance and enough rigidity to ensure that best practice is delivered, adhered to and monitored.

Many new teachers said they lacked guidance from their principal on parent involvement, and about a quarter of the respondents said they felt unprepared to engage parents in their children's education.

It reads: «Given concerns about both the design and administration of the new assessments, the lack of preparation for schools, the inadequate time to implement the new curriculum for the current cohort, and the variations in approaches between schools resulting from delayed and obscure guidance, it is hard to have confidence in the data produced by this round of assessments.»

For some schools the word «autonomy» is arguably a euphemism for «lack - of - guidance» in the curriculum.

«We've produced this detailed guidance after listening to D&T teachers some of whom felt they were lacking in the confidence and experience to teach soldering.

Lack of communication meant difficulties in sorting official guidance from «personal interpretation»

The release last month of the second annual report to Congress on the subject was closely followed by a General Accounting Office report criticizing the Education Department for its lack of guidance to states in determining who in their teaching corps is highly qualified.

Both at that time and today, the problem is a lack of understanding in schools about what to buy; little guidance is given to schools on best practice furniture procurement!

The report reveals that there is a clear need for a more coherent digital strategy, with the current lack of guidance and prioritising of narrow performance targets creating a climate of inertia in schools when it comes to tech.

With some of the options allowed under USED's policy guidance for Title I school selection and allocations in LEAs with CEP and non-CEP schools, there is potential concern about a lack of comparability in the low - income student data used for CEP and non-CEP schools.

In September, the NCC produced a report highlighting concerns around a lack of consistency and availability of careers guidance.

Current first - generation tools such as student surveys and self - report tools represent a valuable first step, but too many of them lack compelling scientific evidence for the measurement constructs, use flawed or limited measurement methodologies, are susceptible to faking or coaching, or are too narrow in terms of the scoring, reporting and guidance they seek to provide users.

I believe teachers genuinely want to positively impact their students» lives and make improvements in their curriculum and teaching methods, but it is hard to translate such desire into action due to a lack of guidance and support.

New guidance was promised by the schools minister Nick Gibb in October, after MPs accused him of a «lack of action» following the publication of a damning committee report last year.

Much of the disproportionately high rate of teacher turnover in hard - to - staff schools serving high - poverty students can be attributed to a lack of quality induction programs for beginning teachers, according to guidance released earlier this month.

They wrote on big pads in magic markers: a need for bilingual staff with an influx of Hispanic students in town, classrooms meant for early childhood classes now housing middle schoolers who are cramped, and a lack of guidance from the schools on the changes in instruction happening under the Common Core State Standards.

But Gerard Liston, an enterprise and employability consultant, told Schools Week he had «real concerns» about a «lack of progress and lack of sustainability» at the CEC, and said its funding — # 70 million over this parliament — would be better spent on training teachers to deliver guidance in classrooms.

The situation goes worst when, in the lack of guidance and competency, they simply copy paste the content.

Heavy workload, lack of individual guidance and time pressure result in a struggle with thesis writing you can not handle all by yourself.

And more and more, what I seem to see in newcomers to writing — which tempts them to publish too quickly because digital has made that possible — is a real lack of understanding of how much they may need to have the kind of guidance you're talking about.

I don't want to get sidetracked into a full lecture here (there are plenty elsewhere on this site if you need guidance or a kick in the rear), but carrying a balance is expensive and shows a lack of control, and you should work hard and change your buying habits to get it paid down ASAP.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted last year that a lack of guidance and inconsistent information about performance hamper plan sponsors in selecting and overseeing managed account providers.

This is when puppies would learn under the guidance of their mom, which stimuli are threatening and non-threatening for the purpose of survival.At this stage, once they are fully mobile and outdoors, a lack of caution may cause them to easily get killed, explains Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Patricia McConnell, in her book «For the Love of a Dog».

Some of the information out there is excellent, but much of it, in my opinion, is lacking when it comes to guidance about balanced nutrition, including using supplements as necessary.

- Unintuitive controls and lack of in - game guidance detrimental to beginners - Not suitable for the casual gamer, as it requires a lot of time to get into

If you're a completionist than you'll no doubt be overjoyed that Little Nightmares has its own little collectables scattered throughout, however don't expect to be told how many, how often or what exactly it is you're looking for until you stumble across something a bit out of the ordinary, which as you can imagine in a game such as this is not that noticeable early on; again this lack of guidance proves to be nuisance as finding these collectables will reward you with beautiful and grotesque artwork that are a tremendous shame to miss out on.

The lack of any kind of new player guidance — along with the painfully simplistic menus — is just a window into how unfinished the game feels, despite having been in early access for so long.

While the huge cost of air pollution begs for an urgent and strong response, a lack of awareness and understanding of the role of energy policies and technologies in addressing this critical issue must be overcome, and then coupled with guidance on the means to address it.

This nonage is self - imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance.

The very fact that they can claim «oh the ocean must be swallowing the heat in a way we didn't account for in the models» but then act as though they can still look at those models for guidance merely because they found some runs that randomly matched reality, suggests a lack of awareness on their part that to be credible models can't merely accidentally curve - fit to a small set of data, that they actually need to credibly claim to model the underlying processes involved.

UN climate negotiations have so far provided limited guidance on NDC formulation, which has resulted in varying scopes and contents of NDCs, often lacking details concerning ambitions.