Sentences with phrase «major public developments»

The charges are the first major public developments in Mueller's six - month - long investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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A going - private transaction would entail buying up BlackBerry's publicly traded stock and delisting them, relieving the company of regulatory requirements to provide public disclosures of its financial results and major developments.

March 15, 2012 A National Public Safety Broadband Network: One Major Step Closer to Reality with Industry Canada Decision to Allot Dedicated Spectrum Towards its Development

The Mayor is to be commended for organizing public and private sector leadership in an all - out effort to secure this major economic development opportunity.

A number of the major components of the budgetary balance are very sensitive to changes in economic developments — especially those for personal and corporate income tax revenues, employment insurance benefits and public debt charges.

Primary Underwriting The new issue public finance pipeline provides a diverse offering of municipal products, including major governments, agencies and authorities, local governments, essential services, healthcare, housing and redevelopment, education, corporations, middle market corporations and economic development issues.

The National Institute of Mental Health, part of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manpower.

As international solidarity between states as well as UN resources have significantly decreased since the financial crisis in 2008, the new precept in international affairs appears to be that no major development project can be carried out without the active participation of major corporations and their front foundations / agencies, often in the form of public - private partnership (PPP).

UNICEF has facilitated partnerships with all stakeholders including the State Government, State Nutrition Mission, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Health Department, BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India), NGOs, Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and several academic institutions, for this major initiative.

The development, which comes as parliament prepared to unite behind a Labour motion condemning the bid as against the public interest, represents a major defeat for the media mogul.

In response, de Blasio said last week the city would spend $ 200 million expediting major heating upgrades at 20 public housing developments within eight to 20 months.

Cuomo has made a number of public appearances across the state, continuing to promote economic development efforts, just as he did before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged several of Cuomo's former close associates and two major real estate developers with bribery and fraud in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

In a rough outline, the governor touted public - private partnerships (or PPPs, as they're known) as a key mechanism to pay for «the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects.»

According to President Buhari, «In 2017 alone, we saw significant commitments and agreements by major global organisations in infrastructure projects such as: the proposed USD 9 billion Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Lagos; the completed USD 600 million Lafarge Plant in Calabar; the proposed rail stock; the proposed USD 1.3 billion public private partnership with General Electric on Rail Track Development and the proposed ENI / Agip rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery.

The Bronx lawmaker, himself a child of NYCHA, said he would like to see New York's developments take part in the program — which is seen as a major step toward the privatization of public housing — even though he acknowledged that it is «controversial» among liberal advocates.

Governor Cuomo is making some changes to prevent any future bid rigging in some of his major economic development projects, but critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion dollars» worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.

In what could set off a major City Hall battle, two City Council members from the Bronx plan to propose a bill on Tuesday that would guarantee wages of at least $ 10 an hour, nearly $ 3 above the minimum wage, to all workers at development projects receiving public subsidies.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

He was a member of the Public Administration Select Committee, 1997 - 9, which played a major role in the development and passage of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Lawmakers have already introduced three major budget bills: transportation and economic development, a merger bill and a measure that would allocate cash for general government and public protection spending.

The debate, which was held in four major public universities, commenced in March 2016, and has already taken place at the University for Development Studies Tamale campus, University of Cape Coast, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)

Speaking to Citi News on the development, the Director General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP David Eklu said the shortage of Police officers in the region has been a major headace.

If the 1961 law were found to be invalid, the development might fall into a category called a major concession — defined by the Department of City Planning as any privately run enterprise bigger than 15,000 square feet sited on public land — and thus subject to another public review process.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

The development and deployment of major technologies potentially crucial to more sustainable energy — such as nuclear power, wind and solar power, biomass conversion and transport infrastructure — are matters of systems design requiring a mix of public and private decision making.

First, the administration should initiate a more open, transparent and systematic public - private policy process in each major area of sustainable development.

An internationally - recognized scientist with more than 16 years of experience in translational immunoparasitology research and vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases, Bottazzi's major interest lies in the role of vaccines as control tools integrated into international public and global health programs and initiatives.

Prevention of stroke is a major public health priority, but the variation by region should influence the development of strategies for reducing stroke risk, say the authors of the study published in The Lancet.

«If public communication is not done properly, it would have a major negative impact on China's future nuclear power development,» said Lin Boqiang, professor and director of the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University.

In his first major science address since taking office, President Obama promised today to increase U.S. public and private spending to historic highs for science research and development.

A total of 792 Black adolescents, ages 11 to 21, who lived in nine public housing developments in four major U.S. cities (including two in North Philadelphia), participated in the study.

«The Meningitis Vaccine Project is one of the greatest success stories in public health,» said Dr. Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of the project.

The findings point to a major public health problem, with the authors suggesting that planning for comprehensive eye care services are needed to manage the rapid increase in high myopes (a five-fold increase from 2000), along with the development of treatments to control the progression of myopia and prevent people from becoming highly myopic.

Product development in developing countries is a major objective of the WHO, which set up a Product Development Unit in 1991 the unit seeks the greatest possible access to products and rights to product manufacture within the pubdevelopment in developing countries is a major objective of the WHO, which set up a Product Development Unit in 1991 the unit seeks the greatest possible access to products and rights to product manufacture within the pubDevelopment Unit in 1991 the unit seeks the greatest possible access to products and rights to product manufacture within the public sector.

«We have been working for three years to develop a better research model of brain development, and it's fortunate we can now use this one to shed light on the major public health crisis posed by Zika infections,» says Hongjun Song, Ph.D., professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for Cell Engineering.

He added, «We are delighted to be part of a major development that will be at the heart of a vibrant new community with design - inspired public places and amenities.»

Senior Lecturer Thomas Payzant, former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, played a significant role in the development of a report released last week calling for major changes to the American education system.

Posted: December 21, 2006 PayzantSenior Lecturer Thomas Payzant, former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, played a significant role in the development of a report released last week calling for major changes to the American education system.

«The new Civil Engineering Training Centre will have a major impact on improving the essential skills required to underpin all kinds of construction and infrastructure development, including housing, commercial, industrial, transport, public sector projects and the # 244m worth of capital investment the Solent LEP is making across the area.

The winning team in each category will then spend the following six months having their app professionally produced in association with major sponsors and app development companies, before being launched to the public in February 2016.

- J. Stillman, Budlong Elementary, L.A. California The Children of the Code project has five major components: A Television, DVD and Web documentary series; A college, university, and professional development DVD series; A cross-indexed website / database containing videos and transcripts of our interviews with the world's leading experts in fields related to reading; A variety of professional development events for educators; A series of presentations for parents, policy makers, and the general public.

ASCD endorses the concept of professional development centers: public elementary and secondary schools at which professional training and development is a major focus.

Before joining PowerMyLearning, Meghan worked as a Regional Coordinator for Children's Literacy Initiative in Philadelphia, where she managed implementation of a professional development initiative for early childhood educators in several major school districts, including Chicago Public Schools.

The New York City Economic Development Corporation had never been in the business of issuing tax exempt bonds for charter schools, but starting with the Bronx Charter School for Excellence and another school that was seeking funding at the same time, the public economic development entity became a major charter school funder iDevelopment Corporation had never been in the business of issuing tax exempt bonds for charter schools, but starting with the Bronx Charter School for Excellence and another school that was seeking funding at the same time, the public economic development entity became a major charter school funder idevelopment entity became a major charter school funder in New York.

But now, in a stunning development, the Democrats in the General Assembly have proposed an additional $ 135 million in cuts to Connecticut's public colleges and universities, ensuring massive tuition increases and major reductions in programs and services at all public institutions of higher education in Connecticut.

Diminished funding resources for gifted programs and the lack of teacher / administrator training and professional development are some of the major issues that negatively affect the public school experience for gifted learners and their parents.

Interagency Agreement Marks Major Milestone in Development of FTA's New Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program

A graduate of the University of Michigan with double majors in English and History, her earlier careers include agent and manager in the music industry, public television, associate vice president of university advancement, public relations, and economic development.

Her major interests include marine policy development and implementation, and public education.