Sentences with phrase «model used by public»

The Tier VI pension agreement in 2012 gives state workers earning more than $ 75,000 access to defined contribution system based on the model used by public university employees, known as TIAA - CREF.

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By using an AFP delivery model, the public sector can shed this risk to the private sector and thus safeguard the public from unavoidable cost overruns.

In the public cloud model, customers use massive data centers run by Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or another large provider.

A proven model — proven, that is, by billionaire Peter Thiel — for bankrupting news companies and driving them out of business by using the court system and jury trials, which can leverage public disgust for The Media (see no. 6 above) into jury awards that defendants can not possibly pay.

Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.

One ethics reform proposal that has been touted by Democrats has been a public financing system for all elections — using the New York City model.

«He has stopped the use of over 350 model schools constructed by Amaechi's Administration so that he can embark upon the construction of his 175 non-existent schools to enable him siphon public funds.

The value of all this free time, if you tried to pay for it using the old model of 30 - second paid TV ads, can't be measured, but it's surely greater than the $ 84 million in public financing received by John McCain for the general election.

Gary Geernaert, director of DOE's Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, states that «it is critical that federal investments to advance climate science for use by both public and private stakeholders must place significant priority on incorporating uncertainty quantification methodologies into modeling frameworks.

«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.

By providing readily accessible services and resources and promoting the use of models raising fewer ethical concerns, TEFOR is of major interest to support both public and private research.

Using a laboratory model made from post-surgery cervical and colo - rectal human tissue, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health are seeing positive initial results in HIV prevention by adding powerful antibodies to a topical gel.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Asked by Education Week to comment on our findings, the lead author of the NCES report freely acknowledged the problems with some of the variables used in the NCES analysis, but asserted that our alternative models may be «underadjusting for the disadvantage in the public sector» because we do not control separately for mothers» and fathers» education.

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), in partnership with the Coalition for Building After School Systems (CBASS), led a study tour for Congressional staff and senior Administration staff to New York City to examine the expanded learning time (ELT) model currently in use in 17 city public schools and managed by The After - School Corporation (TASC).

In our quest to reach all students with excellent teachers by 2025, the Public Impact team previously published several detailed models that use job redesign and technology to reach more students with excellent teachers, for more pay, within budget.

Create a national teacher corps similar to the public - private partnership model used by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Using a model conducted by the Denver Public school system (DPS), researchers looked at trends impacting students who fall into the «opportunity quartile,» or the group of students who scored lowest on state achievement scores.

Operated by Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, both sites use the innovative BLAST education model, which provides each student with a laptop computer to help prepare them for success in college and future careers.

PRI's book Moonshots in Education cites the success of Summit public charter schools in implementing a blended - learning model, where cognitive skills such as writing are taught by teachers, but students also spend 16 hours a week acquiring other skills and knowledge through the use of the school's online resources.

In this article, Potter examines strategies used by charter schools that can provide a model for other schools, both public and charter, that are looking for the most effective ways to enroll and serve a diverse student body.

With input from teachers and other experts, Public Impact has published numerous school models that offer different possibilities for time use and role flexibility, making the best use of great teachers» valuable time and returning the respect you deserve by paying more for reaching more students with excellence.

One purpose accepted by scholars of charter schools is for them to serve as neighborhood - driven public education laboratories, using their relative freedom from state and national guidelines to experiment pedagogically and ultimately serve as models for district public schools while tailoring instruction to the communities in which they exist.

The partly rural, partly suburban Clinton Public School District, in central Mississippi, is regarded by many districts as a model when it comes to technology use in classrooms.

Publishing expert Alan Rinzler explained in an interview at Forbes, «By definition, the old model of the author platform was the writer's public visibility and reputation that the publisher's publicity department used to promote and sell the book... We insisted on a stellar track record in book sales and appearances on radio and TV.

It's unclear which Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 models will be used by the U.S. Air Force, but the slate is available to the public in two sizes.

The survey will seek to understand library patrons» use of digital resources and other services offered by public libraries, and will «examine the impact of digital consumption behaviors, including the adoption of new business models,» on library usage across America.

Ultimately, if the founder is making his / her business available for investment to the public - they «hold the deck» so to speak - and as such it is easy to «stack the deck» if they want to - but by making an ethical initial offering fundraising / equity distribution model - in combination with transparent bookkeeping (and routine insight day to day operations) I feel like the founder can make a compelling case and use that to hopefully smash the initial offering.

How credit scores will change FICO, which says its credit scores are used by 90 % of U.S. lenders, says it doesn't see the need to change its credit model to accommodate the loss of public records.

Require the animal shelter to maintain and publish on its website or other public location, (i) a list of animal welfare organizations requesting notice of scheduled destructions and (ii) statistical release rates by quarter and annually for the prior three years using models and formulas developed in the Asilomar Accords of 2004.

Additionally, the exhibition features renderings, models, photographs, and video footage tracing the creation of public artworks by various international artists who «have used the city as their canvas».

In each of these steps they used specific modeling tools and datasets to estimate the incremental impacts of RGGI on the following variables: generation (in megawatt - hours (MWh)-RRB- by power plants, air pollution emissions, air quality, and public health.

It suggests three major changes: 1) project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes; 2) this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful «multiple - benefit» approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers; 3) climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public international development finance.

Many of the assumptions that underpin the financial models used by these companies are political, and therefore far from certain, and as market conditions, public policies and technologies evolve, the risks are becoming more evident.

Reynolds (Public), 4.06 (3.49 - 4.63), Statistical / Heuristic Because the decline in extent is due to increasing ease with which open water can be revealed by declining volume, a simple method is used to predict September sea ice extent based on May sea ice volume for the Arctic Ocean from the PIOMAS model.

«The American public should be deeply troubled to learn that EPA is actively working to increase energy prices based on predicted global temperature increases without first undertaking efforts to determine if temperatures are actually increasing to the extent predicted by the climate models they are using,» reads the Senate Republicans» report.

The climateprediction.net Seasonal Attribution Project used computing time donated by the general public to run state - of - the - art high - resolution model simulations of the world's climate.

clean energy innovation improving consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy demand response energy efficiency

«We should not be using public money to pay for faster and faster computers so that increasingly fine - grained climate models can be subjected to ever larger numbers of simulations until we have got the data to test whether the predictions of existing models are confirmed (or not disconfirmed) by the evidence.»

After a report on how the public reacted to the traditional Crown copyright notice, OPSI began to develop a license modelled on those used by Creative Commons.

By including AI, allowing the models to be used for actions, and extending to data and logic stored out of the public view on chain code, we can see that many more opportunities are available.

This service model, based on data analysis, efficiency and customer service, can and should be used by libraries and other public services too.

On release to the public, Bloq will aim to use a descending price auction model by which tokens become less expensive to purchase as the sale progresses.

This is similar to the [DPoS](Delegated Proof of Stake) model being used by [EOS] and others for upcoming public blockchains.»

Universities would better serve the public interest by ensuring appropriate use of their technology by requiring their licensees to operate under a business model that encourages commercialization and does not rely primarily on threats of infringement litigation to generate revenue.

Described by the company as the first Turing - complete platform to run smart contracts secured by the bitcoin network, RSK uses a «hybrid» security model that combines elements of both proof - of - work (popular among fans of bitcoin's public blockchain) and a private network.

This curriculum utilizes the transtheoretical model of behavioral change theory; the same medical model used in smoking and drug cessation projects developed by the U.S. Public Health Service.

It is her belief that the tools and marketing products and services licensed Realtors have developed to protect the integrity of real estate trade for the public must be made more accessible for use by different business models, unlicensed and unregulated corporate and private interests thereby eroding the very securities that are at the root of the values a Profession Real Estate representative provides.

I just want the rules and use of terms clarified so we are all playing on a level playing field, and to be certain the public is protected by understanding what it is that they are actually signing up for when they sign a contract with anything other than the standard model in use since time began.