Sentences with phrase «now head of policy»

He is now Head of Policy at the UK chapter of Transparency International.

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I was at a conference for technology CEOs a couple of years ago, and a former head of Canada's civil service said the government has done all of the policies right, and now it's time for the business community to step up.

Questions swirled around Wheeler's lobbying past when he was first given the job last year; will anyone trust him now after his wrong - headed (and bull - headed) championing of a potentially devastating policy?

As the world's biggest trading nation, China already sends huge volumes of goods to countries such as Canada, providing «numerous ways to disguise your drugs,» says John Coyne, a former Australian Federal Police intelligence agent who is now head of border security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

Some went to high - profile, high - pressure jobs like Robert E. Rubin, a former senior partner, who is now one of President Clinton's trusted policy advisers as the head of the National Economic Council.

«The Chinese are deeply concerned and we hear now from reliable sources in Beijing who suggest the Chinese government, the Communist Party, are developing lists of U.S. interests against which they could retaliate, commercial interests, and obviously one merely has to look at top U.S. exports to China to get a quick sense of whose heads may be on the chopping block,» said one China trade policy expert who interacts closely with U.S. business.

We are adult third culture «kids» who have spent all of our developmental years abroad... and then returned to our HOME country, where we must endure the commonplace ignorance and poorly educated adults who lack any interest in foreign policy and base all their opinions on what only goes on in their own backyard... Please give your head a good shake and crack open a book every little now and then!

Tillerson has also proposed combining IRF — the office that Brownback now heads — with the Office of Religion and Global Affairs, which advises on religious policy and practice.

And Ms Cavendish is now head of the all important number 10 policy unit.

Michael has worked in industry for a global technology services business and was previously Head of Policy for the AEEU Engineering Union (now Unite).

Prominent Livingstone City Hall alumni, Simon Fletcher and Neale Coleman, now occupy central roles in Jeremy Corbyn's office as chief of staff and head of policy and rebuttal while the former Mayor is co-chair of Labour's defence review.

The former head of Interpol says the EU's internal borders policy is «like hanging a sign welcoming terrorists to Europe» and Scandinavian nations which once prided themselves on their openness are now turning in on themselves.

In a dramatic intervention in the middle of the week that raised the pulse of the conference, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Vivian Wineman, wrote to Cameron raising questions about whether the Tories had checked out Kaminski's CV before appointing him to head the ECR — around which the Tories» entire European policy now revolves.

The party's head of policy does, however, deserve real credit for the fact that the policy review process is now showing real coherence.

Now Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Taylor was Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Tony Blair, and later Blair's Chief Adviser on Strategy.

So far, however, there is no evidence that these trends have created a shortage of scientific workers, says economist William Butz, the former head of social and behavioral science research at NSF, now at RAND's Science and Technology Policy Institute.

She is now head of the Science & Technology Policy Group at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs.

Hurrah for the Education Policy Council of Florida's House of Representatives for endorsing the bold teacher - reforms of pending bill HB 7189, now headed for the House floor tomorrow or Thursday.

But neuroscience has now linked the environment, behavior and brain activity — and that could lead to a stunning overhaul of both educational and social policies, like rethinking Head Start — style programs that have traditionally emphasized early literacy.

One can half - understand this in the Chamber of Commerce case, because that outfit's main education - policy strategist has been none other than true - believer NCLB architect Margaret Spellings (now on her way back to Texas to head the George W. Bush Foundation).

Government policy is headed toward placing 30 percent of the age cohort in public universities; for now, as many as 40 percent of secondary graduates head into career - oriented «polytechnics» that resemble the best of American community colleges and some 20 percent attend the Institute of Technical Education, which emphasizes «hands - on» training.

Previously she was the head of OCR and the principal author of the controversial and novel enforcement policy now being revised by the Trump administration.

In the past few years, folks like Nikole Hannah - Jones (formerly of ProPublica, now headed to the New York Times) or Ta - Nehesi Coates of The Atlantic have reminded us of things like resegregation of schools in the South and the policy decisions that created the American ghetto.

We have regular joint meetings for the Heads and Chairs of the NET Academies, which now number six in total, and we have our paperwork sorted, including Trust policies and proformas for all documentation required by the Trust.

Jonathan Simons, head of education at the Policy Exchange think tank, said while some authorities may be able to operate improvement services now, the conversion of as few as one or two secondary schools could threaten its viability.

Almost every opposition party, the National Union of Teachers (now part of National Education Union), and even the former head of Ofsted have denounced the policy.

Bush is a major figure in the conservative education reform movement, and now heads the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a think - tank seeking to overhaul the country's educational systems through policies like ending teacher tenure, expanding the use of charter schools and school vouchers, and the increased use of virtual education.

A consortium of large school districts in California has a big head start on the national change in education policy — they've been compiling sophisticated data along these new metrics in their schools for years now.

ELPC's founder, incorporator, president & assistant treasurer, Howard A. Learner, was not only a senior energy and environmental adviser to the 2008 Obama for President Campaign, but is also now vice chair of the National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy.

(maybe most of you are too cool to remember that sort of moment... but think of something equally bad like the time you accidentally set something on fire and it started getting out of control...) I think it will be worse than that... Seems like to me we need to be much, much, more certain before we go making policy all over the earth that could actually harm us... or maybe not quite so bad, but really not desirable, harm many developing countries and distract them from addressing real environmental land use and energy production problems that would actually help the environment and save human lives now, today... but keep an eye on the future... not suggesting head in the sand stuff... just let's stop the panic... if you have to panic it's probly too late... most people don't behave terribly rationally while panicing...

The bill's language eventually became a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, known now as the «Halliburton Loophole» because the company's ex-CEO and then - Vice President Dick Cheney headed Energy Policy Task Force which helped pen the bill's language.

Now head of the Woods Hole Research Center's Amazon program in Belem, Brazil, Nepstad has spent more than 23 years in the Amazon, studying subjects ranging from forest fires and forest management policy to sustainable development.

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Simms, the policy director and head of the climate change program at the New Economics Foundation (NEF)---- a «think and do tank» ---- says it's now time to scream «FIRE!»

Clark previously led the firm's litigation department for six years and is currently a member of the policy committee, and Sheridan now heads the corporate department.

Managing risk: Rigorous underwriting The 2011 policy year marked a period of fine - tuning for the TitlePLUS title insurance program, now headed into its 15th anniversary year.

We'll also review where social media preservation is now, where it's heading, & the importance of creating strong corporate policies governing usage, e-discovery, archiving and compliance.

However, with Bajaj Allianz Extended Warranty Policy, they can now avail another year of protection for their valuable appliances and that too, at an affordable price», Alpana Singh, Head — Market Management & Bancassurance Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.

My policy was declined coz of following 2 reasons: 1) i had a fight few yrs back in collage, the case is still pending in court 2) i had n accident 4 - 5 yrs bck in which i had a head injury, but now i am absolutly fit n fine workin in a sw com for over 5 yrs.

now i revealed this to policy agent (aegon religare and HDFC life) they said they will provide me policy if in the company letter head it is specified that my husband is withdrawing a particular amount in form of salary every month along with the stamp and signature in the company letterhead.

- Improved support for Motorola Moto G Dual SIM: — QS: adjusted network mode tile (allows changing SIM slot on long - press)-- QS: adjusted handling and reordering of cellular tiles — QS: proper adjustment of signal tile size for tiles per row option — Signal cluster adjustments, including icon coloring (NOTE: cell signal doesn't support data activity indicators)-- fixed Smart radio — all other misc Multi SIM related adjustments - Quick settings: — revived Ringer Mode Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzameir)

NATSISS champion Professor Tom Calma, head of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking initiative said the survey has now accumulated 20 years of detailed data to guide research, policy and practice.