Sentences with phrase «of election infrastructure»

During an August conference call with election officials from every state, Johnson reiterated that «we must ensure the security and resilience of election infrastructure,» and offered his agency's assistance.

The measures would provide some variation of federal support, including grants, for states to beef up security of their election infrastructures.

Not exact matches

The election of Donald Trump as president sparked an exodus from the US Treasury market in the final months of 2016 and early 2017 as investors prepared for the possibility that Trump's plans for a protectionist trade policy, tax cuts, deregulation, and massive infrastructure spending would bring inflation back to the US.

The election of Donald Trump as president sparked an exodus from the Treasury market in the final months of 2016 as investors began to price in the possibility that Trump's plans for a protectionist trade policy, tax cuts, and massive infrastructure spending would bring back inflation to the US.

The upshot is that Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure may need to be included on the list of critical infrastructure targets, which includes utilities, transportation systems, financial markets and most recently election systems.

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are aInfrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are ainfrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

on his ability to push through other items on his agenda, such as tax reform, infrastructure spending and deregulation — the promise of which has helped propel stocks upward since his election.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

But, in light of the election and all those infrastructure goodies on the way, there is one point that needs to be clarified for folks to have a better understanding of the evolution of monetary policy based on the available information or things that can be safely inferred.

During the election campaign, Mr. Trudeau didn't shy away from acknowledging that his party's plans to invest in infrastructure would result in several years of deficit spending.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has unleashed a spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election with a record $ 13.7 b infrastructure spend.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and schools to meet the state's booming population.

Upon his election he immediately joined cabinet and served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, becoming a high profile member of Ms. Redford's cabinet.

The recent federal election featured something of a debate on fiscal policy, with the Liberals promising to run modest deficits for three years in order to stimulate a sagging economy and finance needed long - term investments in infrastructure and social programs.

The next twelve months will be absolutely critical for both parties as they try to build a digital and data - driven campaigning infrastructure for the next election cycle, and most activists assumed that NOI would be a central part of the Democratic side of that training frenzy.

Concerns for the timely delivery of vital infrastructure projects have been raised by industry commentators following Thursday's General Election which resulted in a hung Parliament and fresh uncertainty for the sector.

The governor had expressed initial hope in the aftermath of the 2016 election of working with President Donald Trump's administration, considering he was the first New Yorker in the White House since Franklin Roosevelt, especially on infrastructure issues.

At the moment, Democrats have the advantage on that front, in part because of the example (and skilled staff) of Obama 2012 but also because of a robust data infrastructure and technology ecosystem built up over the past several election cycles.

Winning elections requires a party infrastructure and a committed base willing to do the hard work of electioneering.

This means it has a robust local campaigning infrastructure, and the party should have learnt the lessons from 2010 about how to take proper advantage of a sudden upsurge in popularity at election time.

Take the 2008 Obama campaign as an example — the kernel was assembled from early 2007 onwards, with staffers plotting strategy and tactics, technologists developing the tools and infrastructures for an extensive, nation - wide effort, and organizers connecting with the multitudes of willing volunteers who helped power Obama to victory in both the primary and the general election.

A program of data linkage and harmonisation with related studies and data collected for administrative purposes, developing an integrated data infrastructure for the study of elections in Britain.

General Mosquito promised massive infrastructure projects if the Mahama - led government is given another term in office ahead of the crucial elections.

Since day one, we've been focused on our grassroots infrastructure, with volunteers out there every day to meet with voters and talk about the importance of this election, and what is at stake this November,» Recchia said.

«One area we should begin to work in earnest is the inventory of existing equipment and facilities ranging from the Card Readers to ballot boxes, voting cubicles, power generators and the survey of physical infrastructure critical to elections.

«In every election, our party works with the Republican National Committee, campaigns and other allies to build the infrastructure that our candidates need on the ground,» said Pat Mullins, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

After the Supreme Court election petition case which stymied the progress of his government for nearly a year, H.E. John Dramani Mahama had three years to execute his infrastructure agenda; and such major projects required about three years or more to complete: and therefore, most of the projects were completed in 2016 which was coincidentally an election year.

The outcome of the election was described as «the worst possible result for the infrastructure industry» by law firm Clyde & Co..

Nigerians must beware of stomach infrastructure offered only during election time.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

The Tappan Zee Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River connecting Rockland and Westchester counties, was one of the first stops Gov. Andrew Cuomo made immediately after his election, saying the state has to do more to update its infrastructure.

In this year's elections having realised that this lofty policy of theirs has fallen flat because the Mahama led administration is implementing the free SHS with the commensurate social infrastructure they made a U turn.

Cuomo also announced plans to barricade New York's electoral infrastructure against cyberthreats, including the creation of a state - run «Election Support Center» and a cybersecurity tool kit for local boards of elections to use to identify threats.

«And today I am so very proud to report that we have climbed out of debt, healed our divides and made tremendous strides in our grassroots infrastructure and along the way managed to win some very big elections.»

The infrastructure of election fraud is firmly in place in OH and elsewhere.

Outlining the city's new spending initiatives, including investments in public safety, education, anti-homelessness services, transportation, infrastructure and the Board of Elections, Fuleihan said the executive budget, «makes investments that address longstanding structural issues that affect all New Yorkers.»

In a statement accompanying release of the agenda, Klein said that the «budget addresses issues... we can advance to improve participation in our elections, enhance our children's education, protect our workers, upgrade our infrastructure, and help our immigrant communities.

As congestion pricing stalled, the governor and his aides tried to salvage the congestion zone by negotiating for authorization of about $ 200 million to lay the infrastructure for an eventual congestion zone but leave the actual details of how it would operate — such as boundaries, fee amounts and hours and any exemptions — until after the election.

He said: «given the deficit of infrastructure and expertise in many countries in our sub-regions and the regularity with which elections are conducted, concerns have been raised about cost, choice and effectiveness of technology.

Dietl has done well in fundraising, having raised $ 580,000 and having $ 346,000 on hand as of last week's filing, but he faces an enormous cash need should he run as an independent in the general election without the benefit of a party infrastructure supporting him.

«The country remains impoverished by many indications... In the 20 years between June 12, 1993 election and today, Nigeria has earned enough money to create a Dubai in each of the six geo - political zones and make our citizens some of the most prosperous people on earth, but what we have instead is collapse of infrastructure, deepening poverty (70 % rate from 45 % in 1999), social dislocations, high unemployment rate and violent crimes.»

«The real question facing all of us is how strong the progressive movement will be after the election, and if we will have the type of infrastructure necessary to hold Governor Cuomo and legislators to the promises they have made to progressives.

Chaired by Eric Holder, the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, NDRC is the first - ever strategic hub for redistricting focused on winning targeted elections and ballot initiatives, advancing legal action, and building the infrastructure to achieve a fairer redistricting process.

In the days following Trump's election, architects erupted in dissent over a statement from Robert Ivy, the executive vice president and CEO of the American Institute of Architects, who issued a statement saying the organization's members were committed to working with the president - elect on crafting a spending plan to strengthen the nation's aging infrastructure (Climatewire, Nov. 21, 2016).

Yet due to the complex intricacies of establishing and sustaining a liberal democratic regime, many of these states in transition never quite moved past the initial steps of creating the requisite political infrastructure and staging regular elections.

«America Votes is the centerpiece of a permanent progressive campaign infrastructure nationally and in the states, benefiting hundreds of progressive organizations in both election and non-election years.»

He is author of The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right, a recently published book on how the right - wing political infrastructure was rebuilt after President Obama's 2008 election.

The avalanche of money spent on elections would be better spent creating jobs, improving our neighborhood public schools, fixing our disintegrating infrastructure and building a better future for our children.

He has also worked to help the Labour party win their historic third term in the UK and to build some of the insight and analysis infrastructure that was instrumental in Barack Obama's elections.