Sentences with phrase «of federal advocacy»

«We wouldn't rewrite the civil rights law because we have individuals at the helm we disagree with,» said Scott Astrada, director of federal advocacy for the Center for Responsible Lending.

The bill would exempt 85 % of the mortgage industry from these reporting requirements, said Scott Astrada, the director of federal advocacy at the Center for Responsible Lending.

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There is a committee within the Ministry of Justice in charge of supervising the implementation of the Federal Advocacy Law.

Article 42 of the Federal Advocacy Law No. 23 of 1991 (as amended) stipulates that an attorney is under a duty to maintain the confidentiality of any information entrusted to him by his clients or that came to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her profession and that disclosure is only permitted if such disclosure aims to prevent committing a crime.

There are documented instances of abuses by retailers who have joint affiliations with in - house lenders, said Scott Astrada, director of federal advocacy at the Center for Responsible Lending.

«The bill is kind of a nonstarter for us at this point,» said Scott Astrada, director of federal advocacy at the Center for Responsible Lending.

Moderator: Mary Kusler, Manager of Federal Advocacy, Governmental Relations, National Education Association

«This proposed new investment in E-rate can elevate America's productivity and competitiveness,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director for NSBA's Office of Federal Advocacy and Public Policy.

Phillip Lovell, vice president of federal advocacy at the Alliance, said the current waiver system isn't addressing graduation rate accountability.

Phillip Lovell, vice president of federal advocacy at the nonprofit Alliance for Excellent Education, which focuses on high school reform, says that there are simply not enough good charter school providers to take the place of all the low - performing, large urban high schools.

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In a report for the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Nicole and Mark Crain of Lafayette University explained that the per - employee cost of federal regulatory compliance was $ 10,585 for businesses with 19 or fewer employees, but only $ 7,755 for companies with 500 or more.

«In 2016, renewables received about 100 times more in federal subsidies than nuclear plants,» Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Berkeley, California - based, pro-nuclear advocacy group Environmental Progress, wrote in an email to Grist.

Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.

-- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: A dozen consumer - advocacy organizations are pressing the FTC to investigate whether the release of data violated an agreement Facebook signed with the FTC in 2011 offering privacy assurances.

Compounding the lack of advocacy, when a member of Congress or a federal agency wanted to pick up the phone and «call bitcoin,» there was nobody on the other end of the line to answer.

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On Tuesday, a dozen consumer - advocacy organizations pressed the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. to investigate whether the release of data violated an agreement Facebook signed with the FTC in 2011 offering privacy assurances.

- + * A new Federal Reserve white paper reveals that the agency has taken an increased interest in decentralized digital currencies and has begun to recognize their beneficial characteristics, but stops short of full advocacy due to the technology's lack of maturity.

Another of Ramirez's lawyers, Mark Rosenbaum of the legal advocacy group Public Counsel, characterized the DACA program as a promise from the federal government's executive branch that DACA recipients would not be targeted for deportation and said he hoped that promise would not be broken.

As a result, the resolution will now become part of the Canadian Chamber's advocacy agenda to the federal government.

Ryan's advocacy for cutting taxes and trimming the deficit — he is the architect of the GOP's proposed federal budget — married with his willingness to talk about fiscal belt - tightening in moral terms and his low - key social conservatism speak to a political moment in which the economic concerns of the Tea Party and the social focus of the Christian right have merged into a relatively cohesive anti-Obama movement.

As Phelps» daughter reminded me, there is a venerable American history of religious protests against the coercive power of the federal government, running from the anti-slavery and female suffrage advocacy of nineteenth - century evangelicals to the civil rights agitation of rabbis and members of the black church.

Charles Jefferson is being promoted to the new position of Vice President, Federal and International Public Policy, and will lead all federal and international advocacy eFederal and International Public Policy, and will lead all federal and international advocacy efederal and international advocacy efforts.

The Sacramento - based organization is dedicated to enhancing the business of growing the winegrape industry through research, advocacy at the state and federal levels and wine industry leadership.

Established in 1934, the Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy group of over 1,100 California wineries and affiliated businesses that initiates and advocates state, federal and international public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible production, consumption and enjoyment of wine.

Prior to joining ABA, Bailey - Chapman was the founder and president of KB Advocacy, LLC, a boutique public affairs consulting firm, where she developed and implemented local, state and federal legislative and regulatory advocacy and corporate communications pAdvocacy, LLC, a boutique public affairs consulting firm, where she developed and implemented local, state and federal legislative and regulatory advocacy and corporate communications padvocacy and corporate communications programs.

Established in 1934, the Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy group of more than 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses that initiate and advocate state, federal and international public policy to enhance environment for the responsible production, consumption and enjoyment of wine.

In her writing, public speaking and advocacy work, Siegel has been a vocal supporter of improved federal school nutrition standards, curbing junk food sales on school campuses and otherwise improving children's school food environments.

Ellie is energetically involved in achieving state and federal recognition of CPMs through legislation and professional advocacy.

The Park District is a dues - paying member of numerous associations that may conduct legislative advocacy initiatives at the state and / or federal levels.

«It is clear that the complex array of federal food safety programs doesn't adequately protect America's schoolchildren,» said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group.

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In June, Reinvent Albany joined a coalition of environmental and sustainable transportation advocacy groups who oppose using $ 511m in state and federal clean water loans for construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Drawing on the active participation of other LGBT and civil rights advocates, non-profits engaged in housing development and financing, and a top representative of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) has announced a bold plan to remake the housing opportunities and -LSB-...]

In common with other appointments these Cabinet members share a strong advocacy of market based policies and a severely reduced federal regulatory role.

This month, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable is piping in some of the key players in these efforts from the Human Rights Campaign, which has spearheaded much of the national effort, and from the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully challenged California's Prop 8 in federal court.

But more than a dozen advocacy organizations — including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union and Sunlight Foundation, as well as New York - based good government groups — sent a letter to the governor late last month, arguing his policy was technologically unnecessary and out of step with the federal government, which saves emails from rank - and - file employees for seven years.

A coalition of good - government, advocacy, labor and labor - aligned groups are urging U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer to enact fillibuster reform in the chamber, writing in a letter sent today that the delay tactic has hurt the legislative process in Washington and blocked federal judges from taking their seats.

Honestly, when you put a charter school promoter in charge of $ 4 billion in federal funds, what else would you expect other than advocacy for privatization?

The Greater Niagara Federal Credit Union will promote Child Abuse Prevention Month by collecting comfort items during the month of April for the Child Advocacy Center of Niagara, a service of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBoG), an advocacy group, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to adopt the new instrument of Verification, Authentication and Reunification System...

«His commitment to helping rebuild Long Island after Superstorm Sandy, his fight for our fair share of federal funding, and his strong advocacy for our taxpayers are emblematic of the leadership that will inspire me as county executive,» Curran said.

Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in New York, described this as «bought and paid for advocacy» and said Kruger only «nominally» represented the constituents in South Brooklyn who have sent him to the Senate since 1994.

Tannehill and Brandon Combs are the brains behind the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, California's toughest, most dependable Second Amendment advocacy group.

ALBANY — Glenwood Management, the real estate developer at the center of two former legislative leaders» federal corruption trials, gave half a million dollars in 2011 to an advocacy group that focused solely on supporting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda.

Most of New York City's charter schools have disciplinary codes that do not meet either state or federal requirements, according to a report by a children's advocacy organization that is to be released today.

A rights advocacy group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, said it had sued the Federal Government for its failure to initiate criminal proceedings against the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, in relation to the $ 15m traced to bank accounts belonging to her.

We have seen success in local, state, and federal advocacy efforts in all of these areas.»