Sentences with phrase «of federal policymaking»

Her defeat all but shuts them out of federal policymaking circles for at least the next four years.

With one notable exception (spurring long overdue changes in some state laws), the implementation of this mammoth statute has confirmed several humbling, hoary lessons of federal policymaking, including the limited ability of Uncle Sam to drive education reform.

Fellows are a constantly growing corps of science and technology leaders who take their knowledge of federal policymaking to government, nonprofits, industry, and academia to serve the nation and citizens around the world.

Not exact matches

To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

As he prepares to leave his position in June, Dudley said in a speech that he feels confident that the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee is close to its objective of full employment and price stability.

The Federal Reserve will not only lose its three top - ranking officials but also the more than three decades of experience they brought to policymaking.

In that role he also served as the chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which as the Fed's principal monetary policymaking committee makes decisions on interest rates and managing the U.S. money supply.

The hundreds of pages of transcripts from eight meetings and six emergency conference calls held by the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, show Fed officials struggling from the start of 2008 to assess the economic damage of a steep drop in housing prices and then worrying about the implications of their actions to halt the crisis.

On the heels of that decision by the FOMC, the Federal Reserve's policymaking body, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Global Investment Committee (GIC) recommended that investors position their portfolios to overweight equities and underweight fixed income, or bonds.

«The event provided a platform for S&T Policy Fellows to apply skills in communicating succinctly and effectively to diverse audiences — a vital skill for making an impact in science policy,» said Cynthia Robinson, director of the S&T Policy Fellowships Program, which places scientists and engineers from a range of sectors in federal government assignments to learn about policymaking.

Both of us were overwhelmed by the scope and complexity of federal institutions and the unexpected number of places where science is critical to sound policymaking.

Both of us were working in specialized fields and wanted to gain a better understanding of the many ways science intersects with Washington policymaking and learn more about how the Federal government, and the complex set of institutions through which it operates, actually works.

Holt also wrote an editorial in Science on 17 November addressing the uncertainty of federal support for scientific research under the new administration and advocating for better integration of science into policymaking.

In early September, AAAS hosts a mandatory two - week orientation program on the workings of the federal government that provides exposure to some of the issues, institutions, and individuals involved in federal policymaking.

Federal funding of science and technology may fall short of what is needed to keep the U.S. research enterprise competitive, said AAAS CEO Rush Holt, but he also increasingly hears «concerns about what I would call an ongoing trend that goes back many years, even decades, where ideology and ideological assertions have been crowding out evidence in public and private debates and policymaking.»

Promoting the power and consequence of science «is more important than ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.»

With yearlong placements in Washington, DC in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of federal government, the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships fosters a network of STEM leaders who understand government and policymaking, and are prepared to develop and execute solutions to address today's pressing challenges.

What should we make of the fact that, under our last Republican president we saw a great deal of federal intervention in education policy and now, under a Democratic administration, we have a law that returns much of education policymaking to the states?

As I wrote then, it demonstrates a combination of thoughtfulness and humility that is rare in federal policymaking.

As governors and state legislators gear up for a new year of budget action and policymaking, the federal Race to the Top competition is helping to drive a flurry of measures nationwide aimed, at least in part, at making states stronger candidates for a slice of the $ 4 billion in education grants.

Their analysis of 13 federal, state, and local improvement efforts in rural schools suggests that a longstanding «urban bias» in education policymaking has resulted in programs that do not take the variety and special characteristics of rural communities into account — and thus are less effective than they could be.

And how will other factors, such as the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and lingering uncertainty about the federal budget, shape district policymaking and spending?

They both appear to dislike the «tight - loose» formulation to federal policymaking that was first championed by Fordham and is now heralded by Secretary Duncan and others — though of course for opposite reasons.

The last twelve years of hyperactive federal policymaking have gotten a few things right but more things wrong.

The judiciary's role in social policymaking expanded broadly with the rights revolution of the 1960s, as the public's thirst for «total justice» combined with the courts» willingness to embrace new legal doctrines, increasingly long and complicated federal statutes, and the emergence of well - funded advocacy organizations to generate a surge of litigation across policy areas.

«Tom Gentzel's deep knowledge of education and the policymaking process is a valued asset as the Learning First Alliance is turning its attention to the Every Student Succeeds Act and other federal actions,» said LFA Executive Director Richard M. Long.

Her failure in policymaking at the federal level (as well as inability to fill key jobs at the Department of Education) has also become quite clear.

The Commission on Evidence - Based Policymaking has issued its final report — The Promise of Evidence - Based Policymaking — which includes nearly two dozen bipartisan recommendations for how the federal government can use data and evidence to improve outcomes for all.

Throughout the book, Balko demonstrates how bad policymaking at federal, state, and local levels — from the SWAT teams instituted by the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1960s, to Bill Clinton's launch of the Community - Oriented Policing program, to the Section 1033 program that has equipped school cops with assault rifles — has led to innocent lives being endangered even within their own homes.

The fact the federal government should hold states accountable for the subsidies they are given under No Child — part of the whatever government is doing it should do well that is an oft - forgotten tenet of modern conservatism — also forces it to take a more - prominent role in education policymaking.

Ultimately, it takes the imprimatur of the federal government, along with legislation and other policymaking inside the Beltway, to give reformers at the state level the tools needed to beat back traditionalists.

Apparently, Hess ignores the decade of research on other issues — from the expansion of school choice, to teacher quality reform efforts, to even the work on the academic prospects of high - achieving students being conducted by Fordham and other outfits — as well as the focus of state and federal policymaking on such matters as bullying and using schools to combat childhood obesity.

The Principal Ambassador Fellowship program was launched by USED in 2013 to forge deeper connections between federal officials and school practitioners, to provide excellent principals with opportunities to learn about the federal policymaking process, and, ultimately, to strengthen federal education policies and programs to better reflect the experience and expertise of great school leaders.

Smarick said the next U.S. president will likely appoint a governor or former governor given the new policymaking authority granted to states and school districts by ESSA on everything from testing, teacher evaluations, and opting - out of federal aide to Common Core State Standards, local accountability plans and goals.

Another factor working in favor of social emotional learning proponents is the recent course - correction in federal education policymaking.

We are discouraged by the data, but are confident that our community of advocates will reverse these trends through research, communications, and smart policymaking at the federal and local levels.»

The information includes education research and analysis, federal legislative updates, tips on effective policymaking, coverage of education reform efforts across the nation, and other vital resource documents.

The waiver package sparked a debate on the Education Department's policymaking limits, with Republican members of Congress calling the move a federal overreach.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the monetary policymaking body of the Federal Reserve System.

OSTP Director John P. Holdren, who also serves as President Obama's science adviser, received the 2010 edition of Indicators on behalf of the President this week and promised to put the report's insights to good use in the Federal Government's policymaking.

She was also nominated by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to serve on the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policymaking body for federal courts.

Many of our attorneys have worked in health care regulatory agencies and legislative committees on both the state and federal levels, and in the process have developed first - hand knowledge of the political intricacies of policymaking affecting the pharmaceutical industry.

The federal government recently prioritized evidence - based policymaking in early childhood development with the launch of MIECHV and provided funding over five years for disadvantaged communities to operate early childhood home visiting services that have shown benefits for families and children.

But there was a markedly improved characterization of the U.S. economy in the statement released by the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee compared with what was said after the last meeting in June.