She returns home feeling as though her job requires her to do the bulk of the implementation
of policies mandated far removed from her.
Not exact matches
A data - sharing
mandate for dominant companies is the most compelling
of their
policy recommendations.
I, therefore, thought that the Netherland's finance minister — a country serving as the key enforcer
of German austerity - at - all - cost (as long as the costs are not theirs)
policies — showed an incredible chutzpah when he lectured the U.S. Congress last Friday that it would be a real tragedy (sic) if
mandated spending cuts were to stifle American economic growth.
The housing bubble and subsequent meltdown wasn't just about exotic mortgage practices, it was also about a
policy mandate to encourage homeownership that got out
of hand.
Your board
mandate should address vision, mission, strategy and operational plans; program delivery and operations; risk identification and management; finances (budgets, investments, use
of donations, etc.); government filings and reporting; values, ethics, reputation and integrity; key
policies and procedures; and communication and accountability to members and stakeholders.
84 MPs have signed a letter sent to David Cameron urging him to remain as prime minister whatever the result
of the referendum, saying that they» believe whatever the British people decide you have both a
mandate and a duty to continue leading the nation implementing our
policies.»
After all, the blueprint contains a host
of policies long sought by conservatives, including nixing Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, an expansion
of health savings accounts that individuals can contribute to, rolling back the health law's various
mandates and taxes, and dismantling the essential health benefits package that insurers had to provide under Obamacare.
But the one thing the
policy changes can not do is lower overall average retail prices for Canadians, thanks to the Bank
of Canada's
mandate.
«We will factor (any changes in economic
policy) into the outlook and take account
of their impact on what we need to do to achieve our dual
mandate objectives,» she said.
The other requirements
of these PTEs, including representations
of fiduciary compliance, contracts, warranties about firm's
policies and procedures, etc., will not become applicable during the period in which the Department performs the
mandated examination
of the Rule and PTEs.
What is important for attaining the Federal Reserve's
mandated objectives is not that monetary
policy is described in terms
of a formal prescriptive rule, but rather that the FOMC's intentions and strategy are well understood by the public.
The paper takes a close look at a critical aspect
of how the Federal Reserve makes decisions about monetary
policy: the rules and benchmarks that guide them in meeting their dual
mandate of full employment and stable prices.
Everything I have mentioned so far today is consistent with the existing framework for financial stability
policy in Australia: APRA has the
mandate to use its powers to promote financial stability; it can take a holistic approach to risk; it can and does coordinate with other regulators, under the auspices
of the Council
of Financial Regulators.
But legislation that would
mandate paid sick leave nationwide, notably the so - called Healthy Families Act, has stalled in Congress for years, prompting the administration to seek alternative ways
of achieving the
policy's goals.
Opponents
of the new rule say that paid sick leave is often a desirable
policy in principle, but that the cost
of the
mandate will be a hardship for many employers, particularly smaller businesses.
The first
policy would likely have significant costs as a result
of fewer firms paying the
mandate penalty, and the second
policy was estimated in 2015 to cost $ 53 billion over ten years.
Responsibility for monetary
policy ultimately lies with the minister
of finance; this responsibility is discharged by providing the Bank
of Canada a formal
mandate.
Canada's system
of monetary
policy mandates was set up to resolve this tension.
This way,
policy goals are set by the elected government, but once the
mandate is set, the governor
of the Bank
of Canada has the authority to carry it out without government interference.
Today, one
of the more astute anchors sustained the nonsense that the ECB and Mario Draghi have a SINGLE
MANDATE (inflation), which renders the ECB
policy easier to decipher as the FED has its self - defined DUAL
MANDATE.
It did not take long after the passage
of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual
mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary
policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes
of the 70s.
Instead, the central bank, in its statement said that consistent with its statutory
mandate of fostering maximum employment and price stability, had decided «to maintain a highly accommodative stance for monetary
policy.»
In particular, it looks at how some
of the most prominent changes to central banks» modus operandi have come as they sought to meet their monetary
policy mandates in the exceptional circumstances seen during and after the global financial crisis
of 2008.
A far more pragmatic solution would be to strip the Fed
of any regulatory role and let it get back to its Congressional
mandate of setting monetary
policy.
He might call for strengthening «rules
of origin» standards that
mandate that a certain percentage
of specific finished products must be made in a TPP country in order to be considered eligible for the TPP free trade treatment (a
policy that encourages domestic manufacturing).
North Carolina's legislative body passed the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, which
mandates a statewide
policy banning individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex, as opposed to their opinion
of their sex.
Calomiris proposes (1) internal governance reforms that would decentralize power within the Fed and promote diversity
of thinking; (2)
policy process reforms that would narrow the Fed's primary
mandate to price stability and require the Fed to adopt and disclose a systematic approach to monetary
policy; and (3) other reforms that would constrain the Fed's asset holdings and activities so as to avoid actions that conflict with its monetary
policy mission and that risk undermining its independence.
In addition, Chipotle hired a new head
of food safety who implemented a number
of changes to
policies at the Company's restaurants — for example, requiring all employees to wash their hands every half hour,
mandating that two employees verified that certain ingredients had been immersed in hot water for at least five seconds to kill germs, and using Pascalization to pre-treat food ingredients.
Since April, the Bank
of Canada had been talking about a potential rate increase in the context
of an «economic expansion» that failed to achieve the velocity that
policy makers expected, keeping a lid on inflation, which the central bank is
mandated to contain at an annual rate
of about 2 per cent.
With Fed
policy - makers expecting continued low inflation, Yellen put greater weight on the second part
of the Fed's dual
mandate — maximizing employment.
Oh I suppose if you consider the electoral college but in terms
of do I have a
mandate to implement
policy, the 50/49 number is a more telling number to the winner.
He rejects Obama's description
of his
policy --- opposition to the
mandate --- while sticking to the
policy itself.
Ravitch devotes much
of her book to recounting how
policy theorists and corporate executives imposed ineffective, top - down
mandates on schools.
The Code
of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Part II) sets forth federal
policy for the protection
of human subjects in medical experimentation,
mandating the establishment
of an institutional review board (IRB) in each hospital in which human subjects are used for experimentation.
Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the
mandate to provide free access to 20 forms
of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom
of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the
mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest»
of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the
mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means»
of achieving the government's
policy interest.
The Federal Nuclear Waste
Policy Act has
mandated that deep - mine disposal
of high - level radioactive effluent and spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors commence by 1998, but states with proposed geological sites are screaming foul.
«The belief that corruption is the important issue in the country is shared only by the minority living in urban areas and towns who have been beneficiaries
of economic liberalization
policies mandated by western countries.
In fact, following this lethal logic, we should encourage, maybe even
mandate (law being the last step in the process
of social
policy) a time when the person bearing it is to dispose
of it.
«This money is
mandated for services for pregnant teens and women - violence prevention, vocational training,» said Carrie Gordon Earll, a spokeswoman for CitizenLink, the public
policy arm
of the evangelical group Focus on the Family.
The government
mandate covers all forms
of FDA approved contraceptives and the administration has said time and again they felt the
policy and its exceptions «struck the right balance» on religious freedoms and providing health care for people who need it.
Despite the change in
policy many
of those groups have said the
mandate remains a violation
of their beliefs against contraceptives.
More popular with both physicians and ethicists is the
policy of «required request,»
mandating that hospitals ask families about organ donation in every case
of brain death.
A church - state conflict arises when government adopts a
policy that has the effect
of restricting freedom
of conscience or
of imposing on all a
policy essentially based on the ethos
of a particular religious tradition (example: a law outlawing contraception or
mandating devotion to Mary in a public school).
This unusual
policy mandates that all school - approved groups «allow any student to participate, become a member, or seek leadership positions in the organization, regardless
of [her] status or beliefs.»
Travis Wussow, the ERLC's vice president for public
policy, told Baptist Press in written comments Trump's «presidency creates many opportunities, including a pro-life Supreme Court justice, defunding Planned Parenthood and the repeal
of the HHS
mandate.
U.S. communities and states that have implemented alternatives to extended producer responsibility (EPR)
policies are achieving high municipal solid waste recycling rates at reasonable costs, while also addressing a wider spectrum
of the waste stream than narrowly - focused EPR
mandates, according to a new study conducted by consulting firm SAIC for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).
Ms Loane said her
mandate would include establishing a platform for Australia to develop a retirement outcomes
policy, ensuring financial services had a «voice
of influence» in the debate on tax and federation white papers, and building the right regulatory architecture so Australia could develop a significant presence in Asia.
Guidance Materials: RCW 28A.210.360 (Senate Bill 5436, 2004) requires districts to adopt local wellness
policies and
mandated the creation
of a model
policy and recommendations consistent with and above the federal requirements by a broad - based advisory committee.
But what I and many others continue to find perhaps most disturbing about the
mandate is that it was a
policy change made by FHSAA in complete disregard
of the unanimous recommendation
of its own Operations Committee, US Lacrosse staff, nationally renowned sport medicine doctors and the Florida lacrosse community that it hold off until performance standards for helmets were established.
Hi Stacey: Nancy and I are both school food / food
policy advocates and strong supporters
of the reforms
mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act.