Sentences with phrase «of priority issues»

The year Dodd - Frank became law, in 2010, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) formed its «Right On Crime» project to make a conservative push for criminal justice reform, with «overcriminalization» one of its priority issues.

This Resource Protection section of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary web site offers information about regulations and enforcement, permitting processes, emergency response, and a number of priority issues at the sanctuary.

«With all the other storylines coming out of Albany these days, it's not surprising that fiscal reform doesn't crack the top ten list of priority issues to address, but it should,» said New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at a Wednesday morning event held by Crain's New York Business, striking a serious tone as he outlined proposals for fiscal reform just released by his office.

New York's largest agricultural lobbying organization has a number of priority issues, and it outlined the top three on a conference call with reporters this morning.

There are three bills on Capitol Hill seeking extension of the federal law, but it is uncertain how much of a priority the issue will be in Congress next year.

Not exact matches

In addition to technical fields — Total's top priority — some of the 26 professorial and research chairs it endows are dedicated to more directly social issues.

The priority of mobile optimization is a more recent development that has resulted in many penalties, but Google has issued a variety of tools to help you ensure your content is optimized for mobile users.

Abbott himself has been less outspoken on the issue of regulating bathroom use this session than Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who made the issue one of his legislative priorities.

These issues are enough to drive away 89 percent of consumers who experience them, so upgrading customer service should be even higher on your customer experience priority list.

«The tunnel issue is a top priority for the IDF, and the military has already begun putting the majority of the report's comments and suggestions into practice,» the army said in response to the comptroller probe.

Khosrowshahi told Estado that Uber was making security its top priority in 2018 after his teams in Brazil, Mexico and other parts of Latin America raised concerns about the issue.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

They want a change that is significant in relation to a number of issues which are considered a high - priority now by at least 60 percent, and perhaps more, of Italian voters.»

A study by the University of Chicago legal scholar Nicholas Stephanopoulosreveals how policy issues preferred by African Americans get low priority.

It's very easy to roll one's eyes at the earnest «we're gonna fix it, for real, this time» proclamations of politicians when history has proven this to be an issue that sits, perennially, maddeningly, pretty low on the priority list of the people most equipped to solve it.

It doesn't look like Germans are turning against the idea of hosting people fleeing from conflicts, but the issue is suddenly becoming a political priority.

You lose control not only of the agenda and of your scarce resources, but also of the ability to address and deal with the higher priority issues, which are far more critical.

Along with these issues is the temptation for Americans across age groups to spend beyond their means on things they might not need, making retirement savings even less of a priority.

Despite the severity of the crisis, Congress has not made resolving it a priority, and the issue has been barely mentioned in presidential debates.

But based on appointments of ideological hardliners such as Tom Price (a staunch foe of Obamacare nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Michael Flynn (Trump's national security adviser with a dim view of Islam) and Mike Pompeo (the incoming CIA Director who has fiercely opposed the Iran nuclear agreement) and many of his campaign pledges, the chances are high that Trump could squander his limited political capital on divisive ideological issues and neglect his most important priority — getting the American economy out of its low - growth rut.

Ipsos Reid senior vice-president John Wright said the numbers are no surprise, but should not be interpreted as a sign that Canadians put environmental issues at the top of their list of priorities.

We also appreciate that this issue arises at a time of other important national priorities and sharp divisions within Congress.

The Secretary approves a drug pursuant to an application submitted under section 505 (b) of this Act or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the sponsor of the application used a priority review voucher issued under this section.

With less than 100 days until the May 9 B.C. Election, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its 2017 Provincial Election Platform, which outlines key issues and priorities of the regional business community and makes a series of recommendations to the parties running to form the next Provincial Government.

It's a logical and smart move: all three have made climate action a priority at home and abroad, and in light of the international climate agreement reached in Paris last year, it makes sense to work together on this crucial issue.

Is it an issue of focus, priorities, or something else?

The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy...

Many of the issues currently on the agenda were laid out in the EU - China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation from 2014 and include two of China's priorities: the market economy status (still pending) and the potential for an EU - China investment agreement (under discussion).

One of Walden's priority issues is Board diversity pursued through letters, company dialogues, shareholder resolution and proxy voting.

I am delighted so many investors took part in the survey, as it provides an important overview of asset managers» priorities on a broad spectrum of ESG issues.»

The economy and jobs have always been the priority election issues for most Canadians, but the possibility that the economy could be in a «technical» recession (two quarters of negative growth) has made it even more so.

More than half of Millennials (56 %) agreed that a quality benefits package influences their choice of employers, and 63 % say that benefits are an important reason in staying with an employer.W6 While managers believe Millennials put the highest priority on salary, W17 research indicates salary has become a threshold issue for this generation of workers.

With a provincial election campaign about to begin, GTA REALTORS ® hope that all of the provincial parties will make housing issues a priority.

available therefor, a dividend at the rate of 3 % of the Original Issue Price per share per annum, payable in preference and priority to any payment of any dividend on Common Stock of the Corporation.

The business struggled, to the point of collection issues, so keeping her out of that became a priority.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) also released its Financial Stability Report today with thoughts along the same lines, warning that cyber risk is a strategic priority rather than a narrow technology issue.

While this isn't the first meeting between the leaders of its kind, sources say this one has been aimed at hashing out issues of leadership, the entity's technological progress and questions about what the priority should be for the Advanced Technology Group (ATG), the name of Uber's self - driving unit.

Galvano, a supporter of the NRA's legislative priorities in the past, said Thursday that the group's opposition to raising the minimum age for purchases of semiautomatic rifles was not a major issue.

Moreover, before entering provincial politics Minister Oakes served on B.C.'s Small Business Roundtable for many years, and is thus very aware of our issues and priorities.

Yurek (Elgin - Middlesex - London) said the issue of the need for mental health supports came up «numerous times during policy advisory councils» as a priority.

I question whether the Liberals have the priorities of British Columbians in mind when dealing with such important issues.»

With the issue of trust in the spotlight, it seems journalists» priorities are changing.

This is a priority issue for all of us working to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay («Maryland requires owner...

Separately, Compass Point is watching Fed's Randal Quarles testimony later for issues including cash carve - out for custodian banks included in the bank regulatory relief bill, utility of layering risk metric atop eSLR; clues about Fed's regulatory priorities

Officials from both sides have said that the conversation will be focused on topics of shared values and priorities, but prior to the visit, Vatican Radio — which, according to USA Today «is considered an official organ of communication for the church «-- released a story addressing U.S. policy issues at odds with Vatican teaching.

But in terms of priorities, focus, and direction, assumed evangelicalism begins to give gradually increasing energy to concerns other than the gospel and key evangelical distinctives, to gradually elevate secondary issues to a primary level, to be increasingly worried about how it is perceived by others and to allow itself to be increasingly influenced both in content and method by the prevailing culture of the day.

How do you respond to church leaders who are afraid of making education a priority within their congregations because they fear the public policy issues related to education are too political?

There it appears, at best, as a side issue of legitimate interest to specialists, at worst, as a distraction from the truly urgent priorities.

«There are few differences by religious affiliation in terms of voters» issue priorities,» reads the report.

The issue is not success, or even safety, but faithfulness — showing an alternate set of priorities to Americans, who are convinced that arming oneself is not only a God - endowed right but the route to peace.