Sentences with phrase «of public policy for»

Prior to joining NAR, Melanie was the director of public policy for a global technology trade association where she lobbied in Washington and in foreign capitals for the technology industry.

John Sciamanna Co-Director, Government Affairs for the Child Welfare League of America and Bridget Gavaghan, Director of Public Policy for Prevent Child Abuse A

The following guest post comes to us via Kelley Dupps, director of public policy for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona.

Alvin Tan, Facebook's head of public policy for Southeast Asia said that the city - state already had a variety of laws and regulations which address hate speech, defamation and the spreading of false news, and a new one will not be the best way to address the issue of misinformation.

«These actions did not eliminate misinformation entirely in this election — but they did make it harder to spread, and less likely to appear in people's News Feeds,» wrote Richard Allan, Facebook's VP of Public Policy for EMEA.

Last month, Facebook took additional action against an unspecified number of accounts that Richard Allan, its vice president of public policy for Europe, estimated totalled in the «tens of thousands» meddling in the German election.

Lord Rodger continues this theme in East Berkshire «that there are cogent reasons of public policy for holding that no common law duty of care should be owed to the parents».

Notwithstanding the above, recognition and enforcement has been refused on grounds of public policy for the following reasons: the award was obtained by fraud (see Westacre Investments Inc v Jugoimport - SPDR Holding Co Ltd [1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep 65 (CA) and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board v ST - CMS Electric Company Private Ltd [2008] 1 Lloyd's Rep 93); the award was tainted by illegality (Soleimany v Soleimany [1998] 3 WLR 811); the underlying agreement was contrary to principles of EU law, in particular competition law as set out in Articles 101 and 102 of the TFEU (Eco Swiss China Time Ltd v Benetton International NV (1999)(Case C - 126 / 97); and the award was unclear as to the obligations imposed on the parties (Tongyuan (USA) International Trading Group v Uni-Clan Ltd (2001, unreported, 26 Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration 886).

The California Court of Appeal recently concluded, in D'Sa v. Playhut, Inc., that it is a violation of public policy for an employer to terminate an employee who refuses to sign an unlawful covenant not to compete.

«We are encouraged to see SB 2814 pass without anti-consumer, anti-solar proposals like mandatory demand charges, and ending net metering,» Amy Heart, director of public policy for Sunrun and spokesperson for The Alliance for Solar Choice, said in a statement.

«Governor Cuomo is setting an example for other states to follow,» said Evan Dube, Senior Director of Public Policy for Sunrun and spokesperson for The Alliance for Solar Choice.

These investments are necessary for a truly green New York, which is key to the state's economy and overall health,» said Andy Bicking, director of Public Policy for Scenic Hudson.

HUDSON VALLEY — «Scenic Hudson appreciates the governor's commitment to fund important shovel - ready projects during the Hudson River's Quadricentennial year and his articulation of the need for clean, renewable energy, but we have major concerns for New York's environment and the future of the Hudson River Valley Region,» said Andy Bicking, director of public policy for Scenic Hudson.

The guidelines include «a lot of hoops to jump through» for scientists wanting to work with stem cells, says Timothy Leshan, director of public policy for the American Society for Cell Biology; nonetheless, he says, they are «a good step forward.»

Asked by Williams if the site kept track of illegal listings during one exchange, David Hantman, head of public policy for Airbnb, said: «We don't research that.»

«We're pleased that they continue to say that fruits and vegetables in general are important,» said Robert Guenther, vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, who would like federal help with marketing produce rather than subsidies for growing it.

I do wish I saw more input from fathers in the parenting blog - o - sphere and in our discussions of public policy for parents and families.

The Chicago depository serves about 70,000 Latinos in the area every year, about 14 percent of the nearly 500,000 people served, said Lisa Koch, director of public policy for the depository.

When speaking to Premier during our News Hour programme, the head of public policy for campaign group Christian Concern, Tim Dieppe encouraged people to have healthy arguments:

Prior to joining RCU, Weitzenberg was vice president of public policy for the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Just this week, Will Carty, manager of public policy for Twitter, wrote a blog post praising reclassification as «critical to American economic aspirations and our nation's global competitiveness» with «important implications for freedom of expression.»

In a video message Laudemir André Muller, Minister for Agrarian Development, Brazil, talked about a set of public policies for a more sustainable production model, in particular the National Plan on Agroecology and Organic Production, designed for rural development and healthier food.

In Brazil, in recent years, we have many examples of public policies for management of solid waste.

ESM 251 - Economics and Environmental Policy Analysis [2 units] Plantinga Design and evaluation of public policies for addressing environmental problems.

Not exact matches

A pro tip for public policy advocacy groups: If you're looking for attention, it helps if your problem appears massively huge and your solution impossibly cheap — preferably less than a cup of coffee a week.

Canada's digital privacy laws should focus on preventing «concrete harm,» not abstract concepts of autonomy and human dignity, and should minimize the compliance burden on businesses, according to a new report from the Macdonald - Laurier Institute for Public Policy.

«We were encouraged by many pieces of the bill that align with what we've been saying, in particular a ban on paid prioritization and blocking are things we have advocated for,» says Althea Erickson, Etsy's head of public policy.

Harvard public policy professor and behavioral economist Iris Bohnet says one solution to solving this issue is «micro-sponsorship,» which is the act of advocating for a colleague who has been wronged.

Yet, paradoxically, it is exactly in their public actions and the policies they espouse that we may look for the roots of these selective scandals.

Saudi Arabia, in the midst of transforming its economy and poised for a public offering of its state - owned oil company, could be vulnerable to Federal Reserve policy, observers say.

«The successful candidate will have prior experience as GC or deputy GC of a multi-billion dollar public company responsible for all legal matters (including corporate & other regulatory matters, board governance, legal aspects of M&A, legal aspects of commercial contracts, litigation & dispute resolution, privacy, employment contracts, global public policy, etc.).»

If you're dedicated enough to get into U of T's MPP program as well as their JD program (law school), you can combine the degrees and complete them simultaneously for a well - rounded law and public policy education.

«The more engaged employees are, the more productive and effective they are,» John Palguta, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, told GovernmentExecutive.com.

Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration for selling oil and gas leases on huge swaths of Western U.S. public lands while allegedly ignoring policies meant to protect an imperiled bird.

«We need to prepare for a new world, where America is an obstacle to international trade,» said Kishore Mahbubani, a professor of public policy at the National University of Singapore.

Tom Mulcair's recent article for the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) raises perhaps more questions than it answers about the NDP's positions on the economics of energy and the environment.

While it is easy to point fingers and shame corporations for not offering paid leave to all employees, Katie Bethell, founder and executive director of PLUS told Fortune in an interview about an earlier version of the non-profit's report that «ultimately, solving paid family leave will require a national public policy.»

The ultimate goal of public policy should be to improve the quality of life for Canadians.

Karen Thomas, senior executive vice president for government relations and public policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, said most of its members still feel it's too risky to take the plunge.

For years now, the issue of internet sales tax has been a lit match held to a public policy fuse.

Tom Jensen, the director of the Democratic - leaning firm Public Policy Polling, pinned some of the blame on the response rate for telephone polling.

Though the number of companies expanding their paid parental leave benefits is rising, Sandberg acknowledged that it's less common for employees to get paid time off to care for sick loved ones, saying that the US needs public policies «that make it easier for people to care for their children and aging parents and for families to mourn and heal after loss.»

Two organizations, Canadian Union of Public Sector Employees (CUPE) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) have publicly released their proposals on how the minimum wage should be increased in Ontario, with the CCPA proposal in particular showing some promise.

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evalupublic sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

«This is a bad proposal that will make it harder for thousands of New Yorkers to pay the bills,» Josh Meltzer, Airbnb's head of New York public policy, said in a statement.

Most respondents disagreed with the Conservatives that the census is a privacy concern — 55 % of the CEOs said the census should remain mandatory since the resulting data are important for setting public policy.

«Our biggest concerns are reduced access to advice for the lower end of the investor spectrum and higher costs for individuals,» said Andy Blocker, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

Still, the mere possibility of a change in policy on this front ought to raise concerns — if not for reasons of etiquette and old - fashioned customer satisfaction, than for public health.

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«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpolicy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpolicy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and GoverPolicy and Governance.