Sentences with phrase «of public policy proposals»

What kinds of public policy proposals would increase the benefits of mobile technology in classrooms?

In the consonance of their public policy proposals with the comprehensiveness of the process - relational vision, mutually transformed in its encounter with the natural sciences, Cobb and Birch model a public practical theology at its best.

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Etsy chief executive Chad Dickerson and Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president of global public policy, both voiced concerns that the draft proposal would prohibit the FCC from using Section 706 to regulate service providers.

But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.

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.

«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.

Whenever I analyze a policy proposal, I start by using the Public Policy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the mpolicy proposal, I start by using the Public Policy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the mPolicy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the matter.

Last year, Michal C. Moore — an energy economist at the School of Public Policy — published «A Proposal to Create a Pan-Canadian Energy Information Organization.»

The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20002, beneficial owner of at least 23 shares of Common Stock, is the proponent of the following shareholder proposal.

It is also possible that, even if not legally required, public companies may adopt alternative advisory vote policies in the future and adopting this proposal as a permanent policy could impair the ability of the Company to react to such future developments.

One of the more comprehensive proposals for better Canadian election laws came earlier this month from the Public Policy Forum think - tank.

This comes a year after a shareholder proposal seeking an assessment of the long term impacts on the company's portfolio of public policies received near - majority support.

Proxy Preview also highlights «a surge of proposals — some two dozen — largely filed by or coordinated by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a conservative Capitol Hill think tank.»

Results of the Monmouth University Poll also indicate there are potential hurdles for selling this proposal to the American public since most feel the middle class has not been seeing any benefits from Pres. Donald Trump's policies so far.

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statePolicy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statepolicy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

In 1984 the study committee held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

Another excellent study is Ferre, Frederick, Shaping the Future: Resources for the Post-Modern World (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1976), especially with its public policy proposals in the realms of religion, politics, economics, and education based on the relational vision.

The public policy proposals put forth by Birch and Cobb are consonant with ones we have discussed in a previous chapter: «steady state» economics, simplified life styles, participation by all in the decisions that shape their futures, and the development of «appropriate» and ecologically sound technologies.

Based on that view, they attempt to develop an ethic of life with concomitant public policy proposals.

Awareness of this phenomenon should heighten our critical scrutiny of right - to - die proposals in the spheres of personal life choice and public policy.

It held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

details of arrangements for members of the public to comment on specific policy proposals for which Commonwealth Environmental Water is responsible

There is hope that the ministers will acknowledge the strong public health arguments and overwhelming public support in favour of traffic light labels and see this proposal for what it is: a highly cost - effective policy that is likely to reduce the health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

We therefore, support the proposal presented in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement, «School Start Times for Adolescents», to delay school start times in an effort to address this public health issue.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

The challenge to Compass is that they have a general political position of being strongly opposed to «authoritarianism», but whether they can contentfully come up with proposals (beyond eg «drop ID cards») in this area, as well as in economic policy, public services, etc..

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

The analyses found that the policy change would help support immigrant families by expanding job opportunities, while modestly lowering insurance premiums for all state drivers and improving public safety on roadways, with the fiscal costs of implementing the proposal more than offset by added revenues.

The proposal - a flagship policy of the Liberal Democrats - emerged following a two - and - a-half month consultation of members of the public who generally agreed that council tax levels were «not acceptable» and «should be seriously reformed or abolished».

It is not clear whether public bodies, such as government departments and local authorities, would be allowed to discriminate on grounds of family or educational background in their recruitment policies under the new proposals.

The trouble started when Astorino stood on the Capitol steps last Monday and unveiled the very first comprehensive public policy proposal of his campaign to oust Andrew Cuomo.

While Cuomo and the Senate Republicans want uniform harassment policies in state and local government, the Assembly proposal would mandate minimum standards for harassment policies for public and private employers and broaden the types of workers who would be protected under the state's anti-harassment laws.

Outside the hall Labour Party staff are showcasing Your Britain (www.yourbritain.org.uk), the new website where the public can submit ideas, comment on policy proposals and find details of other events.

Mayor Bill de Blasio flunked two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top education proposals that would weaken his say over school policy — including one that would allow the state to put failing city public schools into receivership.

As founder and research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, E.J. McMahon is a go - to expert on budget plans and policy propPolicy, E.J. McMahon is a go - to expert on budget plans and policy proppolicy proposals.

He jettisoned contentious policy proposals — revival of the 421 - a housing subsidy program, raising the age of criminal responsibility and distributing school aid to public and charters schools — that have tripped up negotiations.

And the governor's preferred presidential candidate Hillary Clinton caught wind of his proposal, praising it in her first policy tweet since she lost the presidency to Trump in November, referring to the new public education proposal modeled after Sanders» plan.

A second proposal, sponsored by Garodnick, Dromm and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, would require D.O.C. to publish its specific policies on use of force on a city website and make them readily available to the public.

«Once again, the Cuomo administration is purposely misleading the public about the impact of his policies by packaging his proposal with a nice - sounding name without providing any real detail about how services will be provided or supported,» CSEA President Danny Donohue said in a statement.

City officials had no comment about Cuomo's dismissal of de Blasio's minimum wage proposal but it is not the first time the two men have failed to agree on major public policy issues.

Bobbie Sackman, director of public policy at LiveON NY, a senior citizen advocacy organization, said the Cuomo proposal would lead to a cut in the number of meals served to the city's aging population as well as a reduction in services, including social activities, eviction assistance and help with health care.

In the governor's «Let's Make a Deal» budget proposal, too many of the otherwise good public policy initiatives are linked to the acceptance of bad policy that in some cases undermines the initial proposal and in others is utterly unrelated to it.

Clinton, who prides herself on the details of public policy, has said little about what is now the most ambitious and expensive proposal on her agenda: making public college tuition free for most Americans.

It's now common knowledge that the policy — like so many of the government's proposals — is based on myth and imagined public sentiment other than actual data.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.

«Once again, the Cuomo administration is purposely misleading the public about the impact of his policies by packaging his proposal with a nice sounding name without providing any real detail about how services will be provided or supported,» Donohue said.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

The group successfully bolstered the governor's policy proposals through millions of dollars of advertising buys that provided a counter to the perennially - high spending of interests like public employee unions during budget negotiations.

We also aim to set up a parliamentary website devoted to reform of parliamentary procedure (excluding wider policy issues) to provide a channel so that public grievances or proposals for positive change can be aired.