Sentences with phrase «on national efforts»

The Prime Minister also stated that he would make an annual report to Parliament on its first working day on national efforts to close the gap, stating that:

Visit IStandWithPP.org for information on national efforts to support Planned Parenthood and quick ways to take action.

Given the influence of state legislation on local reforms and on national efforts, these battlegrounds will loom larger in school reform discussions.

WASHINGTON — To many of the educators keeping a careful eye on national efforts to set curriculum standards for students, the proposals in the Clinton Administration's education - reform bill present a mixed bag.

When rational appeals fall short, environmentalists enlist social and economic incentives — and even neuroscience — to get the public in on national efforts to combat climate change

The Campaign Steering Committee calls on the Australian Government to consider the impact of any such cuts on the national effort to close the gap.

As reported in the Campaign Steering Committee's 2013 Shadow Report, [104] Queensland [105] and New South Wales [106] have made deep cuts to their general population health expenditure with detrimental impacts on the national effort to close the gap in the past year.

Prime Minister we look forward to working with you on the national effort to close the gap.

Introducing and passing legislation to formalise a process for national monitoring and reporting on the national effort to close the gap in accordance with benchmarks and targets.

This year, 2014, also provides opportunities for the new Australian Government to build on the national effort to close the gap.

Not exact matches

A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.

On a national scale, leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and California Senator Kamala Harris are trying to address the issue of gender inequality, including efforts to close the pay gap.

Because of the national holiday in America celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and his efforts to address inequality, I have recently found myself reflecting on my own childhood.

This week, Singapore announced that the country's commercial and industrial entities are now able to purchase solar - generated power from the national power grid in an effort to cut down on environmental emissions.

Hudson's community efforts include being a director on the board of The National Epilepsy Foundation and vice president of the University of Miami alumni association.

«Boeing's challenge is an authentic business decision, yet Ottawa seems untroubled about once again playing Sir Galahad, not only intervening on Bombardier's behalf, but also putting the problem - plagued effort to buy new fighter jets on the line, solely for the benefit of a privileged Quebec family and the people they employ,» Kelly McParland wrote in the National Post.

Many may be wondering why the project of a national securities regulator is worth so much time and effort on the part of policy - makers.

But S.Y. Lee, a spokesman for the DHS, told Fortune that the government agency coordinates «national efforts to strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure, working with our federal and industry partners across the country to raise awareness about evolving threats and promote measures to reduce risks to systems we all rely on.»

Instead, Celenza focused his efforts on venues where his customers were already shopping: sporting goods and training equipment retailers, including national chains like Sport Chek.

The company needs a national sales manager and people on the ground selling, supplementing the distributors» efforts.

That information — augmented by advocacy efforts from such Addyi supporters as the National Organization for Women and National Consumers League — turned the tide, and the FDA's joint meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18 to 6 to support approval for HSDD treatment, contingent on Sprout consenting to risk - mitigation measures like warnings and restrictions to prevent misuse.

Privatizing air traffic control will have implications for the future of U.S. drone regulations, much of which hinges on efforts to create a national drone air traffic control system capable of real - time reporting, tracking and managing of flights.

The charges were announced less than an hour after The Intercept published a top - secret document from the U.S. National Security Agency that described Russian efforts to launch cyber attacks on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and send «spear - phising» emails, or targeted emails that try to trick a recipient into clicking on a malicious link to steal data, to more than 100 local election officials days before the presidential election last November.

It's clear that Mueller's team «is being very strategic and are trying to preempt efforts that have the effect of insulating the administration from the investigations,» said Jon Michaels, a professor at UCLA School of Law and an expert on national security law.

She's raising about $ 10 million to $ 13 million to build a stable for the horses and U.S. Park Police who work on the National Mall, and she's seeded the effort with $ 1 million of her own money.

Even if the current efforts fail, the new push on national security may prove Democrats» best shot at eventually luring Republican support on an issue that has floundered for decades.

Effective programs — the kind found on the National Registry — are usually created by psychologists and other social scientists who are better at research than marketing their efforts.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

While Lyft's attempt to raise awareness about the gender wage gap echoes similar corporate moves that capitalize on these national awareness days, the company has recently doubled down on efforts to fix its own pay parity issues.

Salesforce tops this year's list, thanks to its efforts to create a Great Place to Work For All, its commitment to philanthropy (employees get paid 56 hours per year to volunteer, for example), and for creating a globally - cohesive culture (in addition to this list, it also ranks on each of our national best workplaces lists in Australia, India, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the U.K.)

In this spirit, the award shines a spotlight on private companies that approach growth in a strategic, sustainable and holistic manner — and, through their efforts, contribute to the strength of our national economy.

Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private equity fund focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.

Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.

April 6: Facebook says it will require admins of popular pages and advertisers buying political or «issue» ads on «debated topics of national legislative importance» like education or abortion to verify their identity and location — in an effort to fight disinformation on its platform.

Donald Trump has forgiven $ 50 million in loans he made to his campaign, and fundraising efforts have kicked into high gear, his national finance chairman told CNBC on Thursday.

Relief efforts, coordinated by the National office of Disaster Services along with the Red Cross, have started in earnest with multiple relief flights and vessels landing on Barbuda today.

It outlines new reporting requirements for French asset managers on their contribution to national and international efforts to limit global warming.

The needed infrastructural investments could be made, the national airline could offer reduced rates for stays of over one week, trade missions could multiply their efforts, and so on.

All these efforts should come together in a national strategy that sets a clear direction, builds on our strengths, and targets key areas of economic opportunity across the country.

A national climate policy based on this kind of perpetual horse trading is hardly sustainable, or likely to be sufficiently stringent to be worth the effort and expense.

Fast forward to today when as Yra Harris writes in his latest Notes from the Underground, the realization that central bankers are on the verge of panic is that much closer, because as the veteran trader and strategist writes, «the continued efforts by the ECB, BOJ and Swiss National Bank to keep their overnight rates at crisis - era levels is increasing concerns around the globe that central bankers in general do not have an exit strategy.»

Kevin Burch, outgoing chairman of the American Trucking Associations Such efforts were on national display last week when President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of fleet executives, drivers and other industry personnel — organized by ATA — on the merits of his tax reform plan at a stump speech in Harrisburg, Pa..

Efforts ranged from family ministries in individual churches to «parachurch» pastoral groups such as James Dobson's Focus on the Family to national political organizations such as Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority.

They are willing to engage in joint evangelization efforts with the indigenous churches in reaching their own people, or to focus through cross-cultural evangelism on areas not yet reached by the national churches.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

Adds the former president of a national environmental organization, who has looked in vain for support from religious groups in efforts to protect wilderness and wildlife: «The Unitarians occasionally let us meet in their buildings; that's been our primary contact with churches on this issue.»

Constantly concerned about alienating the southern wing of the Democratic Party, the Kennedys sought to channel the movement away from attacks on state segregation statutes, which, they claimed, were local conflicts in which federal authorities were powerless to intervene, and into voter registration efforts in which the national state could be of assistance.

Thus the most heated debates in recent General Councils of the Assemblies of God have centered on efforts to qualify local sovereignty in favor of district and national councils.

Two Christian organizations were among several groups that spoke out against the town's efforts to prevent the mosque's construction and filed an amicus brief on the Islamic Society's behalf, including the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and the National Association of Evangelicals.

Meanwhile, the World and National councils of churches, myriad regional and local councils, the many bilateral conversations, and unity efforts like the Consultation on Church Union have continued to do their work largely out of the public eye except for occasional moments of media - orchestrated controversy.