Sentences with phrase «other government efforts»
The new playbook will not do away with the emergency broadcast system and other government efforts.
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While there are now many virtual currencies, each with its own blockchain, there are also many government and corporate efforts looking at ways to use blockchain technology to securely record other kinds of data.
The government focussed on eliminating measures in an effort to level the playing field between incorporated small businesses on the one hand and unincorporated businesses and salaried employees on the other.
That traction results from a concerted effort Amazon management over the past four or five years to convince businesses in the financial services, healthcare, and government that running on shared public cloud infrastructure meets their security and other requirements.
Earlier this year, Ottawa launched a five - year, $ 250 - million program geared at supporting the auto industry — Ford just received a $ 72 - million cash injection — but DesRosiers and other analysts say the federal government's efforts need to be less targeted at the assembly plants.
If these efforts at refunds are tried, a) there will be public outrage and heat on the government, and b) others will sue.
He said the government has been very supportive of his efforts to reform companies like Sony and others.
But while Iceland's government has made a concerted effort to ensure pay equity, efforts have stalled in other developed nations, including the United States.
Your first stop should be The National Climate Assessment, an interagency effort by the U.S. federal government, puts out a report every few years, assessing the likelihood of floods, fires, heat waves, hurricanes, and other climate - based events.
He also pointed out that in addition to the military aspect of US operations in the country, other parts of the US government like the State Department and USAID are also active in reconciliation efforts, recovering water access, and rebuilding the power grids in destroyed towns and cities.
The company describes its decision simply, saying the company «chose to manage employees in line with our values and beliefs and to engage governments, communities and other corporations in our effort to change, even if our efforts were unpopular or disruptive to normal business relationships.»
Fifth, governments, industry and other interested groups should strengthen their efforts to build a national ethic of energy conservation and a clearer public understanding of the costs and benefits of various energy choices.
Two other Maryland pitches didn't have government backing: one by the Baltimore neighborhood of Old Goucher and another from the Howard Hughes Corp. effort proposing Columbia.
The chamber already has a number of other, critical items on its plate, from allotting billions of dollars to recovery efforts following Hurricane Harvey to funding the U.S. government itself.
McKay, whose bank is Canada's largest mortgage lender, says he's supportive of government taxes and other measures targeting foreign buyers, as well as other regulatory efforts to cool the country's housing market.
The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).
While I respect Rush's right to speak his mind (without people like him, we would be like other totalitarian governments that don't tolerate dissent), I am with the Pope and the church in their efforts to reach out to the world.
Our religions are so different that it seems the only way to keep the peace is to admit the other folks may also be right and back away from our efforts to change their religions or governments.
Another example involved our efforts in South Vietnam and Cambodia: prior to the conclusion of their respective revolutions, the former governments of these nations received the lion's share of our excess food resources, while Bangladesh and other needy countries were left to go «nature's way.»
Although our efforts have had little influence among mainstream economists or governments, groups in ten or more other countries have developed similar measures.
We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness of church workers in the settlement house movement and other voluntary, local efforts in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs of the 20th century.
(Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks, Des Moines, IA, 1/3/08) in fact A list of Obama's own top fundraisers features a number of people involved in the business of influencing government, including the head of a lobbying and public relations firm, the corporate executive who oversees Comcast's lobbying efforts and the chairwoman of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's political action committee, among others.»
A President needs the cooperation of other elected officials, something this President had not gotten, despite his efforts to reinstate bipartisan government.
A government official said the decision was «part of a broader regional effort to stop the spread of Boko Haram and other violent extremist organizations in West Africa.»
Christian Aid, Tearfund and other groups are calling on the Scottish Government to step up efforts to... More
We try as hard as we can to give as much aid as we can, and I'm sure other churches do too, but if everyone put forth even more effort, religion would once again become a key part of society and the government would have a little bit more money to work with.
The best combined effort of state and local governments, businesses, foundations, religious and other charitable institutions to support community development is no substitute for a renewed federal commitment to housing.
In addition to providing technical assistance and training to governments and other actors in the implementation of the tools, the project also put a lot of effort into the establishment of networks and of cooperation between the various actors.
The Institute supports the efforts of the Philippine government — through the DOH, NNC, and the FNRI — to end malnutrition in the Philippines and in other rice - consuming countries.
But there was even an effort in that legislation that was being proposed by the government to ensure that we would see coercive powers used against workers rather than used against employers who were intentionally underpaying those workers or other workers in the labour market.
A concerted effort by government and industry will help more Scottish - grown food find its way onto menus in schools, hospitals and other public settings, to support Scotland's food and drink sector.
Zero Waste Scotland leads on the delivery of the Scottish Government's Circular Economy strategy and other low carbon policy priorities, and is at the forefront of efforts to create a resource efficient, circular economy.
The government remained dismissive of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and other such multilateral efforts but it moved to implement domestic reforms.
Responding after receiving the report, Governor Ambode commended members of the Committee which included Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; Partner of SimmonsCooper, Mrs Victoria Alonge, among others, for the painstaking efforts put into the report, saying that their passion in ensuring that the State Government recovers its lands, buildings as well as disputed quarters were very much appreciated.
The $ 65 million deal — dubbed Security Governance Initiative (SGI)-- is an initiative by the US government to assist with efforts to improve security governance and capacity to counter threats in Ghana and five other African countries.
They are an opportunity for HMRC, the Government — and other stakeholders such as professional bodies — to take stock and renew their efforts to work towards a more efficient and less complex tax system in which the public can have greater understanding and confidence.»
By supporting parties, opinion makers, and other political organizations much of the effort, and most of the knowledge and thinking needed to keep democratic governments more or less responsible can be off - loaded from the general populous.
We are extremely grateful for your government's support in the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the North East of Nigeria, as well as humanitarian assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons, through agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and other international partners.
The White House is preparing to open a broad investigation into China's trade practices, amid growing worries in the United States over a Chinese government - led effort to make the country a global leader in microchips, electric cars and other crucial technologies of the future.
Among other highlights, the Proposed Budget creates twelve janitorial or custodial positions to augment efforts aimed at improving the cleanliness and health of county buildings; these positions previously existed in county government but were cut by the Collins administration.
«Taking all other issues raised in the Kaduna Declaration over the past few months, vis a vis the effort by various government and non-governmental bodies to engage us in dialogue, we submit that there is the need to look at the following issues holistically as safeguards against future ethnic tensions:
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians — youth and adults — to embrace the renewed effort toward rebuilding the nation in order to tackle the menace of insecurity, economic hardship and other challenges Nigerians are experiencing under the present All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
His second book, The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq, outlines his experiences as deputy governor shortly after coalition forces entered Iraq, and describes his efforts to lead development projects and establish a functional government.
Oba Ogunwusi while addressing staff of OIRS led by the Acting Chairman, Mr. Dayo Oyebamiji on the importance of taxation and other levies to human and capital development, he urged the people of Ife and the entire citizens of the state to always discharge their civic responsibilities as part of efforts to complement developmental agenda of the government.
How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $ 100,000 gift from a foreign contractor who was awarded a government contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers?»
The other partners in the effort are the Sunlight Foundation, good government group Citizens Union, Socrata, web - developer coder training program Dev Bootcamp, and Ontodia, an open data solutions firm that has experience working with scraping PDFS and making them machine - readable.
The absence of enhanced protection and security for the EFCC and other anti-corruption agencies could ruin the government's anti-corruption efforts and weaken citizens» trust and confidence in its ability to effectively and successfully prosecute grand corruption cases.»
«The Environmental Facilities Corp. is pleased to assist New York City and 17 other local governments in their efforts to provide safe and reliable clean water systems, improving the environment and water quality, protecting public health, and creating jobs throughout the state,» said EFC President and CEO Matthew J. Driscoll.
The other problem is the situation where governments in their effort to curb the canker through sincere handling of corruption cases in their administration, fall victims.
Governments before today, have made efforts: some little, others, huge, to expand the treatment and supply of water.