Sentences with phrase «package of reforms designed»

In November 2017 the Government of Qatar agreed to a package of reforms designed to address the abuses described here.

LITRG's Chairman, Anthony Thomas, said: «This is a useful package of reforms designed by the Office of Tax Simplification to make life easier for employers.

On Tuesday, the Obama administration unveiled a package of reforms designed to rein in this abuse of the patent system.

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Sen. Dick Durbin will introduce a package of legislative reforms Tuesday designed to bolster the safety of school meals by requiring more stringent tests for disease - causing organisms and by giving school authorities more information about the safety records of food suppliers.

Senate Democrats unveiled a package of measures designed to reform campaign finance laws and how lobbying is done — measures that have failed to gain much traction in their chamber.

Senate Republicans are touting on Thursday a package of measures designed to ease burdnes on business, ranging from reforms to the state's regulatory process to providing relief for small businesses facing high health - care costs.

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Tuesday pushed for a package of voting reforms designed to make it easier to cast a ballot in New York.

The Mayor's reform package included proposed legislation to allow same - day voter registration, pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds, and early voting, and to require ballots to be designed in a more voter - friendly way.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Erie County Commissioner of Social Services Carol Dankert - Maurer to detail a package of legislative reforms designed to improve the provision of Child Protective Services («CPS») to children and families across New York State.

Cuomo this year has proposed a package of measures designed to combat sexual harassment and reform the state's laws, including a ban on taxpayer - funded settlements for harassment cases.

After nearly two months, Governor Andrew Cuomo requested on Friday that the Legislature send him an ethics reform package he personally designed and pushed the Legislature to pass in June with the assistance of a message of necessity he issued to speed the process.

Gordon Brown yesterday endorsed radical measures to put a revived parliament back at the centre of British political life, in a reform package designed to revive his flagging constitutional agenda and restore MPs» lost credibility.

The New York City Council today announced an «historic» rules reform package designed to empower individual members, increase transparency and check the power of the speaker.

Amidst pressure for schools to adopt off - the - shelf reform programs as a way of improving student achievement (Herman, 1999), it is interesting to note that, by and large, the schools in the studies summarized by Taylor, Pressley, and Pearson (2002) did not necessarily view packaged reforms as the key ingredient for improving student achievement (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Taylor et al., 2000).1 The common denominators seem to be commitment and hard work focused on research - based practices at both the classroom level and the school level.

Innovation status, which provides a package of waivers to public schools to implement new school designs, has been enacted through legislation in states such as Colorado and Massachusetts.55 In addition, states should reform their systems of graduation requirements in order to reflect students» comprehension of material instead of how many hours they attend a course.

The letter was part of a resource package sent to chief justices and court administrators nationwide, designed to help state and local courts reform long - loved but illegal practices for assessing and collecting civil fines.

I therefore propose a coherent package of interlocking reforms, designed to control costs and promote access to justice.

While I understand that third party respondent funding is being considered in other processes of the Attorney - General's Native Title Reform package, its impact on the resolution of claims should also be incorporated in strategies designed to improve the process.

Despite this, the government failed to consult with stakeholders such as SNAICC during the initial reference group consultation period on the design of the reforms package.

The bipartisan legislation is designed to present the Senate with a package of widely agreed upon reforms that it can vote on before the end of the 113th Congress.