Sentences with phrase «policies of organizations based»

«The purpose of this survey is to gain a better understanding of the operations and policies of organizations based in the United States that work on feral and community cat care and advocacy.

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«A range of policy choices skewed the market in favor of diesel, whereas in the rest of the world this didn't happen,» says Greg Archer, who heads the Clean Vehicles arm of Transport & Environment, a nongovernmental organization based in Brussels.

As part of the changes to the budgetary process in 1994, four private sector forecasting organizations [2] develop detailed fiscal projections on a National Accounts basis, based on the average of the private sector economic forecasts and the tax and spending policies in place at the time of the last budget for the next five years.

Branson mused about his successes and failures in a speech cited by Fortune magazine, where he addressed the Tribeca Film Festival's Imagination Day and touched on the reasons that are the basis of his organization's decision to let employees work from home and initiate an unlimited leave policy at Virgin Group.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

This paper explores the concept of What Works Centres, independent and non-partisan organizations structured to create, collect and curate evidence on public policy challenges and the success — and failure — of government and community - based interventions.

GFI's Human Resources Manager will manage the day - to - day human resources operations of the organization and assist with developing essential SOPs, policies, and strategies to support a rapidly growing, remotely - based team.

will manage the day - to - day human resources operations of the organization and assist with developing essential SOPs, policies, and strategies to support a rapidly growing, remotely - based team.

The policy goes into effect on August 1, but U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in a statement January 20 that religious organizations that do not provide contraceptive coverage based on religious belief will have until August 1, 2013, to comply.

If the legislature — or the IRS — can give or withhold tax exemption from nonprofit organizations on the basis of its interpretation of what serves the public benefit or violates public policy, then we are all in trouble.

They were killed because they supported the liberating theology and dignity of the base Christian communities; they named social injustice, not communism or outside subversive influence, as the root cause of the crisis (revolution in their view was inevitable unless issues of poverty and social inequality were adequately addressed); they promoted a negotiated settlement to Salvador's civil war, including a significant role for the FMLN and other popular organizations; and, they named U.S. policy as a fundamental obstacle to peace in El Salvador.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

We are proud to be founding members of the Plant Based Foods Association, a trade organization formed with the following mission: to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based fBased Foods Association, a trade organization formed with the following mission: to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based fbased foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based fbased foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based fbased foods.

ACOG and SMFM are encouraging individuals, organizations and governing bodies to conduct research aimed at developing a stronger knowledge base to direct decisions regarding cesarean delivery and to facilitate policy changes that safely lower the rate of primary cesarean births in the US.

State health departments can use mPINC data to work together with partner agencies, organizations, policy makers, and health professionals to improve evidence - based maternity care practices and policies at all of their hospitals statewide.

We have brought together the best of science and academia to build an evidence - based organization at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy to examine how to stop the escalation of this epidemic and ultimately to eliminate it.

Mission: The mission of the AAPD's Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA) is to ensure that the organization's policies, guidelines and programs are evidenced based and supported by the most recent and up to date science.

The Albany - based think tank and fiscal watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy launched in 2005 as a project of the Manhattan Institute is being «re-launched» as an independent organization, the organization's president E.J. McMahon announced.

[4] The organization makes independent expenditures to influence elections based on a candidate's stated education policies and how those policies align with those of the NEA.

But more than a dozen advocacy organizations — including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union and Sunlight Foundation, as well as New York - based good government groups — sent a letter to the governor late last month, arguing his policy was technologically unnecessary and out of step with the federal government, which saves emails from rank - and - file employees for seven years.

Ronald Deutsch, executive director of the Latham - based Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of all New Yorkers, is equally dissatisfied with the status quo.

CEJ is a non-profit based in the city of Buffalo that unites labor and community - based organizations to win needed policy changes related to economic development, corporate accountability and workers» rights at the local and state level.

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

However, Dominic Robinson, vice president of economic inclusion at CenterState CEO, a Syracuse - based economic development organization, said the study was not related to Trump's policies.

«The governor has a fair amount of latitude in insisting that certain spending take place,» said James Parrott, chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonpartisan fiscal research organization based in New York.

Comparing their results with information from the «broader NIH postdoctoral community,» the authors find that far fewer alumni of North Carolina - based NIEHS — the only one of the National Institutes of Health located outside metropolitan Washington, D.C. — go into science policy work than do their counterparts at the institutes close to the national capital's many governmental and policy organizations.

This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing climate change in the mid — 21st century, according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington, D.C. — based organization seeking an end to hunger and poverty through appropriate local, national and international agricultural policies.

And in May, a week after Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a glioma, The EMR Policy Institute, a Marshfield, Vt. — based nonprofit organization that supports research on the effects of electromagnetic radiation, released a statement linking his tumor to heavy cell phone use.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

McDowell foresees two groups working in the organization: «one that is effecting advocacy and communication between junior scientists and the rest of the community; and another that is working with data about the system and driving evidence - based policy changes.»

As an initial step towards building science of science policy communities among National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy communities among National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netPolicy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy networks.

Though the verdict was based on a technicality related to the scope of the term «product of nature,» Plomer argues the verdict «calls into question patent policies which put the rights of organizations motivated by the pursuit of profit above the public interest and rights to equal and free access to open science.»

Participating organizations are based in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Ottawa or Toronto, Canada and include: American Library Association, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Center for Democracy and Technology, Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Music Coalition, Internet Education Foundation, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Media Access Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, New America Foundation, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Public Knowledge, TechFreedom, and Technology Policy Institute.

U.S. organizations promoting the global use of ethanol will continue to work closely with the Japanese government as it implements its new policy and provide updated technical information about GHG reductions and other benefits of corn - based ethanol.

http://itsallaboutfood.podbean.com/mf/web/4xraee/itsallaboutfood081711.mp3Podcast: Play in new window Download 08/17/2011: Part I: Mia McDonald Executive Director, Brighter Green Based in New York, Brighter Green is directed by Mia MacDonald, a public policy analyst and writer who has worked as a consultant to a range of international non-governmental organizations — including the Ford Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the...

Canada About Blog The CDPC is a broad based network of organizations, associations and individuals working together to develop drug policy and legislation based on evidence, human rights, social inclusion and public health.

The Council of the Great City Schools, based in Washington, is a national policy and research organization in urban education that represents 65 urban public school districts.

Moag - Stahlberg: We have worked with some of our partner organizations to create a Web - based Wellness Policy tool — it contains resources and tools for each step of the policy process — from developing language, to promotion and implementation and then evaluPolicy tool — it contains resources and tools for each step of the policy process — from developing language, to promotion and implementation and then evalupolicy process — from developing language, to promotion and implementation and then evaluation.

As an independent, nonprofit, education - reform organization, Achieve has a mission of supporting standards - based education reform, and it offers both content and policy resources.

The Alliance for Excellent Education — a Washington - based policy and research organization — surveyed 1,200 adults this month and found that 32 percent said they believed the quality of public high school education had declined nationwide.

Program is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of system - level leadership responsibilities in organizations such as school systems, state departments of education, U.S. Department of Education, national policy organizations, national nonprofits or mission - based for - profits, and foundations / funders.

As vice president, Gray not only advises The Mind Trust's president and CEO on issues of strategy and operations and advances the policy work, he also leads the effort to help this Indianapolis - based and - focused organization build a national network of city - based organizations that will work together to support education entrepreneurs as they scale to new markets across the country.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

In a 17 - page paper published recently by Learn Inc., a Washington - based policy - research organization, Mr. Walberg said Chapter 1 (formerly Title I) money has not raised the academic achievement of needy students and has often been spent on students who are not poor.

The institute is a divi - sion of the Free Congress Foundation, a public - policy - research organization based in Washington, D.C.

Too often, discussions about the use of computers, web - based delivery, and instructional software fail to consider what needs to be done in policy, school organization, or within the teaching profession to take full advantage of those tools.

The study, based on a two - stage survey of education experts from across the country, also identified the United States Congress as the most influential organization in education policy.

Through EduAct, a Harvard - based student organization that aims to organize and advocate for students, families, and schools, we're hoping we can mitigate some of the negativity and divisiveness behind this policy.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

Build and connect networks of academic, policy, legal and other professionals with community - based and national civil rights organizations