Sentences with phrase «policies of public official»

E-mail policies of public official's are drawing national attention with the controversy over Hillary Clinton's using a personal email account for government business when she was Secretary of State.

Add to that the pro-growth policies of public officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who presided over last year's rezoning of east Midtown for larger buildings, and former mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP), in a city where building has historically been tough.

Not exact matches

The Fed should follow rules when making policy to give the public a better understanding of the central bank's actions, Fed official Loretta Mester said.

Indeed, Ontario and other jurisdictions did not bother to be so prescriptive, and even Alberta officials concede this part of the bill is largely clarification (other parts are to force religious and private schools to adopt the same LGBT - friendly policies as public schools).

About 21 percent of gun owners have contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 12 percent of non-gun owners.

That's not sound monetary policy - it's a picnic for insiders, bought and paid for through the abuse of public funds by government officials too unprincipled even to recognize the abuse.

 Mr. Poloz himself bent over backwards in his last Monetary Policy Report to not use that term — even though the Bank's own numbers (projecting negative GDP growth for both the first and second quarters of 2015) suggested a recession was indeed already underway. Instead, public officials are normally sanguine and rose - coloured in their public pronouncements, hoping to incrementally shift consumer confidence with their cheeriness, and thus spark more spending. [A ridiculous extreme of this approach was provided when George Bush blithely encouraged Americans to go shopping in the days after the 9 - 11 terrorist attacks.]

This capacity has been further enhanced by a change in operating procedures, which has seen public announcements of every change in the official cash rate — the key policy interest rate — since January 1990.

Despite preemptive military action, the post - «victory» occupation of Iraq and global involvements elsewhere, America's present policy makers and public officials insist that the term «empire» simply does not apply.

question by Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Erica Jordan, who not - so - subtly suggested that Ryan's approach to healthcare reform, tax reform, and welfare reform was in conflict with the Church's social teaching, the very Catholic Speaker replied that he completely agreed with Sister Erica that God is «always on the side of the poor and dispossessed»; the real question was, how do public officials, who are not God, create public policies that empower the poor and dispossessed to be not - poor and not - dispossessed?

But what of situations where a dual - race system arose not de jure but de facto, i.e., in response to housing patterns in which public officials and public policy had little or no direct role?

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Weigel's column is distributed by the Denver Catholic, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Denver.

The trustee committee of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced two reprimands on Friday for Richard Land, who leads public policy efforts for the Southern Baptists, according to the official press arm.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

Health Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare programs.

«Meat — The Big Omission from the Talks on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour - change solutions.

Wine Institute and CAWG developed the report to provide an understanding of the industry's contributions to the California and U.S. economies for use in public policy discussions with state and federal legislators and other key officials.

For the protection of members and all those involved in the management of registered and insured cycling events, British Cycling provides through its public liability insurance policy, an indemnity, limited to # 15 million (3) for legal liabilities arising from claims made against an event organiser, official or participant1 that involves either bodily injury or property damage to a third party.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

The Fox Valley Park District makes every effort to comply with the State of Illinois Public Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which states that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public emplPublic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which states that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public emplpublic officials and public emplpublic employees.

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.

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.

Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt (who is employed by WXXI News) asked the Democratic governor whether he was considering new policies in light of the national attention on sexual misconduct, as well as the recent resignation of a state economic development official who was under investigation for harassment.

Quoting the official definition of records, Archives spokeswoman Antonia Valentine said an email is a record if it is created «in connection with the transaction of public business (and provides)... evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities (of an agency).»

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

Quality of Official Indicators: A significant aspect of NPM was the concept of «management by numbers,» that is, the development of quantitative performance indicators, with the aim of making public policy and management more analytic and evidence - based.

State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly led Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official and the establishment - preferred candidate, by 5 points in a poll this month from the Public Policy Institute of California.

«Throughout his career, Paul has counseled public officials on substantive policy issues and the most effective methods of community outreach.

The commission advises created another new criminal offense of «undisclosed self dealing» by elected officials who don't tell the public they may have a financial interest in a particular bill or policy.

He also called for the town board to develop an official social media policy so that the public understands what kinds of comments are permitted and which would result in users being banned.

«In addition to working with state and local officials on legislative matters and issues of critical importance to American and the airline industry, Towns oversees American's interactions with municipal, public policy and economic development organizations in New York, Boston and elsewhere,» American Airlines stated.

Founded in 1935, NACo brings county officials together to advocate with a collective voice on national policy, exchange ideas and build new leadership skills, pursue transformational county solutions, enrich the public's understanding of county government and exercise exemplary leadership in public service.

City officials almost allowed him to set public policy by erecting his wall of concrete on the Hudson River.

A bill moving quickly through the Legislature would complicate the accounting for a Milwaukee policy that increases residents» chances of working on local public works projects, a city official said.

Last week, officials from virtually every sector from across the Adirondack Park gathered in Long Lake for the Common Ground Alliance, the ninth installment of the forum designed to overlook philosophical differences and come together to try to move the needle forward on sustainable public policy.

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.

With Perez Williams out of the race, a field of three was gradually winnowed down to one, as local officials and other progressive organizations all rallied around Dana Balter, a professor of public policy and a leader of one of the largest local Indivisible chapters.

Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt asked the Democratic governor whether he was considering new policies in light of the national attention on sexual misconduct, as well as the recent resignation of a state economic development official who was under investigation for harassment.

It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).

Bharara told the Moreland Commission that his office had just adopted a new set of policies to go after public officials» pensions — starting with Stevenson, a former member of the Bronx New York Assembly, and disgraced ex-state Sen.

Ethan Geringer - Sameth, public policy director of Citizens Union, said two commissions create the impression city officials are working toward opposite goals.

Email policies for public officials are drawing national attention with the controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton using a personal email account for government business.

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

The commission advises creating another new criminal offense of undisclosed self dealing by elected officials who don't tell the public they may have a financial interest in a particular bill or policy.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

The move comes as more local officials, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, are calling for NYCHA to develop a long - term policy for the development of public housing land that includes

As written, the amendment would allow a judge to reduce or revoke the public pension of any elected official, state official appointed by the governor, judge or certain employees involved in policy making who is convicted of a felony related to their duties.

The «political atmospherics» of the meeting might polish Trump's optics, but Bledsoe is skeptical about its influence on public policy, which is being overseen in some cases by transition officials who question the scientific findings on global warming.

Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in Minneapolis, points out that the 2004 document was based on input from an international panel of 22 scientists and public - health officials, in response to the threat of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus.

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.