Sentences with phrase «policy address on»

Washington — The redefinition of transitional bilingual education, a key objective of Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's bilingual - education initiative, is prohibited under current law and may be unnecessary, the department's chief attorney told the Secretary in a memorandum three weeks before his recent policy address on the issue.

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Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman addressed the American Economic Association in Washington DC on the topic of monetary policy, inflation, and wage rises.

Two giant waste - to - energy projects planned for Kwinana and Rockingham could gain extra financial backing after the federal government unveiled a raft of policy initiatives to address problems flowing from China's new restrictions on accepting foreign waste.

Ripple declined to comment on the rumors, citing its policy of not addressing rumor or speculation.

«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

Based on the results, the company put together the infographic below, which looks at three critical areas of cloud security: Virtual Private Networks (VPN, which allows a computer or a Wi - Fi - enabled device to send and receive data securely across a shared or public network), bring your own device (BYOD) policies and a Domain Name System (DNS, the system that Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated by).

«We believe return shipping is the next horizon on e-commerce, and [retailers] have to address it with a flat rate or making it free, or making policies really clear and concise to consumers so they know and don't feel slighted,» Caporaso says.

Jerome Powell addressed Congress on Tuesday, detailing the central bank's outlook for monetary policy and economic growth for the coming years.

President Donald Trump's much - anticipated address to the world VIPs gathered in Davos, Switzerland takes place on Friday, and corporate chiefs at the meeting are eager to know which Trump trade policy is the real one.

But it also has policies directly addressing issues common to the garment industry, such as prohibitions on forced and child labour.

State Labor faces a political and ideological challenge when it next addresses its policy on uranium.

For now, the country just can't agree on a policy to address such shootings.

But markets in those days were significantly concerned by an administration unable to address its policy agenda, bogged down as it was with problems that had taken on a life of their own, and a Congress preoccupied with the issue.

Among pharma CEOs, only Brent Saunders, the chief executive of Allergan, addressed the issue directly, tweeting Sunday that he opposes «any policy that puts limitations on our ability to attract the best and diverse talent.»

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

In addition to delivering a prepared address, Powell will field questions from lawmakers on monetary policy, the economy and banking regulations.

Next, I want to address the potential impact of new GHG policies on oil sands projects — in short, I want to show that the Prime Minister's contention that it would be crazy to impose new GHG regulations on the oil sands sector is incorrect.

«The vast majority of our hosts in Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and across the county are middle class people who depend on home sharing as a way to address economic inequality,» Chris Lehane, head of global policy and communications at Airbnb, said in a statement.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

More than half of the issuers (56 %) in the survey sample have adopted formal policies addressing the representation of women on boards — and they've been swift about it.

Facebook in recent months has sent representatives to Washington to address issues of foreign interference on Facebook, but this week's hearings will be the company's first opportunity to address privacy policies before lawmakers and Zuckerberg's first appearance before Congress.

And he hasn't shied away from high - profile events - last May (above), for example, he introduced Australian prime minister John Howard to members of the then Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, who had come to the Peninsula Hotel to hear Howard give a foreign policy address.

The peak renewables body's support, however, is contingent on the policy being fleshed out, «and [it] addressing concerns in relation to the emissions target.»

He has led shareholder efforts to address antibiotic use policies across the restaurant sector and serves on antibiotics advisory boards for Fortune 1000 companies.

I'm pleased to have been part of a very constructive discussion on how we can all work together on policies that support a strong and competitive U.S. economy, create jobs and address safety and environmental issues.

We, the undersigned, have therefore joined together to express our shared views on effective policies to address climate change.

The U.S. should avoid contradictory economic policies as it seeks to work trilaterally with the EU and Japan on addressing shared concerns about China.

How does pressure get put on the Fed to address its policy choices in line with what the country wants?

Measures of negative equity have become a key component in crafting policies to address the foreclosure crisis, as these borrowers are twice as likely to be seriously delinquent or in default on their first - lien mortgage compared with positive equity borrowers.

Fossil fuel companies and real estate developers were among Clark's biggest campaign donors and, between B.C.'s climate leadership plan and the long time inaction to address housing inflation, they certainly seem to have had her ear on policy decisions.

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.

On the site you need to provide name, address, and date of birth in order for the company to implement basic KYC - policy.

At issue in many Rule 14a - 8 (i)(7) no - action requests is whether a proposal that addresses ordinary business matters nonetheless focuses on a policy issue that is sufficiently significant.

Over the last six months, Coin Center — the independent, non-profit, public policy research and advocacy center based in Washington, DC — has been busy addressing blockchain's national security implications with the congressional Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, spearheading the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill, and moderating recent panels on legal strategy and regulatory developments and how they affect the crypto - space.

Nix shows how psychographically categorized voters can be differently addressed, based on the example of gun rights, the 2nd Amendment: «For a highly neurotic and conscientious audience the threat of a burglary — and the insurance policy of a gun.»

«policies and practices to address environmental or social factors that have an impact on shareholder value»

However, Andy Blocker, executive vice president of policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told ThinkAdvisor Friday that the memo «fails to address the potential impact» of DOL's redraft «on everyday investors, which has been our concern all along.»

While most brick - and - mortar retailers will only have access to credit card information, or perhaps some personal information through consumer loyalty programs, analysis of Amazon's privacy policy shows that the company collects information on shipping recipients, Internet protocol (IP) addresses of customers, personal information in a user's profile and even the e-mail addresses of friends.

They go on to argue that we should adopt «policies that encourage firms and workers to broaden capital ownership and access to capital income, consistent within the long American tradition of encouraging broad - based private property ownership, should be part of any effort to address today's economic inequality.»

But if policy - makers want to actually address the root causes of lack of affordability, they should focus on the core problems with the housing market.

But the spokesperson confirmed the government is presently working on policies that will address some of the «special issues» related to those projects, including their «long - term stewardship and liability.»

To compensate for this lack of «real address», lenders use dummy information based on probable loan data including sample purchase prices, sample real estate tax bills common for the area, and sample homeowners insurance policies and / or homeowners association assessments, where applicable.

International coordination is thus necessary to avoid an excessive and self - defeating reliance on monetary policy and achieve a mutually rewarding reliance on fiscal policy to address problems.

This paper also includes an addendum addressing some of the most frequent questions that we received from companies during our meetings, as well as an overview of changes we made to the application of our UK policy based on the feedback we received from issuers, investors and other stakeholders.

Taking all of these factors into consideration, I do not presently see a need for monetary policy to deviate from a primary focus on attaining price stability and maximum employment, in order to address financial stability concerns.

Officials from both sides have said that the conversation will be focused on topics of shared values and priorities, but prior to the visit, Vatican Radio — which, according to USA Today «is considered an official organ of communication for the church «-- released a story addressing U.S. policy issues at odds with Vatican teaching.

Global policy making addresses primarily the removal of all obstacles that might stand in the way of the unhindered operation of the major ICT - investors on markets around the world.

The need to address poverty's basic causes, including the unhealthy concentration of America's land and resources in the hands of so few owners — who have tended to misappropriate land values — ought to be high on our religious and public policy agendas.

Two days after President Bush's 2004 State of the Union address, Schwartz published an op - ed piece in the New York Times, summarizing his book's message in order to cast doubt on the president's celebration of personal choice as public policy.

«Unsustainable Liberalism» is one of three addresses given to a symposium on «After Liberalism,» put on in late February with the support of the Simon / Hertog Fund for Policy Analysis and of Fieldstead and Company.