Sentences with phrase «policy advocates for»

Sounds like it could be a very interesting tool in the hands of health policy advocates for both physicians and patients, yes?

Finally there were policy advocates for immediate dramatic governmental action.

Finally there were policy advocates for immediate dramatic governmental action.

We are also needed as public - policy advocates for the young people who are too often overlooked.

As to Ms. Pierce, she'll join the ranks of self - loathing regulators who will speechify about some Ayn Rand fantasyland of benign barons,» Bart Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen, wrote me in an email.

One quick note — don't miss a recent op - ed, penned by Noah Patrick Jones, JD, a policy advocate for the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice.

Eventually those patents were sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media for a hefty sum, allowing Samuels to use his windfall to run for office, flirt with running for office, and help shape the debate from the left by speaking out on issues and challenging candidates to adopt policies he advocates for.

Mr. Robert Guenther, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, stated that the association is the produce industry's oldest national trade association and public policy advocate for producers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Samantha previously served as a Public Policy Advocate for the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, focusing on unaccompanied homeless youth policy.

She has been a technology policy advocate for over a decade.

At the May NAR Legislative meetings, NAR adopted policy advocating for a five - member commission structure to lead the CFPB, but reports indicate the Administration is unlikely to pursue such a structural change given that Congress must enact legislation to do this and the many hurdles such a proposal will face for passage.

The Greensboro Regional REALTORS ® Association - REALTORS ® Commercial Alliance is the business and public policy advocate for Commercial REALTORS ®.

Not exact matches

Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

We agree that people shouldn't be fired for their political views, but this isn't a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence.

«We were encouraged by many pieces of the bill that align with what we've been saying, in particular a ban on paid prioritization and blocking are things we have advocated for,» says Althea Erickson, Etsy's head of public policy.

Harvard public policy professor and behavioral economist Iris Bohnet says one solution to solving this issue is «micro-sponsorship,» which is the act of advocating for a colleague who has been wronged.

You're the boss so you're actually in a position to advocate for family - friendly policies like paid leave and telecommuting options.

Andrew Leach is an environmental economist, energy enthusiast and a passionate advocate for good environmental policy.

Though early drafts of the Senate bill called for the Fed to adopt rules - based monetary policy, this ended up being stripped from the final proposal due to Democratic opposition - largely because much of the Hill focus has been on the Taylor rule, which many Fed advocates fear is too restricting.

Although some have compared Macron's unexpected rise to that of U.S. President Donald Trump — inasmuch as both leaders identify as political outsiders, and advocate for some degree of nationalism — the politicians differ starkly in their policies.

Even someone like former Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, who leans right on topics like monetary policy, was a vocal advocate for radical regulatory moves, including forcibly breaking up America's largest banks.

Many of the policies that Barack Obama has advocated - the Affordable Care Act (ACA), banking reform, and changes to tax rates, the minimum wage, and regulations - make life more difficult for small - business owners.

While there is little that small business and its advocates can do to directly stop the President from proposing additional policies that make life difficult for Main Street, they can take indirect action.

Jim Balsillie emerged this year as a vocal advocate for innovation policy in Canada.

As well, if we truly believed that minimum wage policy is an effective tool for moderating the business cycle, groups like CUPE and CCPA would advocate reducing the minimum wage during booms.

The non-profit advocates for laws and policies aimed at protecting children, provides legal representation to child victims, and offers community events, parenting classes, and counseling to support families across the Bay Area.

If anything has gotten easier for Barkan despite the physical and emotional challenges that comes with his illness, it's that the issues he is now advocating for are much simpler to explain to people than US interest rate policy, which has been his focus at the Center for Popular Democracy.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives advocates using this average hourly wage benchmark in their proposal in a report Making Every Job a Good Job.

In the Greek context, Barker described the danger of demagogues who weren't tasked with implementing the policies for which they advocated.

Obama has been a strong supporter of the policy to allow women in combat roles and an advocate for other military personnel reforms.

Paid advocacy editing is still forbidden, but the new policy spells out how PR people and other paid advocates can have input into editing Wikipedia pages so long as they follow guidelines for disclosure.

Including employees in the process creates internal advocates for the policy.

Clarification: Mester advocates using rules for communication purposes to the public but not necessarily setting policy.

The job also puts Gore in charge of Dell's global policy initiatives, empowers her to advocate for pro-entrepreneur regulations and has enabled her to reconnect with former colleagues at the U.N. «I've lived and worked in the humanitarian world for my entire career,» she says.

And at least in the ballpark of trying to advocate for decent policies.

The hacker continued on a policy soapbox, haranguing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for advocating that tech companies grant law enforcement «backdoor» access to their products.

According to a number of news reports, users who have been banned include Pax Dickinson — a former Business Insider executive who was let go for making racist comments — as well as Richard Spencer, who runs a so - called «alt - right» organization called the National Policy Institute, which advocates for racial separation.

Publicly - traded companies also contribute to party leadership campaigns (legal in 8 provinces), contribute to think - tanks that advocate for (sometimes controversial) policy positions, and run their own advertising and advocacy campaigns to generate support for policies or projects.

Outspoken in the world of conservative politics and public policy, the Koch brothers, who have a combined net worth of $ 95.8 billion, are advocates for smaller government and routinely fund political campaigns, although they took a step back during the 2016 election cycle.

Gottlieb is a physician, medical policy expert, and public health advocate who previously served as the FDA's deputy commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs and before that, as a senior advisor to the FDA Commissioner.

Unless you are an attorney or a privacy advocate, you probably do what most people do and quickly scroll through terms of service agreements and privacy policies ignoring the fine print to get registered for a new account.

About one - fourth of the engineering and technology companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one key founder who was an immigrant, according to the Kauffman Foundation, a research group that advocates for entrepreneurial policy.

There are teams that work on content policy and on privacy policy and make the decisions to advocate for policies to govern platforms, and then there are the engineers who build the tools.

As we crafted policy in this space, we talked to worker advocates, innovative businesses, and legal experts with the goal of raising wages and standards for independent contractors broadly, providing these workers universally needed benefits as well as a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companies.

We believe in advocating for fair trade, an inclusive immigration policy that welcomes the best and the brightest and those seeking opportunity in the great tradition of our country and tax reform that drives hiring to help create new jobs globally, across America and in Baltimore.

During the 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, participants went to Capitol Hill to meet with policymakers to underscore the vital role small businesses play in the US economy and to advocate for policies that support their ability to grow and compete.

From supporting projects that I'm passionate about, such as being an advocate for gay rights, to drug policy reform, to using my voice and that of the Virgin Group to shine a spotlight on issues that I believe are unacceptable, such as poaching and the death penalty.

We impact public policy and advocate for Greater Vancouver's business community and economy at all three levels of government.

Other highlights included a report on ridesharing and innovative transportation options, the passing of seven policy resolutions at the BC Chamber AGM in Kelowna, advocating for transit and transportation funding in the Lower Mainland, the redesign of the Sounding Board newspaper, and the unveiling of a new logo and new website.

But it let the public know what its officials had at stake in the policies for which they advocated.