Sentences with phrase «policy counsel for»

«When you're planning for retirement, your advisor should be focused first on what makes sense for your finances, not theirs,» says Pamela Banks, senior policy counsel for Consumers Union.

He served as Global Policy Counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation in 2014.

«If approved, the deal would create a new company whose dominance over access to the Internet is rivaled only by Comcast,» said Joshua Stager, policy counsel for New America's Open Technology Institute.

Michael Terrell, Energy Policy Counsel for Google, wrote on Google's blog that the effort would «unleash innovation in homes and businesses as new energy saving technologies and apps are developed.»

«That sounds to me like they are actually offering a range of rates,» says Kathleen Keest, senior policy counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending, who reviewed the test offer and found it «misleading» and «not at all clear.»

His early career was spent in the policy arena as special assistant and policy counsel for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Overdraft programs are «really just a way for banks to bilk their most vulnerable customers with costly fees,» says Pamela Banks, policy counsel for Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports.

Andrea Ritchie, the senior policy counsel for a group called Streetwise and Safe, highlighted the impact that police encounters have on «LGBTQ youth of color» in particular.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

Not exact matches

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.

In the letter, Cummings called for all documents and communications related to Flynn's and Kushner's security clearances; Kushner's application; White House officials who have had to resign or were fired; policies related to how the White House handles the suspension of security clearances; and contacts between Yates and White House counsel Donald McGahn about Flynn.

The court's decision will allow more room for innovation, and consumers will have more choices to determine for themselves how they access and experience the internet,» Verizon's general counsel of public policy, law and security, Randal Milch, said after the ruling was handed down.

A survey conducted by the Center for Research and Public Policy found that the biggest concerns among veterans when returning home are applying military training to the workplace, job placement, and career counseling.

As the former VP of Compliance and Customer Trust at Amazon and the chief privacy leader and senior counsel for Information Governance at GE, O'Connor has worked with companies to create those privacy boundaries and policies.

In the past, our General Counsel was permitted to grant an exception to this policy on a case - by - case basis for an officer or director who clearly demonstrated the financial capacity to repay the loan without resorting to the pledged shares.

«Last week showed how much more work we need to do to enforce our policies and help people understand how Facebook works and the choices they have over their data,» Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan and Deputy General Counsel Ashlie Beringer wrote in a statement Wednesday, Most of the security page updates have been in the works for some time, «but the events of the past several days underscore their importance.»

In his role as Senior Vice President, Policy and Corporate Counsel, John Dillon has primary responsibility for the Council's policy work related to energy, the environment and sustainable development, business - Aboriginal relations, corporate governance and competitioPolicy and Corporate Counsel, John Dillon has primary responsibility for the Council's policy work related to energy, the environment and sustainable development, business - Aboriginal relations, corporate governance and competitiopolicy work related to energy, the environment and sustainable development, business - Aboriginal relations, corporate governance and competition law.

If the legislation becomes law, it will be good news, said the report's author, Timothy Doyle, vice-president of policy and general counsel at the ACCF, an entity that encourages policy «to promote investment, economic growth, and a higher standard of living for all.»

Two reproductive - health organizations have filed lawsuits in federal court seeking to block the Trump administration from shifting family planning policy to stress abstinence and limit counseling for adolescents.

The missions agency has paid for counseling for some of the victims, issued a formal public apology, removed anyone who obstructed the investigation, and changed its policies.

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.&raqFor instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.&raqfor the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.&raqfor violating «public policy.»

Having experienced some relationship counseling myself, it's important for them to know what is a reasonable expectation from their partner... is a «no p0rn, no mast - rbation ever» policy reasonable?

Stephanie Taub, Counsel for First Liberty, which is defending the church, said the district should end «its discriminatory new policy».

'' Implementing the policy as is and allaying the concerns are mutually exclusive,» Anthony Picarello, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Tuesday.

The rule — first implemented by President Reagan at a 1984 conference in Mexico City — prohibits international family planning organizations from receiving federal funds unless they agree not to perform or counsel for abortions or lobby in order to liberalize the pro-life policies of foreign governments.

Individual and group premarital counseling, community marriage policies, and mentoring programs for couples at various stages of the life cycle should be seriously expanded.

Clarke D. Forsythe, senior counsel for Americans for Life, has written an essential book for lawmakers and all participants in the ongoing culture wars, particularly those engaging in public - policy issues concerning the origins of life, the end of life, and marriage.

They are so wedded to this connection that when President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which denies American aid to any NGO that provides, counsels, or refers for abortion, or that promotes a change in a country's laws towards permitting access to abortion, not a single NGO (as far as I am aware) agreed to sever its contraception work from its abortion advocacy.

Preempting today's release of the lengthy report, which also offers moderate praise for the school's recent policy changes on abuse disclosures, BJU's new president pledged yesterday to learn from victims who found the school's counseling to be «inadequate, insensitive and counter-productive.»

According to the revised policy, discipline will be issued by a league office executive with a background in criminal justice, who will assume the position of Special Counsel for Investigations and Conduct.

HB 1224 (2008) encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including physical education (PE), nutrition, and mental health counseling.

«Comcast is a leader in providing parents the tools and the knowledge they need to make the right decisions about what members of their family should be able to see on their TV and online,» said Joe Waz, Senior Vice President for External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel at Comcast and FOSI board member.

Our lactation counselors are certified through the The Center for Breastfeeding and The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP) and provide private counseling, group classes, and free weekly support groups for nursing moms.

UN agencies have developed counseling guidelines for health workers and policy makers that address the risks and benefits of available infant feeding methods and how to make the chosen method of infant feeding as safe as possible.

Our Certified Lactation Counselors are certified through the The Center for Breastfeeding and the The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP), and provide private counseling, group classes, and free weekly support groups for nursing moms.

Do not hesitate in asking the right questions like the cost involved, the agency's experience, training offered for different types of adoption, international adopting policy, any kind of supportive services offered and what type of counselling is provided to the actual birth parents of the child, if the infant is adopted domestically.

What's more, in the intervening years we've availed ourselves of the agency's free life - long counseling policy, to be sure that we we continue to make good choices for everyone as our son grows up.

Prior to joining ChangeLab Solutions, she served as policy counsel at the Greenlining Institute, where she worked on equitable community development and investment for communities of color.

Activities include the production of sound, evidence - based technical information, development of guidelines and counselling courses, provision of guidance for the protection, promotion and support of infant and young child feeding at policy, health service and community levels, production of appropriate indicators and maintenance of a Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding.

Cuomo's counsel, Alphonso David, said the Rensselaer County sheriff's decision to participate in a federal program designed to catch undocumented immigrants in county jails — a first for New York occurring right in the governor's back yard — is «contrary to the public policy and values of our state.»

They included Rich Bamberger, Cuomo's communications director for his first two years in office; Stephanie Benton, Cuomo's personal assistant; Jeremy Creelan of Cuomo's counsel's office, a specialist on public ethics policy; SUNY Poly spokesman David Doyle, and many more.

The others include Albany - based Appellate Justice Leslie Stein, a former City Court judge; Buffalo - based Appellate Justice Eugene Fahey; Daniel Alter, general counsel for the state Department of Financial Services; attorney Maria Vullo of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan; attorney Rowan Wilson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in Manhattan; and Preeta Bansal, a Manhattan - based former state solicitor general who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and senior legal and policy advisor at the MIT Media Lab.

On the trip with Cuomo were: New York National Guard Director of Domestic Operations Col. Robert Mitchell, National Guard Logistics Officer Maj. Jim Green, state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Kevin Wisely, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo Counsel Alphonso David and Kamilah Smith, Cuomo's policy adviser for statewide initiatives.

The Assembly last month spent $ 87,000 to Rossein Associates for outside counsel for the development of sexual harassment policy and investigations.

An additional $ 23,000 was approved for Rossein Associates, an outside counsel the chamber hired to develop a sexual harassment policy and conduct investigations.

This might be a crude analysis - we'd certainly never counsel criticism for its own sake - but challenging policy in a constructive and meaningful way through the pages of the national press can often complement a public affairs strategy rather than hinder it.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that a similar policy will be implemented in Brooklyn and noted that, like Vance, he participates in in the Project Reset pilot program, a program in which 16 - and 17 - year - old first - time arrestees arrested for low - level offenses can participate in a counseling program.

«People like to give to a winner and one way to show you are a winner is the amount of money in your campaign account,» said Ian Vandewalker, senior counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonpartisan law and policy institute.

The Attorney General may remove a Special Counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of Departmental policies.

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