Sentences with phrase «policy decisions based on»

If the government is serious about closing the gaps in Indigenous outcomes then it must start making policy decisions based on actual evidence not ideology.

No sensible nation should make major policy decisions based on a tower of assumptions as shaky as the global - warming hypothesis

Making policy decisions based on code that does not reflect that sort of pedigree is foolish.

Maybe it should be called Post Normal Science Policy, if it is about making policy decisions based on the science?

We can not make rational policy decisions based on totally unquantified beliefs like you have quoted.

What I believe most sceptics object to is models becoming the science and policy decisions based on them.

Mr Prescott told the BBC the government would make policy decisions based on the findings, but that it would also be down to business and people to help improve the quality of life, by being more environmentally - friendly, for example.

The unfortunate aspect to this, when we consider policy decisions based on science, is that this pause or hiatus obscures the underlying relentless thermal forcing function caused by the CO2 control knob.

To «hear from such people» is not going to be very helpful to someone developing policy decisions based on «climate facts.»

You also shouldn't make long - term policy decisions based on seemingly fabulous results in one testing cycle.

To have a real chance of success, any bilingual education expansion will require making several locally - calculated policy decisions based on differing levels of feasibility.

Extra caution should be exercised when making policy decisions based on test score outcomes.

«We're making policy decisions based on a lack of good baseline data,» says Rick Baker, senior program director at the Ocean Institute, in Dana Point, California.

Not exact matches

To the Fed's credit, the majority of FOMC members in January 2008 based their policy decisions on the mounting dysfunctional behavior of the financial markets rather than ephemeral coincident indicators such as real GDP growth.

Whether it's starting the process to grant the island statehood (which island residents are now if favor of), or granting the island's government the ability to go through the Chapter 9 bankruptcy process, Congress doesn't seem ready to make policy decisions on Puerto Rico's future based on what is best for Puerto Ricans themselves.

Sessions» policy will let U.S. attorneys across the country decide what kinds of federal resources to devote to marijuana enforcement based on what they see as priorities in their districts, the people familiar with the decision said.

«Any such decision is based on the activities and recommendations of all involved personnel, and on the applicable human resources policies and practices.

based in part on their business line performance, and thus presented the potential for excessive risk taking, the HRC concluded that the emphasis on overall Company performance in compensation decisions, the existence of robust compliance, internal control, disclosure review and reporting programs and clawback policies, the Code of Ethics prohibition on, and right to discipline employees for manipulating business goals for compensation purposes and its prohibitions on derivative and hedging transactions in Company common stock, and the Company's stock ownership guidelines provided adequate safeguards that would either prevent or discourage excessive risk taking.

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OTTAWA — Thomas Mulcair got it right a few years back when, commenting on the approach of Stephen Harper's government to the role of science in policy development, he said the Conservatives relied on «decision - based fact - making.»

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 didn't elaborate on the basis for that decision, consistent with police policy.

This implies that the company he works for, in addition to making a decision about his base pay, is also, through its pricing policies, making a decision that likely has an even bigger impact on his income.

Central bank independence, or monetary policy autonomy refers to a central bank's ability to conduct monetary policy without political interference, that monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial conditions to achieve publicly - stated objective (s) of a central bank.

What is required is growth and jobs strategy based on domestic policy decisions and controlled by the government.

It would be poor decision making to reject a policy solely on the basis of the unfortunate outcomes that followed.

Or to justify decisions and policy they make by giving it a rationalization based on «common beliefs» or supposed «common beliefs» that tie to religion.

«I am making this decision not on the basis of policy or politics, but as a rejection of prejudice and intolerance,»

What if decisions were made, not based on what other churches or doing, not based on what the church has always done, not based on what the numerous church policies say, but instead only made after people had sought the truth of God through Scripture, the timing of God through prayer, and the leading of God through reliance on the Holy Spirit?

Policy decisions must be based on reasons, concerns, and evidence from the real world.

Policy - making in media regulation, particularly in the U.S. and to a large extent also in Australia, proceeds generally by forming, or at least undergirding, political decisions on the same «objective» and «scientific» basis developed for less ambiguous areas such as public engineering, economics, and regulation of public safety.

This directly affects the atheist who often sees bad policy decisions and laws being made based on belief.

Essentially our sustainability policy is based on making the best decisions we can.

«With a public health challenge as serious and complex as obesity, we must ensure that policy decisions focused on public health are based on the best scientific evidence, which this recommendation is not,» said the Council's CEO Geoff Parker.

«A major policy decision by a public body to replace an airport with a park should not be made based on secret, incomplete information,» Brown said in his letter.

Further, Baby ‐ Friendly policies protect the mother from the influences of commercial interests so that she may make decisions on the basis of scientific evidence and not marketing material.

«We argued leading up to the 2010 bill that this common - sense provision would have marked an important step toward establishing a science - based, decision - making mechanism,» says Neuberger of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

The Application challenges the Bank's decision on both a «violation of policy» and «public interest» basis.

This is in marked contrast to Grayling, who based policy on dogma and in fact went out of his way to exclude experts from the decision - making process.

Ethical Issues We want a society where issues of ethical policy are debated openly and where decisions made on such issues are based on reason, evidence and shared human values.

More controversially, they also cover material relating to government policy formulation (including the background information on which decisions were based) and anything else which «would in the reasonable opinion of a qualified person be likely to prejudice the effect conduct of public affairs» - something again left undefined in the Act.

It's typically assumed that no election has ever been lost on the basis of a foreign policy decision.

«The most important thing government can do is to ensure that its own policy decisions are soundly based on available evidence and not unduly influenced by transitory or exaggerated opinions, whether formed by the media or vested interests,» it says.

However, it is not simply the number of posts that makes his account one to watch for interested politicians and pundits, but rather the content therein — he discusses many dimensions of the government's actions and policies, even reversing one of his decisions based on the comments that citizens left on his Facebook page.

However noble the means are of the Prime Minister, policy decisions — especially those regarding to expenditure — should be based on evidence and meticulous analysis; this is why the foreign aid programme needs reform.

Of course DA's make policy, in fact they enforce the law based on their policy decisions.

Policy decisions should be based on facts, not guesses,» Wilson said.

«Policy - making must be based on evidence, rational decision - making and that which seeks to maximise the well - being of individuals and so society more generally.

«They should be free to make policy and legislative decisions based on sound reasoning and input from their constituents, not heavy - handed political party bosses or special interest groups.»