Sentences with phrase «policy goal as»

Integrating schools by race must be an important policy goal as well.

Provision of effective maternity care is a vital global policy goal as governments seek not only to reduce mortality and morbidity rates [1] but also to ensure that maternal and newborn health and wellbeing are improved.

Syracuse Mayor - elect Ben Walsh unveiled his complete, 86 - person transition team, which includes four of his former opponents, and will be responsible for building a new administration and setting into motion his policy goals as he prepares to take office on Jan. 1, 2018.

The team will be responsible for building a new administration and setting into motion Walsh's policy goals as he prepares to take office on Jan. 1, 2018.

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The administration has other councils focused on other policy areas, such as developing a competitive income tax code and streamlining burdensome regulation.UTC strongly supports the goals of each of these advisory committees as a way of ensuring and enhancing America's growth in the decades to come.

In fact, the minutes note that «some participants viewed the actual and expected progress toward the [Fed's] goals as sufficient to call for a relatively prompt move toward reducing policy accommodation to avoid overshooting the [Fed's] unemployment and inflation objectives over the medium term.»

Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members of Congress and their staff about the bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research.

But according to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. economy will fall well short of that goal, as exports only increased by 48.4 % over that five - year span.

The two conservative senators this week expressed deep concern that MacManus was too close to Clinton during her tenure, doesn't share Trump's «America First» agenda and other conservative foreign - policy goals, and, as one of Clinton's closest advisers, was deeply involved in the State Department's initial response to the Benghazi attack.

As far as the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuAs far as the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas helpful.

President Donald Trump's recent actions, from controversial trade tariffs to installing John Bolton as national security advisor, could hurt U.S. foreign policy goals in North Korea and Iran.

Apparently a lot of people who've incorporated are sensitive about having this gap between personal and small - business tax rates called a «loophole,» but what the heck: It's a loophole, in the sense that it was never designed as a goal of public policy.

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.»

While Facebook went public with the intention of connecting the world to better connect consumers, its goal now is to make money, which has caused Facebook to not be as stringent in its policies as to how other companies advertise on the platform, Greenfield said.

In recent months, as the political atmosphere has grown increasingly polarized, the stock market also seems to have split into two categories: Stocks expected to win if President Donald Trump achieves his policy goals, and ones that aren't.

At a time when the White House has vowed to act more forcefully against North Korea, Iran and other threats, some officials see the Cuba problem as yet another lesson in the dangers of using intelligence selectively to advance policy goals.

As recent events in the United States attest, that is a worthy policy goal.

Her goal is to make Progressive the go - to source when it comes to auto and home insurance as well as policies for motorcycles, boats and small businesses, which will allow Progressive to keep rates low and grow revenues.

The first involved establishing personal contact with Americans perceived as sympathetic to Moscow — such as former Defense Intelligence Agency chief Michael Flynn, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and early Trump foreign - policy adviser Carter Page — and using them as a means to further Russia's foreign - policy goals.

Most of Canada's trading partners have had digital economy strategies in place for years, using the policies to set goals for connectivity, guide investments in networks and digital infrastructure, as well as establish legal frameworks to provide privacy protection and enhance consumer confidence in electronic commerce.

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 companieAs 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 companieas well as a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companieas a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companies.

In this mindset, fiscal policy should focus primarily on longer - run goals such as economic efficiency and equity.

Although the Company's performance for 2007 was in the top quartile compared to its Peer Group and met one of the alternative goals under the Performance Policy, the HRC considered in making its incentive award decisions the fact that the Company did not meet its EPS goal of $ 2.49 (2006 EPS, as originally reported) under the Performance Policy and therefore did not improve upon the EPS results of the prior year.

Executives largely viewed the GOP's control of the White House and Congress as a rare opportunity to cash in on a wish list of policy goals that they felt would help their firms and the economy, such as tax cuts and regulatory rollback.

Regulation champions «Open» as an explicit policy goal, with directives like PSD2 aiming to create growth via choice, transparency and competition.

The goals asserted by the Intel complaint are debatable as a matter of policy.

This Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy reiterated the Reserve Bank's broad goals stipulated in the Reserve Bank Act, and endorsed the inflation target as the practical interpretation of the medium - term goal of price stability.

In this situation, the overall monetary policy decision was relatively straightforward as the required movement was the same to meet both inflation and output goals, as is the case in the event of demand shocks.

This highlights the importance of articulating the goals of policy as clearly as possible, so as to give expectations an anchor.

So, my bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables — output, employment, and inflation.»

In consultation with senior management, oversee regulatory compliance with respect to compensation matters, including overseeing the Company's policies on structuring compensation programs to preserve tax deductibility, and, as and when required, establishing performance goals and certifying that performance goals have been attained for purposes of Section 162 (m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

As things stand now, the fundamental goals of Canada's monetary policy are set behind multiple layers of secrecy and then rubber - stamped at the last minute.

Amounts also depend on whether or not they help create jobs or support public policy goals such as energy reduction, minority business development, or business district revitalization.

«The reality, as we have seen in the first 100 days, is that it's a lot harder for the administration to achieve their policy goals and deal with Congress than they probably thought during the campaign,» he said.

Emerging economies are already looking toward involvement in international standards development as a way to assert their influence in the global marketplace and to meet their own domestic policy goals and objectives.

As with all investments, it's important to monitor life insurance policies to ensure they're helping you to achieve your financial goals.

The official goal of monetary policy, or at least one of them, was to achieve price stability being clearly defined as 2 % inflation (PCE Deflator).

No matter your age, you should still evaluate life insurance policies according to your goals and family's financial needs, as these are critical to determining the best coverage.

That's because, when implemented as a policy, «inclusion» is a technique of social engineering, not a goal or end for a social group.

Nevertheless, I am convinced that rather than continue to assume that growth, as measured by Gross National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes welfare.

My point is only that rough approximations to measuring economic welfare strongly suggest that the time for viewing increase in gross product as the appropriate goal for national policy is ended.

A nation which operated by relational power would be one which actively attempted to be sensitive to the feelings of persons in other nations, to the needs, fears, hopes, angers, and goals of other nations (as well as of its own citizens), and which allowed those to influence its policies.

It was a mighty battle and alleluias ascended when, in the late 1990s, religious freedom was institutionally ensconced as a goal of U.S. foreign policy.

As for me... I don't agree with his policies, but I do agree with their (genericized) goals... to care for the sick, the poor, and the downtrodden.

Yet in Marriage: A History, Coontz identifies promoting good marriages as a worthy goal, even though she opposes social policy that would enforce this goal and exclude same - sex couples.

They usually, however, regard it as a sufficiently accurate indicator of economic well being, that they use the GNP or GDP per capita as if its increase were self evidently desirable, as, indeed, the most important goal of public policy.

There is a need now more than ever to develop a means for doing religious social ethics which emphasizes the goal - orientation aspect of politics as a corrective to stress on the coercive - power factor in determining social policy.

... Realism may prove useful to insure that U.S. commitments do not exceed its finite power, but I fail to ascertain from Mr. Bacevich's description how it provides any clue as to what the goal of U.S. policy should be.

This raises very fundamental questions as to the goals and policies of such organizations as the WTO.

As much as Lincoln motto was: «My policy is to have no policy» — Im sure he had aspirations and goals for his countrAs much as Lincoln motto was: «My policy is to have no policy» — Im sure he had aspirations and goals for his countras Lincoln motto was: «My policy is to have no policy» — Im sure he had aspirations and goals for his country.