Sentences with phrase «policy group today»

(LA JOLLA, CA)-- October 29, 2015 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) policy group today released a new report titled, «DNA Synthesis and Biosecurity: Lessons Learned and Options for the Future,» which reviews how well the Department of Health and Human Services guidance for synthetic biology providers has worked since it was issued in 2010.

Lawmakers on the Senate Democratic Policy Group today will hold a forum on climate change in order to assess how the state can respond to the issue.

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Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of Blackstone Group and head of Trump's strategic and policy forum, echoed those points today.

The George W. Bush appointee isn't merely an outspoken critic of affirmative action today — he was among the most hostile questioners in Fisher and a virtual lock to vote against Texas» admissions policy — but also was part of a conservative alumni group at Princeton that was sharply critical of such policies 40 years ago, when Sotomayor was attending classes there.

«What we thought and we had envisioned is the cost of the newly enrolled would end up approaching that of the [employer - insured] group market, but we're seeing in the data we have today it is actually about 20 percent higher than in the group market,» said Alissa Fox, senior vice president for policy and representation at BCBSA, in an interview with Morning Consult.

The bottom line is that the American public is being fed a carefully crafted mythology (no doubt «market tested» on «response groups» to see which images fly best) to mislead the American public into misunderstanding the nature of today's financial problem — to mislead it in such a way that today's policies will make sense and gain voter support.

Germany today maintains a quid pro quo policy toward the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah that is similar to its posture toward Black September, according to German journalists and intelligence officers.

Washington DC — Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy group for California wineries, applauds today's announcement by the U.S. government requesting formal World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations with the Government of Canada to ensure that both imported and British Columbia (B.C.) wines have equal access to B.C. grocery store shelves.

About MacKnight Food Group From the small beginnings in the Scottish Border Country over 25 years ago to the MacKnight Food Group of today, Jonathan S. Brown, the Founder and CEO, has maintained the policy of using only the highest quality Atlantic Salmon from the cold clean waters of Scotland and Norway.

The refugee and migrant group Migrants Organise told Politics.co.uk today that they are «deeply troubled» by the policy.

Imran Hussain, the Head of Policy for Child Poverty Action Group, responds to Walking the Breadline, a new report published today on UK food poverty by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty...

Responding to Walking the Breadline, a new report published today on UK food poverty by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty, the Head of Policy for Child Poverty Action Group, Imran Hussain, said:

The seemingly endless series of reports from parliamentary committees and expert organisations calling for reform of Britain's drug policy continued today, after a cross-party group of peers called for a change in the law.

The first of six new Conservative policy groups has today been set up to help decide the direction of the party under its new leader, David Cameron.

It was revealed today that Lord Rennard said he stepped aside from the Lib Dem group in the House of Lords and has quit his position on the party's Federal Policy Committee, which helps prepare the election manifesto.

ALBANY, NY (06/18/2012)(readMedia)-- A report released today shows that the powerful forces behind a big business lobbying group reap billions from policies that have been continued, implemented, or proposed during the Cuomo administration.

«We stand here today in outrage and disappointment that 15 of our City Council members, including nine members of the Progressive Caucus, have decided to participate in a delegation to Israel sponsored by groups known for promoting Islamophobic public policies,» said Brandon Davis, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace, in opening a rainy press conference outside of City Hall on January 12.

Mr Geldof is an adviser on David Cameron's globalisation and global poverty policy group, and today the Tory leader said he was «passionately committed» to an «ambitious policy programme on international development».

This is a stark reminder that the party's traditional attitude towards the UK's nuclear deterrent distinguished them from both the Conservatives and Labour, labelled «dinosaur parties» for their «Cold War» attitude to the prospect of nuclear disarmament by chair of the policy working group Dr Julie Smith, who moved the motion today.

David Cameron said today's survey by the Policy Exchange showing more than a third of young Muslims would like to live under sharia law, and 13 per cent support groups like al - Qaida, proved the failings of treating each community as distinct.

This analysis was supported by Munira Murza, lead author of today's Policy Exchange report, who warned: «Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the «right to be different».»

Campaign group Justice welcomed today's review as a «sensible and clear - headed» analysis of the Human Rights Act, with director of human rights policy Eric Metcalfe saying it made a «refreshing change from ill - informed attacks» on the law.

The political outlook set out by Ed Miliband in his first leader's speech «ticked virtually every box» of the policy programme and outlook set out over the past five years by the leftwing pressure group Compass, according to comments today by Neal Lawson, the group's director.

A group of Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City marched on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Manhattan offices today to take on his tax policy.

«There's a long history of coalitions forming to achieve policy goals,» Mr. de Blasio said today, comparing the two groups» work to that of organizations that pushed to legalize gay marriage and to increase the minimum wage.

A bipartisan energy policy group called today for action on climate legislation and laid out principles for such a measure, including views that collide with the leading House climate and energy measure.

The policy, announced today, reverses a controversial recommendation that the group made last year.

President Barack Obama's directive today to his science adviser to «restore scientific integrity to government decision - making» is a culmination of a long campaign by science advocacy groups against the policies of the Bush Administration.

A group of prominent Republicans released a «conservative» plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions today, arguing that replacing Obama - era policies with a carbon - tax - and - dividend system would be a politically feasible way to fight off the worst effects of climate change.

Government agencies in the United Kingdom do a poor job of keeping tabs on research they fund to set policies, according to a report released today by Sense About Science, a London - based group that advocates for the use of scientific evidence in policymaking.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to determine whether a high - ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) official received outside payments from a conservative group that seeks to influence federal policy.

Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.

I would commend this memo to just about anyone in our field, but particularly groups like TNTP that do this work day in and day out, officials at USED interested in witnessing the difficulty of bringing an Administration priority to life, the Gates Foundation MET team (who I've been pestering about next steps), academics who study policy implementation, and anyone else with an interest in today's work on educator effectiveness.

Today, NCATE has 33 member organizations, including the two national teachers unions; the major subject - based associations in English, math, social studies, and science; and policy and administrator groups (see Figure 1).

The groups, which today released their own education policy framework and launched the National Opportunity to Learn campaign to advance their ideas, want Mr. Duncan to make big changes to his draft proposal for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

A study released today by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. shows no evidence that the Chicago Teacher Advancement Program improved student math and reading tests when compared with a group of similar schools that did not use the system, Education Week reported.

The Teach Strong campaign, launched today, is supported by a diverse group of stakeholders — including teachers» unions, civil rights groups, teacher voice organizations, and education policy leaders — that share a common vision for a society in which teachers are more valued and supported at all stages of their careers.

The national organization Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) is expected to announce today that it has joined forces with a fledgling group of Twin Cities teachers who want a bigger voice in education policy and has appointed one of the local group's founders, Madaline Edison, the new chapter's first executive director.

As reported in today's CTMirror, it wasn't even two hours after Governor Malloy signed the «education reform» bill into law before the three groups representing the school superintendents, principals and school boards went back on their word, claiming that the new law gave them the right to implement policies that student's standardized test scores can account for 50 percent of a teachers evaluation rather than the 22.5 percent that was listed in the draft bill and agreed to by all of the parties last January.

Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) announced today that it has joined forces with a group of Twin Cities teachers who want a bigger voice in education policy to...

However, using these two studies as the basis for policy is problematic for several reasons: the groups studied were very small, they came from single communities several decades ago, and both programs were far more intensive than the programs being contemplated today.

Regarding the legislators noted in the article in Education Week, the opening sentence says plenty, «Seeking more allies for his school improvement agenda, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today asked a select group of state legislators to keep «pushing very, very hard» on the policy levers that he and President Barack Obama have made a top priority.»

This call to action — already supported by a diverse group of education organizations — must ensure that today's policy makers, legislators, and 2016 presidential candidates prioritize the elevation of the teaching profession.

The fact that anyone even considered letting TFA recruits and their 5 weeks of training be licensed as a group and not individually shows that influence that corporate education deformers and shills like Beth Hawkins have over education policy today.

The landscape assessment consisted of five major components including (but not limited to) research on history of race and equity to how the situation shows up today to empathy one - on - one interviews and focus group interviews with students, families, teachers, administrators, and policy leaders.

Today, PURE joined with the Washington, D. C. - based legal advocacy group Advancement Project and Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) in a press conference and march to protest the Noble Charter School Network's predatory student discipline policy.

At a meeting held at the Department of Education (ED) in Washington today, conservative groups, parents and some teachers asked the Department to rescind federal guidance issued under the Obama administration, ensuring that school districts aren't discriminating against students through their discipline policies and practice.

The idea is one of three policy proposals put forward by the charity today to mend what the group claims are «fractured communities».

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an international specialty finance company, today announced it has enhanced its credit reporting policy for collections tradelines, dramatically shortening the time certain negative information remains on a consumer's credit report.

Today the Cooper Union board of trustees met for the first time after the college's Working Group on tuition policy finished its deliberations.