Sentences with phrase «policy priorities of»

The earliest agreement comprised a memorandum of understanding (MOU) initiated by NACCHO to guide the shared development of the research protocol and funding proposal with Menzies, and to ensure consistency with the research and policy priorities of both institutions (2.1).

This is a not an easy transition and a significant task for the world's second largest economy, however, progress is being made and the development of these new growth sectors is among the top policy priorities of the government.

Although it makes some important changes to NCLB, such as eliminating AYP mandates, the proposed ESSA would not accomplish important policy priorities of allowing states to make funding for Title I portable, allowing states to completely opt out through the A-PLUS provision, or cutting programs and spending that have accumulated over the decades in a manner that has failed students and burdened school leaders with red tape.

OFA, a non-profit, is a private advocacy group formed following the 2012 election to push the policy priorities of the White House.

There will be a huge price to pay and, as a consequence, the foreign policy priorities of this country for the past 40 years has gone down the plughole in a single night.

«The number of programs and proposals is likely to grow because free - tuition programs meet several policy priorities of governments, including increasing higher education participation rates to cultivate a trained workforce while maintaining affordability,» the report found.

Moving the horse racing at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, to Belmont Park in Elmont is one of the top policy priorities of Long Island's largest business group.

The problem is when the organizations of the institutional Republican party are converted into vehicles for the opinions and policy priorities of the consultant and lobbyist classes.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined a growing list of Republican lawmakers Friday to endorse raising the minimum age for purchasing rifles to 21 years old, marking his first major break from the policy priorities of the National Rifle Association.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action for a few weeks on a bill to increase the minimum wage, a top political and policy priority of the White House and congressional Democrats this election year.

Even on his top policy priority of campaign finance reform, he wrestled with his words and had to be pulled back twice by debate moderator Errol Louis of NY1 when he strayed to attack de Blasio in the middle of explaining his proposal.

Energy efficiency continues to be the clean energy policy priority of Beijing.

Not exact matches

American Institute Fellow, James Pethokoukis and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Senior Fellow Jared Bernstein discuss the short and long term consequences of the GOP tax bill.

The incidents reflect mounting competition for areas of Syria where Islamic State (IS) insurgents are in retreat, leaving swathes of territory up for grabs and posing the question of what comes next for U.S. policy that is shaped first and foremost by the priority of vanquishing the jihadists.

«Since protecting users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against deceptive or misleading use of trademarks in ad text and take swift action when we see this type of abuse on our platform,» the representative said.

A study by the University of Chicago legal scholar Nicholas Stephanopoulosreveals how policy issues preferred by African Americans get low priority.

In it, he wrote, «Task Force subcommittees will also undertake a review of existing policies in the areas of charging, sentencing, and marijuana to ensure consistency with the Department's overall strategy on reducing violent crime and with Administration goals and priorities.»

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) officials tell Healthcare IT News that, while we can expect to see some major changes to health policy under President Trump (including rollbacks to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare), health IT will continue to get «plenty of airtime in Congress» and could even become an important jobs priority for the incoming president.

Too often in the debate, the leaders would give laundry lists of policies and priorities, without giving the viewer enough details or time to be able to follow the conversation.

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.

Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy instPolicy Priorities, a research and policy instpolicy institute.

Such a return may occur if the rule is not compatible with the law, if the quality of the agency's analysis is inadequate, if the regulation is not justified by the analysis, if the rule is not consistent with the regulatory principles stated in Executive Order 12866 or with the president's policies and priorities, or if the rule unnecessarily conflicts with other executive branch agency regulations or efforts.

A lack of overarching federal policy support is another barrier: Until recently, pipelines trumped power lines as a national priority.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the U.S. is presently facing a funding gap of $ 1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and transit alone — to say nothing of electricity, schools, airports and other needs.

The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy...

Because the CNGC already regularly analyzes whether our incentive compensation programs provide proper incentives to our NEOs to achieve our Company's strategic priorities (including ROI) and because our shareholders already receive annual reports on those matters in the CD&A s in our annual proxy statements, we believe the adoption of the policy requested by the proposal is unnecessary, duplicative of practices already followed by the CNGC and our Company, and would result in an expenditure of Walmart's resources and our management's and directors» time that ultimately would not be in our shareholders» best interests.

The Finance Committee's consultation report is primarily a political document, reflecting the priorities of their respective parties, loosely using the hearings to support their respective policy paradigm.

It seems to me if the Fed continues to give its first priority to price stability, manifested in decisions to raise rates under questionable decision rules that elevate inflation - fighting over full employment, it will be pursuing policy objectives at odds with the wishes of the American people.

Stanford told The Tyee that one of his policy priorities would be more emergency aid for the real economy of production, as opposed to banking and finance.

They are asked to consider the economic and security outlook for Asia in 2011, the state of Canada's relations with key countries in Asia, and the priority areas for Canadian government policy in Asia.

«Mr. Speaker, the responsibility of any government is to communicate with the population on plans and priorities and policies that are actually passed by this Parliament,» Mr. Clement explained.

TweetOctober 26, 2016 The STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum and the Afterschool Alliance have collaborated to develop a toolkit of materials to help advocates make the case at the state and local level for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to be a top priority and to integrate afterschool and informal learning strategies into overall plans -LSB-...]

In the recent advancing half - cycle, the speculation intentionally provoked by zero - interest rate policy forced us to elevate the priority of market internals to a far greater degree than was required during the tech and mortgage bubbles.

A T - Mobile spokesperson confirmed that policy, saying that although postpaid and prepaid T - Mobile service had the same priority, MetroPCS and other resellers «may notice slower speeds in times of network congestion.»

The broad set of Trump's fiscal measures and Republican legislative priorities should be supportive of a strong U.S. dollar, either by boosting growth and tighter monetary policy — or by contributing to an improved trade balance (through looser regulation in the energy sector and / or border adjustments).

Since the government of the day has many goals — getting re-elected not the least of them — it can't always be counted on to carry out its promises: everyone knows that other, more pressing priorities may take precedence over monetary policy.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) also released its Financial Stability Report today with thoughts along the same lines, warning that cyber risk is a strategic priority rather than a narrow technology issue.

As with some other areas of policy, such as climate change and immigration, California's priorities in the area of international trade differ substantially from those of the Trump Administration.

We think we have struck a reasonable mix — a flexible approach which gives a high priority to low inflation over the medium term, while recognising that policy also has to take account of what is happening to jobs and activity in the near term.

«Problems and Priorities for the 1990 Federal Budget: A Survey of Views from a C.D. Howe Institute Pre-Budget Workshop, January 26, 1990,» Fiscal Policy Monitor 4, edited by William B.P. Robson (February).

On the contrary, «the U.S. economy has shown remarkable resilience considering it has endured the perfect storm of economic headwinds which were amplified by anti-growth policy priorities,» says Lisa Shalett, Head of Investment & Portfolio Strategies.

The Government also sets out its policy priorities and new spending initiatives in the budget, many of which ultimately come into effect through the Estimates process.

But much of the research conducted thus far suggests otherwise; the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, for instance, recently concluded that workers would receive a maximum of only a quarter of the benefits from tax cuts; and even then, it is most likely to be the higher earners that would be the biggest beneficiaries.

Yurek (Elgin - Middlesex - London) said the issue of the need for mental health supports came up «numerous times during policy advisory councils» as a priority.

Federalism is based on shared principles including respect for the constitution and the division of powers, while being aware that Quebec has not agreed to the Constitution Act, 1982, and accepting that there are differences among the provinces and territories and that governments may have different policy priorities and preferences.

More than 800 builders from across the nation marched on Capitol Hill today for the annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference to call on Congress to make housing and homeownership a national priority and to support policies that will keep the housing recovery moving forward.

Within the Reserve Bank, high priority in the development phase of RTGS was given to ensuring that the new arrangements would not impede the effective implementation of monetary policy.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, pulling together assessments from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Tax Policy Center, the Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis, and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, found that workers would only receive a quarter or less of the benefits from tax cuts — and among those workers, it's likely the higher earners that would benefit.

One of his current priorities is working with like - minded organizations across the country to advocate for a more coherent national approach to energy and resource policy.

They do argue, however, about the priority to be attached to economic growth and, of course, about the policies necessary to sustain it.