Sentences with phrase «proposals for public works»

Throughout People vs. Space, students worked directly with Plensa to develop project proposals for public works integrating contemporary media with the core concerns of objects, spaces, communities, and interactions.

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The poll, the work of the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Harvard School of Public Health, and National Public Radio, asked 1,704 adults for their reactions to the reform proposals put out by Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (still in the game!)

Despite the bipartisan popularity of business - friendly proposals, including increasing the cap on H - 1B work visas for skilled workers and creating a visa category for venture - backed entrepreneurs, the public debate frequently devolves into shouting matches over whether people should be deported and how quickly.

This lack of public knowledge of how new tax proposals would operate worked in Cain's favor for a while.

In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.

Tsunis said he is working with the county and state to open up NuHealth's procurement policies and put requests for proposals and other purchasing information online to improve public notice and transparency.

His proposal cuts funding for the department of public works, among other things, in an effort to close a $ 16.5 million budget deficit without raising property taxes.

After successfully obtaining ADAM SKELOS's Abtech consulting contract for $ 4,000 per month, DEAN SKELOS assisted Abtech in causing Nassau County to issue a request for proposal («RFP») for a public works project that was tailored to Abtech's stormwater technology.

And Osborne's standing with the public has plunged since the abstract manifesto pledge of «welfare cuts» was translated into specific proposals to slash tax credits for working families, and to cut the amount disabled people receive to help them dress themselves or go to the toilet.

At the same time, the governor's office was working behind the scenes to whip up support for the governor's headline - generating proposal, reaching out to members of the public universities and dispatching staffers to campuses to sell presidents on the measure.

The proposals, which have been out for public consultation since November, are supported by the working group including the police.

Annual reporting is a proposal made by IPSA in favour of MPs individually accounting for what they have achieved and worked on each year, as the general public doesn't «have a clue» what MPs do, and simultaneously there is just «manufactured froth» in the press about MPs» pay.

-- «The proposal that has been agreed to... would preclude the use of campaign contributions for expenses that are unrelated to a campaign or the holding of public office, such as residential home purchases, mortgage payments, rent, clothing, tuition payments, salaries for individuals not performing campaign works, and dues for country clubs and health clubs,» said Alphonso David, Cuomo's incoming counsel.

The Main Street Manager needed Tom's attention... he got the money, ($ 50K, but at the cost of NOT having work done on a Comprehensive plan) but didn't follow through and the result is no visible progress, no progress on a BID such that the BID proposal was very poorly done and not suitable for presentation for public consideration.

She says Common Cause is working on a proposal to develop fair guidelines for the release of an official's public papers.

Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs are threatened, pay is being frozen or set below inflation and the government has made it clear it will implement Lord Hutton's proposals on public sector pensions, meaning civil and public servants will pay more and work longer for a lower pension.

Through a series public meetings, residents work with elected officials for a year to identify neighborhood concerns and craft proposals to address them.

«He's talking about an immense expansion of work, with no new resources,» Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said of the governor's proposals.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Even as he tries to drum up support for his budget proposal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his next big project will be to reform public pensions working with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

«The workgroup is working on an ambitious set of proposals for increasing transparency and public participation and improving the legislative process,» workgroup co-leader Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, D - Manhattan, told the Times Union.

Read on for a deep dive into the GOP candidates» personal histories, public statements and policy proposals, which gives a unique window into their understanding of the issues closest to geeks» hearts and of how the universe works.

BPR: Body Cams, Charter Schools, And Working From Home WGBH Boston Public Radio, 1/13/15» [Professor] Paul Reville, director of the Education Redesign Lab at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, weighs in on [Governor Charlie] Baker's plans for Charter schools and President Obama's Community College proposal.»

It's a chapter of implementation, of 17 or so requests for proposals, of multiple sets of regulation, of working with our 694 public school districts — and charter school districts beyond that — as we implement, piece by piece, this reform work.

Mike Kirst's review of our book, A Democratic Constitution for Public Education, is insightful and constructive and raises important questions about how our proposal would work in practice.

After congratulating the nation for working to amass current successes — including financial aid options that have «finally opened the doors of college to all Americans,» state - developed academic standards, the creation of a voluntary national test, technology in the schools, and an emphasis on class - size reduction — Clinton outlined his proposal to drive public education into the 21st century.

«I was so well grounded in this work that when I was analyzing data from public websites and bringing proposals, even before I was on the committee, that I knew how to ask for that information through that lens, and having that model gave me a clear sense of what was going right and what was going wrong,» Dexter says.

The spending proposal would maintain funding for Pell Grants for students in financial need, but it would eliminate more than $ 700 million in Perkins loans for disadvantaged students; nearly halve the work - study program that helps students work their way through school, cutting $ 490 million; take a first step toward ending subsidized loans, for which the government pays interest while the borrower is in school; and end loan forgiveness for public servants.

The Assembly was also expected to revisit a proposal in the budget that would require local governments use private contractors for certain public works projects.

The senator's «College for Everyone» proposal would make college tuition - free for the first year for every person who is qualified to attend a public college and is willing to work part - time.

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The Public School Forum of North Carolina has created a new Center for Educational Opportunity to help carry the work forward alongside other partner institutions, through state and local policy proposals and new, innovative programs.

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director Jeremiah Grace responded by saying, «After three long years of advocacy and hard work, we are ecstatic about the State Department of Education's decision to release Request for Proposals (RFPs) both for new public charter schools and for facilities funding.

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After working with County officials to develop and approve its grant process and guidelines, the proposal defining the policies and procedures for administering a grants program for the arts in Howard County, was put up for public comment for a period of one year and then accepted and enacted, with Howard Arts United being permanently designated in 1984 as the agency authorized to serve as the county arts council in accordance with provisions of the Howard County Charter and Howard County Code.

Permanent works and public projects include Streetcar Stop for Portland, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland (2014); Plat 99, Bar and Lounge designed for The Alexander Hotel, Indianapolis, (2013); Tecoh, private residence, Yucatán (2012); Untitled (reinstallation of the Latin American Galleries), LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US (2008); Untitled (Guadalajara Light Piece), Solares Foundation, Guadalajara (2005); House for Cesar and Mimi Reyes, Old San Juan (2004); Project, a reimagining of the lobby and new bookshop for Dia Art Foundation Chelsea, New York, US (2000); 4166 Sea View Lane, a proposal as part of an exhibition for LA MoCA to build an artist's house on a hillside in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, for which Pardo designed every element of the building (completed 1998).

Working with Ballroom Marfa and the Public Concern Foundation, it is requesting proposals for Marfa Dialogues / St. Louis (MD / STL).

Mark Dion: Process and Inquiry features selections from several bodies of the world - renowned artist's work, as well as related preparatory drawings, and works made in proposal of a public art piece for the University of Arkansas campus.

Several of Noguchi's public artwork proposals were rejected; voluntarily (and then less so), he was interred in a Japanese work camp in Arizona; the FBI investigated him for espionage; he had romantic affairs with the likes of Frida Kahlo; and on and off, Noguchi turned to bust portraits of high society New Yorkers and Hollywood celebrities to make ends meet.

Grachos and the Contemporary's board have some grand proposals in the works, ones that would vastly expand the public's access to all of Laguna Gloria's grounds and make them more accommodating for visitors.

In the vitrines we see, for example, Hepworth's predilection for collaging her work against cloudscapes or photographing them with vegetation; the comprehensive planning which preceded filming the sculpture in 1961; her own photographs of works by Nuam Gabo on a windowsill; her proposals for public commissions and the ensuing correspondence; and an interesting diversion into the work of Simon Nicholson, one of Barbara's triplets with Ben.

On Saturday the Pace Gallery opened a new exhibition of works by the Brooklyn - based artist Fred Wilson — his first solo show in the city since his controversial proposal for a public sculpture in Indianapolis was abandoned — at its 510 West 25th Street location.

The artist's proposal for the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square was recently selected as one of two public works to be realized on the site.

This work had its origins in an invitation to Irvine to put forward a proposal for the 1999 Nissan Public Art Project, organised in association with IMMA, but was not completed until 2003.

Proposals need to address a clear direction or question for pursuit in applicant's work and take into account the public - facing nature of the program (we highly recommend applicants visit the museum and talk to current residents).

«We are proud to recognize the contributions that Jaume Plensa has made to the cultural landscape of the city of Chicago, and we are thrilled that SAIC students have the opportunity to use their talents to work with Plensa on proposals for major new public art works in our great city,» stated William and Stephanie Sick.

As part of its work, the Group will develop practical proposals on how to significantly scale - up long - term financing for mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries from various public as well as private sources.

The Edelman strategy documents and work proposals outline a «grassroots advocacy» campaign plan to build support for TransCanada's Energy East pipeline as well as to undermine public opposition to oil and pipelines generally.

Countries must also agree to a detailed one year work programme under the UNFCCC to consider a full range of innovative sources of public finance and report back to COP 18 with a proposal for action.

Energy Guardian (2/14/13) reports: «Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer on Thursday put a new carbon emissions fee bill on track for committee action by this summer, even as the chances for the proposal to be enacted appeared slim... The fee is part of a package of two climate bills by Boxer, D - Calif., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I - Vt., that sidesteps President Barack Obama's call for a market - based mechanism to cut greenhouse gas emissions.»

Works for the expansion of legal services for all people regardless of their ability to pay; encourages lawyers to provide pro bono services; develops proposals to improve systems of low cost legal services; and assists local bar associations with public service programs.