In a recent study, at least one nonprofit
public interest group found the majority of complaints made to the... read more»
In a recent study, at least one nonprofit
public interest group found the majority of complaints made to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revolve around bank checking accounts.
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the Public Interest group found that an analyst for the District of Columbia «could not provide a single instance in which its strategy of transferring a low - performing school to a charter management organization had resulted in academic gains for the students.»
Not exact matches
The
group just published their
findings in the Psychological Science in the
Public Interest, and here's what they
found:
A 2004 study by the U.S.
Public Interest Research
Group found that one in four reports contains an error serious enough to deny you credit or employment.
This was driven in part by the rise of
public interest litigation — think, for example, of an environmental
group finding a third - party plaintiff to sue a company to stop an environmentally sensitive development project.
(30) Frank and Greenberg in their study The
Public's Use of Television
found that several of their specified
interest groups in the community had a higher - than - average use of religious television programs even though their
interest in religion was below average.
The New York
Public Interest Research
Group found that the total number of bills passed by state lawmakers stayed at historically low levels, but at the same time the size of the budget document increased.
The push for
public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play cu
public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York
Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play cu
Public Interest Research
Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.
The New York
Public Interest Research
Group examined the board's rulings over the past five years and
found that «they never take action on anything.»
The top 170 contributors gave more to statewide election accounts — 51.4 percent of the total — than the rest of New York's 19.7 million residents combined, an analysis by the New York
Public Interest Research
Group found.
Fifteen of the 16 communities where developers are eyeing casino development have populations under 50,000, a report on casino lobbying released by the New York
Public Research
Interest Group on Monday
found.
A tally compiled by the New York
Public Interest Research
Group released on Thursday
found there have been or scheduled to be at least 173 campaign fundraisers between January and June.
The push for
public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play cu
public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York
Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play cu
Public Interest Research
Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.
«The Democratic donor base is
found on the east and west coasts of the United States,» said Blair Horner of the New York
Public Interest Research
Group.
«There aren't any of the political heavy weights that you
find in this battle on the pro side, at least that I know of so far,» said Blair Horner of the New York
Public Interest Research
Group, which is remaining neutral in the con - con debate
The office pointed to a 2014 ruling by the state's Joint Commission on
Public Ethics that found that politicians could appear in an ad funded by a nonprofit group if the message was in the public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or p
Public Ethics that
found that politicians could appear in an ad funded by a nonprofit
group if the message was in the
public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or p
public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or policy.
An analysis conducted for the Daily News by the New York
Public Interest Research
Group found Cuomo had collected $ 1.39 million from donors who gave more than $ 37,800 - the legal limit for the general election.
Groups have been abusing
public disclosure laws, the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief, «to harass scientists whose
findings — or entire fields of study — they perceive as threatening their financial
interests and ideological beliefs.»
I
founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project under the auspices of Novim, a non-profit
public interest group.
Some of them are listed below: • The possibility to upload video content to your profile; • A fetish checklist and kinky search, so you can easily
find your favorite; • The presence of live chat and live webcams, a rarity when it comes to such types of couples websites; • You can
find a
group and join it based on your
interests, and you can also start a
group as well, which will gather persons with the same preferences; • There are filtering options for the displayed content, when you are accessing ALT.com in
public areas;
One can also
find some celebrities who are not disclosing their profiles to the
public, but to a certain
group of people they are
interested in.
The report, released Nov. 16 by the New York City - based
Public Agenda research
group,
found that low - income parents and those who are members of racial and ethnic minorities are more
interested in an academic focus than are wealthier and white parents.
We'll also be contacting the state Department of Finance, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, the California State Teachers Retirement System, the California
Public Employee Retirement System, the Brown administration, state lawmakers and staff from both sides of the aisle, school officials, teachers and their union representatives, parents and
interest groups — asking for help understanding this topic and also sharing our
findings to seek further comments.
A study in 2004 by the National Association of State
Public Interest Research
Groups found that 79 percent of all credit reports had some kind of mistake and that 1 in 4 reports had errors so serious they could lead to denial of credit.
The
Public Interest Research
Group In Michigan (PIGRIM) looked at approximately 19,000 complaints made to the CFPB since March 2012 and
found almost all involved checking accounts.
A 2004 study by the U.S.
Public Interest Research
Group found that 25 percent of all credit reports included errors serious enough to cause denial of credit, a loan, an apartment or home loan, or even a job!
In fact, a study done by the PIRG (the
Public Interest Research
group) revealed that more than 79 % of credit reports were
found to have error (s) on them!
A recent study by the U.S. PIRG (Federation of State
Public Interest Research
Group)
found 25 % of credit reports contained serious errors.
A U.S.
Public Interest Research
Group report in 2004
found that one in four credit reports have serious errors that could significantly lower your chances of being approved.
In a lawsuit filed today, seven
public interest groups — including the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)-- sued the Trump administration over this determination, asking the court to uphold the previous administration's science - based
finding that the standards are appropriate and achievable.
The information that Dr Soon had truthfully disclosed to the Center for its internal purposes has now been made
public and has been unfairly exploited by external vested
interests to launch attacks on him, his colleagues, and the Center because the
interests of these outside
groups are threatened by his scientific
findings.
The anthropogenic climate change crusaders may
find it difficult to overcome the strong distrust that members of the
public have of anything supported and promoted by politicians or other vested
interest groups.
Founded by staff of the state
Public Interest Research
Groups, the decade - old program is valued by environmental groups, which vie to hire its grad
Groups, the decade - old program is valued by environmental
groups, which vie to hire its grad
groups, which vie to hire its graduates.
However, when scientists attempt to engage a larger
public to share their mounting concern, they frequently see the broader announcements of their
findings either truncated, or squelched, or lost in the shuffle, or manipulated, distorted, and exploited for political gain or financial self -
interest by elected officials, private sector
groups and NGO's.
The main article concerns a study of German scientists who were
found to to some degree tend to worry about communication to the
public of studies that publishing some results in the media» «could be exploited by
interest groups» and «misinterpreted in
public» — though the latter difference is not significant.»
When the result indicates that climate change is proceeding more slowly rather than faster the climate scientists are more worried that the
finding «could be exploited by
interest groups» and «misinterpreted in
public» — though the latter difference is not significant.
In any case, their fear of
interest groups seems to play some role in hindering climate scientists from communicating their
findings in
public.
So as the
public interest in the race starts to climb, lawyers may
find themselves asked (in particular by friends and family who fall into that middle - of - the - political - spectrum undecided
group that determines the outcome of every election) to shed some light on the issues of the day.
Sam Glover: I always
find that when I'm trying to describe the work that a non profit does, or
public policy,
public interest group does, I always want to know concretely.
The EAT
found that a small
group of affected persons may be sufficient to satisfy the
public interest test; in this case 100 managers.
«What I can say to you is that I
find it very, very
interesting that the court broke on a 5 / 3/1, and that is really, really rare,» says Ranjan K. Agarwal, a partner at Bennett Jones in Toronto who represented an intervener in the case, the Alberta
Public Interest Research
Group.
In July 2013 the Financial Reporting Council Disciplinary Tribunal (tribunal) made 13
findings against Deloitte & Touche and one of its partners including that they had failed to consider the
public interest before accepting or continuing their engagements on relation to two transactions in relation to the MG Rover
group of companies.
Arguing in favor of the law banning lying is the sad irony that quite often those with their hands on the very levers of democracy, free elections and the right to vote — candidates, their handlers,
public and special
interest groups — don't trust the
public to make the right decision based on an honest and robust debate over the issues, but instead
find it incumbent to win by smearing the opposing candidate.
The bill, backed by several large tech vendors, also
found support from Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knowledge Ecology International,
Public Knowledge, and U.S.
Public Interest Research
Group.
Most of us won't spend a Sunday looking through Facebook ads, but
public interest groups and consumer protection officials will, and they'll publicize and be in a position to act on the troubling things they
find.