Sentences with phrase «public mandate for»

Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova, Garage is the first philanthropic organization in Russia to create a comprehensive public mandate for contemporary art and culture.

Despite several attempts, the union was unable to turn bargaining into a public mandate for the transit system New Yorkers deserve, with expanded services and lower fares.

It would allow her to go to Brussels with a strong public mandate for talks.

Albert openly questioned whether it was appropriate for him, a Democrat, to assume the powers and duties of the presidency when there was a public mandate for the presidency to be held by a Republican.

«With massive foodborne illness outbreaks grabbing headlines around the world and a growing public mandate for accountability, the conditions are right to establish a global standard for food safety manager certification,» Lynch added.

Not exact matches

Take, for example, the recently published report entitled «Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes,» by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — which the Academies helpfully point out is a «congressionally mandated» study.

«TSX Venture Exchange is a vibrant, well - regulated market with an impor - tant mandate to mentor newly - public companies,» says TSX Venture Exchange President John McCoach, «and also provides a cost - effective stepping stone for international companies looking to list in a quality North American market.»

That's significant, considering he spent the early part of his mandate telling the public that economists» preferred methods for telling the future no longer worked.

Friedman argued that earning profit for the owners has been the mandate — and for public companies the legally binding fiduciary responsibility — since capitalism appeared.

With Greece at boiling point following the adoption of yet more internationally mandated austerity measures in the wake of parliament's vote to slash 25,000 jobs in the public sector, opposition leaders said it was wrong for Schäuble to be visiting at all.

What is important for attaining the Federal Reserve's mandated objectives is not that monetary policy is described in terms of a formal prescriptive rule, but rather that the FOMC's intentions and strategy are well understood by the public.

Two and a half years into the mandate and no real result on the election promise.This sort of thing is par for the course, though.A tactic played over and over which the general public doesn't seem to be able to grasp.

... while mandating a split between the chair and the CEO is not clearly a good idea for all public companies, it may well be a good idea for larger companies.

On the positive side, if the Conservative Government does table its proposed legislative aid mandate, it will afford an opportunity for a more open public debate, in which we will have a chance to address the fundamental purposes of the aid program, and how those purposes may be best achieved.

Still, in 2015, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) President Jack Mozloom said that the federation's members «are strongly opposed» to a paid - leave mandate, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a membership organization for individual HR professionals, has taken a public position supporting only voluntarily provided paid - leave programs.

PayPal, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., released its government - mandated diversity data to the public for the first time last week after questions by Reveal.

New SEC rules, mandated by the JOBS Act, go into effect on September 23 make public solicitation of investors legal, and companies are getting ready for what could be a revolution in how the media is used by NewSpace startups.

There are also new forms, strict deadlines for filing information with the SEC, mandated markings that must accompany any public solicitation and new harsh penalties for any non-compliance.

«Allowing charities to invest in limited partnerships will remove an unnecessary roadblock to foundation impact investments, opening up more opportunities for foundations to align their investment strategies with their public benefit mandates, and ultimately unlocking more capital for ventures and initiatives that support Canadian communities.»

There's an increased demand for workers for hire to protect specific things, people and places than there are those mandated to protect the public at large.

Spotify declined to comment for this story citing the SEC mandated «quiet period», which restricts companies from making certain public statements during the going public process.

One may certainly refrain from insisting, as some Jewish leaders have, upon mandated Holocaust studies in the public school curriculum: for many people, such «mandates» might appear as an effort to establish the passion of the Jews as the larger culture's defining story, thus, ironically, giving plausibility to anti-Semitic claims about Jewish power.

«This money is mandated for services for pregnant teens and women - violence prevention, vocational training,» said Carrie Gordon Earll, a spokeswoman for CitizenLink, the public policy arm of the evangelical group Focus on the Family.

Known as the «X case,» the decision sparked an ongoing debate about how to interpret the legislative mandate from the court, with successive governments reluctant to touch the issue for fear of upsetting the public.

«We are actively trying to get language inserted into any bill that would have health care sharing ministries considered quality coverage under a mandate,» said Joel Noble, public policy team leader for both the alliance and Samaritan Ministries.

You get the Obama administration's contraceptive / abortifacient mandate on steroids and a full - scale legal assault by Clinton Administration 3.0 on the capacity of religious institutions to be themselves as they understand themselves to be: communities of religious conviction with a right to their own moral integrity, not mere instruments for delivering whatever the government deems to be a public service or a public good.

Travis Wussow, the ERLC's vice president for public policy, told Baptist Press in written comments Trump's «presidency creates many opportunities, including a pro-life Supreme Court justice, defunding Planned Parenthood and the repeal of the HHS mandate.

And there is still no mandate for the civil authorities to be contacted when there is an accusation of abuse, as public school employees are required.

In March, the Boards of Directors of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education and the Association of Waldorf School of North America signed a letter renewing the mandate of the Joint Venture Committee, formed one year ago, to implement... more

Special education services for school - age children with disabilities that attend public schools or are homeschooled are mandated by federal law.

In addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandates.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Hopefully state legislatures will be cognizant of their threat to public safety and withdraw and prohibit Medicaid funding and mandated insurance coverage for CPM and DEM services.

Meanwhile, archeologists have been working since last summer at the site as part of a state - mandated survey of any land that will be developed for a public purpose.

We're also one of the only public schools to have guaranteed recess for every kid, everyday — it's a gift from our teachers who voluntarily gave - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise it.

Public health officials look for ways to intervene, given their particular legislated mandates and authority.

The Erie County Comptroller's Office said it may be more prudent for the county to distribute mandated public notices online and via social media rather than the current practice of printing them in local newspapers.

Our politicians and public need to recognise the need for global action and provide the necessary political mandate for reform and resources that are required for effective governance, if this is to be achieved.

The latest fight between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and Buffalo Public Schools is heating up, this time over incentives like ice cream socials to persuade kids to take state - mandated tests and threats of punishment for those who don't.

Earlier this week, Paladino was also criticized for introducing a resolution to mandate that all Buffalo Public Schools display a picture of Trump.

For the avoidance of doubts, the IGP further notes, the restoration and maintenance of law and public order, and protection of lives and property remain sacred and statutory Mandate of the Nigeria Police.

The Bill defined the modalities for the appointment and operations of the Special Prosecutor, which will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63, and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sPublic Procurement Act 203 Act 63, and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public spublic officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public spublic sector.

The New York Democrat acknowledged his wrongdoing, but he campaigned in the days before the House vote for his colleagues to support a reprimand — a lesser punishment that would still require a House vote but not mandate a public dressing - down — on the basis that the ethics committee had not deemed his actions corrupt.

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

Who in their right mind would even want the job of school superintendent: parents hate you, teachers hate you (if you're doing your job)-- and the pay scale for superintendents is absurdly below what would be paid to a private sector CEO / COO managing the people and contracts and mandates that public school superintendents manage.

Members of Cuomo's Mandate Relief Council are headed to Lake Placid for a public hearing on March 2.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

With $ 30 billion more in state revenue, we could restore full funding for public schools and colleges, pay for the state mandates on local governments through increased revenue sharing, cut regressive local property and sales taxes, and build the infrastructure and services of the Green New Deal.

The budget also proposes new mandates on business, such as a requirement that a pharmaceutical manufacturer provides a minimum supplemental rebate for drugs that are eligible for state public health plan reimbursement.

While Cuomo and the Senate Republicans want uniform harassment policies in state and local government, the Assembly proposal would mandate minimum standards for harassment policies for public and private employers and broaden the types of workers who would be protected under the state's anti-harassment laws.