Sentences with phrase «public operation of services»

Not exact matches

My buddy Jim Kane with Retailer Web Services recently made an interesting observation about public companies: He noted founders waste an embarrassing amount of shareholder cash trying to save or slowly wind down companies instead of shuttering operations when it's clear the odds have turned against them.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Wexpro's operations are designed to serve Questar Gas under a cost - of - service basis, with rates having been approved by the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Wyoming Public Service Commission sincservice basis, with rates having been approved by the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Wyoming Public Service Commission sincService Commission (UPSC) and Wyoming Public Service Commission sincService Commission since 1981.

Alberta has a revenue problem and if we should have learned anything since the international price of oil collapsed in 2014, it is that we should not depend on royalty revenues from oil and gas to fund the day to day operations of our public services.

Lotheringen also attributes the rise in demand for the company's services to some of Ukwazi's core service offerings, such as technical advice, support and services, which the company is supplying to operations in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia and West Africa as part of the ore reserve statements and public reports for bulk commodities and precious metals.

Porter Finance is one of the latest additions to the list of binary options trading platforms, having commenced operations and offering retail binary options brokerage services to the retail investing public in 2014.

Minzner «s operation represents the trend toward privatization of public school food service.

Nina Hansen, vice president of operations for the Enosburg Falls - based Abbey Group, which runs the food service programs at 70 Vermont public and private schools, as well as schools in New York and New Hampshire, said these unpaid bills are a problem in many districts, but none of the schools her company serves would stop a student from eating because of it.

Currently the UK has 700 PFI contracts in operation to deliver a wide range of public assets and services.

I strongly believe there are a lot of really good people in government ---- people who choose public service for all the right reasons, people who are important to the operations of their state and their local communities.»

On the other hand, there is «social mutualism» involving a particular approach to the organisation and delivery of public services, where both employees and those using public services can acquire greater control over their management and operation.

The fine stemmed from the company's use of a third - party service incorrectly reporting lobbying figures to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as the company pushed back against New York City's efforts to curtail its operations.

Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied.

As a former chairman of New York Public Service Commission, I believe the continued operation of all of our nuclear plants — and specifically the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego County — is essential to meeting our energy and clean energy needs as well as to the economy of Oswego County and Upstate New York.

Hundreds of union members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and United University Professions (UUP) will rally in Brooklyn Thursday, March 8, to protest plans to close Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, and beds at SUNY Downstate University Hospital, and shift Downstate's inpatient operations to the Long Island College Hospital campus.

ALBANY, NY (03/07/2012)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of union members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and United University Professions (UUP) will rally in Brooklyn Thursday, March 8, to protest plans to close Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, and beds at SUNY Downstate University Hospital, and shift Downstate's inpatient operations to the Long Island College Hospital campus.

Prosecutors did not name the employees but listed their job titles: director of state operations, deputy commissioner for public affairs of the NYS Division of Homeland Security, executive deputy commissioner of the Office of General Services and an executive chamber employee who was eyeing a job at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

«The very fact that there are clear discrepancies between accounts of the operation of this case reinforces the requirement for an independent - not public - inquiry as an essential tool in improving our security services,» Mr Davis said.

NYSERDA looks forward to working with the Department of Agriculture and Markets, Farm Bureau, Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Public Service Commission, and others to ensure that farm and on - farm production operations all across New York benefit from this important initiative.»

It is expected to cover a huge range of issues including public service broadcasting, internet piracy and the operation of the telecoms industry.

«Meanwhile the Governor has not addressed the problem of top - heavy management in state operations: only about 50 management / confidential personnel were approved for the administration's buyout plan while thousands of lower paid positions held by people who actually deliver frontline services to the public every day have been eliminated by attrition and reduction.»

According to Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro, the County is seeking an individual who can lead the Department of Public Works (DPW) through a multi-year reorganization that is already underway, with the goals of continuing to streamline operations for efficiency and cost savings; develop public - private models for service delivery; and eliminate redundancy of serPublic Works (DPW) through a multi-year reorganization that is already underway, with the goals of continuing to streamline operations for efficiency and cost savings; develop public - private models for service delivery; and eliminate redundancy of serpublic - private models for service delivery; and eliminate redundancy of services.

LAKE PLACID — Discussions are underway for Essex County to fully take over the operation of the Lake Placid Xprss, a public trolley and bus service, by the end of the year.

«It's a decision that indicates the Public Service Commission is telling United Water that it needs to do a better job of managing its costs and managing its operations,» says Potanovic.

Attending last week's meeting were Murphy, Jim Malatras, director of state operations, Tom Congdon, the executive deputy at the Department of Public Service, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, who chairs the chamber's Energy Committee and Assemblywomen Sandy Galef, a Democrat who also represents the area around Indian Point, among others.

It says a great deal for the skill of the British secret services (not a phrase one gets to use too often) that the very existence of one of the most important operations of the Second World War managed to be kept from the general public until the best part of 40 years after the conflict ended.

Why Expertise Matters To This Business: If Cityville can get their entire 5000 member team trained and prepared to safely transition their operations to digital, it means this municipality can quickly reap the large cost savings of going paperless sooner, can offer easier access to information and services for their public faster, and can achieve their goal of generating less paper waste by 2018.

Their customers and citizens are excited because this environmentally - friendly goal includes online hosting of nearly all of Cityville's divisional operations, as well as many public services.

These values should permeate all aspects of a school's operation, for example, the procurement of goods and services, the appointment of staff on merit, the performance of job responsibilities and the use of public funds.

«Turnaround» schools (SPI Lowest 5 %, Graduation Rates Lower than 60 %, or Schools currently receiving School Improvement Grants) would be subject to «aggressive turnaround interventions» and inclusion in a «Commissioner's Network»; then could face takeover by the State, and / or State - mandated operation of public schools by universities, the State Education Resource Center (SERC), Regional Education Service Centers (RESC's) non-profit organizations, charter management organizations, CommPACT, or «other providers or partners with a track record of success.»

Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied.

The Guild provides back office support for operations, facility management, public relations and marketing services, management of computer and information technology support, purchasing and management of business operations, fundraising, training, special education consultation, and management oversight of the school's principal.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

(c)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit REHABILITATION facilities, or to an organization or combination of such facilities, to pay the Federal share of the cost of projects to analyze, improve, and increase their professional services to handicapped individuals, their management effectiveness, or any other part of their operations affecting their capacity to provide employment and services for such individuals.

(3) to aid in the conduct of related activities which will expand or improve the services for or help improve public understanding of the problems of deaf - blind individuals; the Secretary, subject to the provisions of section 306, is authorized to enter into an agreement with any public or nonprofit agency or organization for payment by the United States of all or part of the costs of the establishment and operation, including construction and * equipment, of a center for vocational REHABILITATION of handicapped individuals who are both deaf and blind, which center shall be known as the National Center for Deaf - Blind Youths and Adults.

FMCSA's imminent hazard out - of - service order to Industrial Transit states that the company's ``... complete and utter lack of compliance with operation of (federal safety regulations)... substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death for its drivers and the motoring public... this risk is heightened further when Industrial Transit transports [hazardous materials].»

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a public entity which operates a fixed route system (other than a system which provides solely commuter bus service) to fail to provide with respect to the operations of its fixed route system, in accordance with this section, paratransit and other special transportation services to individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, that are sufficient to provide to such individuals a level of service (1) which is comparable to the level of designated public transportation services provided to individuals without disabilities using such system; or (2) in the case of response time, which is comparable, to the extent practicable, to the level of designated public transportation services provided to individuals without disabilities using such system.

In addition, this notice addresses the general question of whether carriers may require health documentation for carriage of service animals on flights from the U.S. into countries other than the U.K.. On February 26, 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Aviation Enforcement Office issued a guidance document to assist carriers and passengers with disabilities in complying with both U.S. and U.K. regulations concerning the transport of service animals on flights from the U.S. to the U.K. by: 1) explaining the procedures passengers must follow to comply with the U.K.'s Pet Travel Scheme (PETS); 2) explaining the procedures U.S. and foreign carriers must follow to obtain an approved Required Method of Operation (RMOP) from the U.K.'s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); and 3) notifying both U.S. and U.K. carriers operating flights between the U.S. and the U.K. that failure to obtain an approved RMOP from DEFRA will be considered a violation of the ACAA by the Department's Aviation Enforcement Office and may subject such carriers to enforcement action.1 The purpose of this notice is to respond to inquiries from airlines and the traveling public since issuance of the February notice regarding foreign requirements for health 1 72

FMCSA's imminent hazard out - of - service order states that Price's ``... continued operation of a CMV in interstate commerce poses an imminent hazard... (as) you fail to exercise an appropriate duty of care to the motoring public.»

The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to cooperate with Federal, tribal, State, and local officers and entities responsible for other types of planning activities that are affected by transportation in the relevant area (including planned growth, economic development, infrastructure services, housing, other public services, nonmotorized users, environmental protection, airport operations, high - speed and intercity passenger rail, freight rail, port access, and freight movements), to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that the metropolitan transportation planning process, metropolitan transportation plans, and transportation improvement programs are developed in cooperation with other related planning activities in the area.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Atlanta - based STSC Transportation Services, Inc., USDOT No. 2350604, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering the traveling public by failing to ensure the safety of its vehicles and drivers.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

In the initial step of updating and improving city services, streamlining city operations such as traffic and public transportation, a city will find it necessary to transition from traditional information systems — printed schedules, maps, notifications — to digitalized ones, realized on smart, effective displays.

In more geographically remote areas however, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students may not have access to a wide range of experiences in directly seeing money in operation due to a lack of retail outlets, banks, public transportation, and other services that larger centres may take for granted.

The three recipients of the ASPCA 2013 Public Service Award played pivotal roles in investigating and raiding a large dog fighting operation in Missouri, Kansas and Texas in March 2013.

A person may exclude a service animal from a public place of accommodation or amusement if accommodation of the service animal would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of the accommodations, amusement, goods, or services provided or would jeopardize the safe operation of the public place of accommodation or amusement.

Their fee for service operations also includes a public veterinary hospital, an extensive schedule of public behavior and training classes and a low cost spay and neuter clinic for the community.

This Division also maintains the Civil Section which works in conjunction with the Courts to serve the public and the Animal Services Section which is responsible for operation of the Yolo County Animal Services shelter and animal control sServices Section which is responsible for operation of the Yolo County Animal Services shelter and animal control sServices shelter and animal control servicesservices.

Bengal's public service dates back to the Vietnam War, but his accomplishments fighting for animals includes the creation of humane law enforcement operations at several Philadelphia - area animal organizations, including Women's Humane Society, Delaware County SPCA, and at the Pennsylvania SPCA, which has continued to grow, despite the lack of any government funding.

CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), which primarily rely on private donations to fund their operations.