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Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

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Big Idea: Having gone from helping a couple of students incorporate their company to Sillicon Valley's most powerful lawyer, Drummond has a front - row seat to history, overseeing the search giant's corporate deals as well as the public - policy issues embroiling the search giant around privacy and national security.

December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publications.

The briefing arose from comprehensive discussion on public policy issues related to «informal STEM education,» -LSB-...]

Over the objections of his aides and advisers — who urged him to focus on policy and the broader goals of his presidency — the new president issued a decree: He wanted a fiery public response, and he wanted it to come from his press secretary.

As for the «narrow public witness» against which John Murdock rightly cautions, I really don't think «prioritizing» equals «ignoring,» such that to prioritize the defense of religious freedom and the right to life excludes other issues from the Church's social witness and public policy advocacy.

The NATO essay points again to the fact that, whether the issue under discussion is welfare policy or foreign policy, what we consistently find in the work of Irving Kristol is a consideration of public life and governing from the standpoint of the individual soul» and, by the same token, a consideration of the need to foster the right kinds of virtues in individual souls in order for the most desirable regimes to be successful.

The decline in political activity proved true for every category, from preaching a sermon on a public policy issue (1 % did so in 2016, down from 37 % in 2014) to distributing voter guides (36 %, down from 45 %) to speaking to the congregation about the importance of voting (62 %, down from 78 %).

One reason is that denominational and judicatory officials have shifted their attention away from such «private» issues as education and toward public policy and social change.

For this reason, we have examined the issues of censorship, regulation, and the First Amendment protections from a perspective which asks what is right, just, and equitable, not simply what is currently legal or stablished public policy.

In order to clarify where social science stands on these issues, a February 2014 study published in the highly ranked peer - review journal, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law with the endorsement of 110 of the world's top authorities (from 15 countries) in attachment, early child development, and divorce concludes that overnights and shared residential parenting should be the norm for children of all ages including infants and toddlers.

Cuomo had indicated a week ago — his last public appearance — the issues surrounding the budget stemmed from financial concerns, not policy.

Stevens also underlines that the fragmented media environment - with national papers covering the big political issues and the Brussels «trade» press covering the daily policy grind - means that the media get a lot less attention from public affairs professionals.

From database - driven direct - mail targeting to issue - blog outreach to video - laden Google Ad landing pages, modern online communications is niche - driven — but enacting public policy requires some kind of broad consensus.

We will engage constructively and effectively with the new UK Government in the months and years ahead as it navigates our exit from the European Union and the many public policy issues which our industry engages with.»

The University of Birmingham established a Policy Commission on the Distribution of Wealth in September of last year to bring leading figures from the public, private and third sectors together with Birmingham academics to generate new thinking on this issue.

Communication from the government on these issues comes in one direction: from the government to the public, telling people what the policy is and how people should act accordingly.

Fifteen hundred pages of emails from Rosen released by City Hall the night before Thanksgiving show that he was deeply involved in city policy, weighing in on decisions regarding universal pre-K and consulting with one of the mayor's top aides, Emma Wolfe, on how to handle public relations issues.

Jonathan Lippman, who was chief judge of the state Court of Appeals from 2009 through last year, has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he will provide expertise on state law and appellate matters while remaining a high - profile advocate on the public policy issues.

Manchester Policy Blogs offers expert insight, analysis and comment from researchers at The University of Manchester on key public policy iPolicy Blogs offers expert insight, analysis and comment from researchers at The University of Manchester on key public policy ipolicy issues.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

«This governor has fancied himself as a sort of fiscal hawk but willing to deal with other issues from a more moderate or liberal perspective,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, citing Mr. Cuomo's conservative - minded moves, like the property tax cap, and his more progressive policies, like same - sex marriage.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

The public sector unions have tangled with Cuomo over all sorts of policy issues — from creation of a teacher performance evalution system and Tier 6 to his refusal to reinstate the so - called millionaire's tax (later assuaged by an overhaul of the state's entire tax code).

The governor also dismissed the notion that he could have fought harder for that issue and defended the five - point package he announced on Friday, including an agreement with the Legislature to strip pensions from policy makers and lawmakers convicted of crimes related to their public office.

Cowal said that the combination of environmental and health issues provides opportunities for publics to express their opinions on topics and in ways that are different from before, which is having an effect on public policy questions at the international level.

Scientists there plan to develop vaccines for a range of pathogens — from bioterror threats to sexually transmitted diseases - and ponder policy issues, such as the growing public resistance to vaccination.

The nation's incoming president needs to move quickly to appoint a respected scientist or engineer to serve as the next science adviser to ensure immediate input on issues related to science, according to recommendations laid out in a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy...

Trade and financial shocks in the form of collapsing commodity prices and reduced availability of external financing have worsened Latin America's economic prospects in the past year, according to an issue brief from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

The EPA ethics rules that bar scientists with grants from serving on these committees also prohibit panel members from industry from working on issues affecting their companies, says the current chair of the BOSC, Deborah Swackhamer, a University of Minnesota professor of science, technology and public policy.

Gregg Gonsalves, an audience member who had been part of the ACT UP movement in the 1980s and 1990s and is now co-director of Yale's Global Health Justice Partnership, earned a round of applause when he argued that the safety of medical products was a public policy issue that should not be dominated by lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry.

Impetus for SciSIP however stems from a larger federal interest in the interactive development and application of this new knowledge to a longstanding yet continuously evolving set of public policy issues, typically summarized under the headings of «policy for science» and «science in policy.»

In the paper «Banning Smoking In Parks and on Beaches: Science, Policy, and the Politics of Denormalization,» published in the July issue of the journal Health Affairs, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the evidence for these claims and found them to be far from definitive and, in some cases, weak.

This elite and visible unanimity, however, belied the tangle of issues revealed earlier in the day during the smaller, nontelevised meeting where scholars from economics, political science, law, and public policy examined the likely difficulties of devising immigration policies that help the economy without harming immigrants or people who are already in the country.

«A national synthetic biology organization could convene scientists and stakeholders from commercial entities, philanthropy, academia, and government to discuss policy, develop regulation, prioritize the development of tools and fundamental research, engage the public on education and ethical issues and create infrastructure.»

Working together they provide independent, objective advice to the nation on public policy issues where insights and expertise from science, technology, and medicine are needed.

About Blog This blog primarily deals with «public policy» at a theoretical and conceptual level, which has a universal appeal, this blog will overwhelmingly explore public policy issues pertinent to policy discourses in India and from an Indian perspective.

From the implementation of the Common Core, to the recent debate surrounding teacher tenure, nearly every issue in public education today can be seen as a facet of a single, fundamental policy question: how should we use standardized assessments and the student achievement data these tests produce?

Each issue includes such helpful features as public policy updates, educational issues, association news, discussion of ethical practices, and an editorial from a working professional in the field.

Program stood out for several reasons, including its crossdisciplinary approach where students experience key issues from several perspectives, including education, public policy, and business, by taking classes at both the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School.

The key bulwarks against this kind of mission creep are, first, a definitive, public statement from the President - elect on the administration's position on Uncle Sam's role in schools; and, second, absent that, education officials» deep familiarity with today's policy issues and ability to apply conservative principles to them.

Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.

From day one, Students Matter has partnered with RALLY, an issue advocacy firm that works at the intersection of strategic communications and public policy.

Hard hitting words from historian and public education advocate Diane Ravitch, who addressed hundreds of educators, policy makers and advocates today at the 2014 Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh.

Nothing is stopping them from setting up private academies — but they not only want public money they actually want to shift money from public schools to their «public» charter academies... public except for the fact that they violate the most fundamental issues of Brown vs. Board of Education, they have not unions, they have discipline policies that are draconian and the out - migrate anyone who doesn't meet their criteria.

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

«As we look at the problematic issues facing public education in Detroit due in large part to the advocates of privatization, we realize the extent to which we must remain vigilant regarding any potentially dangerous national policies coming from Sec.

Before Connecticut policy makers shift additional resources from Connecticut's public schools to the charter schools they have an obligation to address these fundamental issues.

Wake Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones issued a ruling Friday that found the State Board of Education, the state entity that sets policy for the North Carolina's public schools, had been legally entitled to ignore an application from a virtual charter school seeking North Carolina taxpayer funds to teach students from their home computers.