Sentences with phrase «public policy moving»

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Wheeler's change of heart on net neutrality follows a protracted public comment period, in one of the most intensely debated policy moves of the FCC's history.

«Where we need innovation and where I think we are going to finally see social entrepreneurs spend more and more time is the public sector, because the big challenge that is facing every community on the planet is that government and public policy are not moving at the pace of technology or even meeting expectations of constituents,» says Blumenthal.

As an attorney who moved into the public policy and government and now as a university president (all positions in fields dominated by men), I have faced challenges while working my way up.

Public health and consumer groups applauded the move, which does not go as far as the company's policy for the United States, where already for a year suppliers have provided the chain with chickens raised without antibiotics deemed important to human health.

It was another industrious year for the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, with more than 120 successful events and a number of key public policy initiatives that moved our organization forward.

Throughout the year we host a number of forums aimed at moving the dial on emerging areas of public policy.

Joseph J. McGee, vice president of public policy and programs at the Business Council of Fairfield County, said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini «should move to Stamford if he wants to be close to New York.»

It is worth noting that the B.C. government's gimmick of limiting the upper - income tax increase to two years, while perhaps making the move more politically palatable for its base, is bad public policy.

He was willing to make short - term compromises and mislead the public (if you like your health insurance you can keep it) in order to move policy in the direction of his long - term goals.

The character of this suffering moves theological attention to the social systems that shape our lives — economic, political, cultural — as well as to public events themselves (the Holocaust, programs and policies of economic austerity, military intervention, terrorism, ethnic nationalist expression, struggles for survival and freedom).

A greater difficulty with the cardinal's lecture, however, is the facile move from Bible quoting to public - policy prescription.

The public - policy recommendations include providing state - supported marriage and family education, developing a «family - friendly» workplace, and moving toward a modified «fault» divorce law in cases involving dependent children.

«That's why the public policy debate in the U.S. has moved away from taxes and bans and onto real solutions.»

That's why the public policy debate has largely moved on from taxes and bans.

Guidance Materials: The state Department of Public Instruction provides resources from its Moving Forward with School Wellness: Making Your District Policy Work for Healthy Children workshop.

While Brian Endless, Oak Park Youth Baseball & Softball's liaison to the Park District acknowledged that now the group can schedule a full season, he's concerned because in recent years more of the limited field space has been devoted to the district's own programs — a move he called «bad public policy.»

The research has been spurred by changes in federal welfare policies that have emphasized moving families, often headed by single women, off public assistance.

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In an unusual move, the Public Accounts Committee heard evidence on the policy prior to implementation.

«We need to move past the failed policies of Republicans like Chris Christie and re-invest in our public infrastructure.

After moving last month against former President Obama's efforts to limit fossil fuel exploration and combat climate change, Trump will complete his effort to overturn environmental policy this week, signing two executive orders to expand offshore drilling and roll back conservation on public lands.

The incredible natural calamities occurring around the world have understandably taken away public attention from important policy decisions, such as the Trump Administration's move to end federal policy protecting the children of undocumented immigrants.

The episode is just one example of Indonesia moving closer to a dangerous line where public pressure and intolerance influence policy making and interpretation of law.

Mettler argues that in order to move toward a «more visible and vibrant democracy», the role of vested interests should be reconfigured, political communication should reveal to the public what is at stake, and policies and their delivery should be redesigned to make governance more visible to citizens.

Some of those reporters have knowingly or unknowingly reported stories that have affected public opinion and moved government policy.

«Democrats divide about whether they want a nominee who will continue the policies of President Obama or move in a different direction although strong Democrats still want a nominee who will follow in Obama's footsteps,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«We will each have different things to point to in our respective records, but that does not mean that we're not moving toward the same public policy goals.

Hogan has always limited his public discourse to Maryland issues and ran on a strictly fiscal policy issue, and not making any moves against social policies that were enacted by the previous administration).

The conference will also initiate moves away from rhetoric and false starts toward concrete, cumulative and comprehensive public policy thrusts for change.

A bill moving quickly through the Legislature would complicate the accounting for a Milwaukee policy that increases residents» chances of working on local public works projects, a city official said.

«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.

Labour is moving leftwards, not necessarily far left, but my point is that there are many unknowns such as the McClusky / union ties, or any kind of policy which is in the public domain which are yet to play out.

The point of this is that a leader who's perceived as less extremem can move the perception of the party towards the centre ground, without necessarily abandoning right wing policies, and specifically the sort of outlook we need towards the public services.

Last week, officials from virtually every sector from across the Adirondack Park gathered in Long Lake for the Common Ground Alliance, the ninth installment of the forum designed to overlook philosophical differences and come together to try to move the needle forward on sustainable public policy.

Higher education policy moved back into the news last week when the State University of New York's Chancellor announced an effort to keep increasing the cost of public college tuition.

Divestment, not shareholder resolutions, are needed to move the public and then public policy.

It should be clear from their decision to exempt management / confidential employees, including political appointees, from layoffs in a move that reflects bad management and bad public policy.

Even if public policy provides incentives for affordable housing development, landlords continue to move toward deregulation and raise the rent in existing buildings.

The spending review is Ed Miliband's last chance before the election to signal a change in approach, move the party towards the public and disrupt the drift towards support of the Tories» economic policies.

At a time when Albany needs to step up and help move public education in New York State forward, the Governor's destructive policies would instead take us backward.

«I look at Ulster County's high unemployment rate and the people moving out there and I can't help but think that it's public policy that's hindered our economy,» Amedore said when starting off his campaign in September, referencing the one county he lost by the largest numbers in 2012.

Jeremy Corbyn stood on a platform of investing in public services, standing up for workers» rights, moving to a more just and fair foreign policy, and has been rewarded with a quite remarkable turnaround in the Labour vote.

We can just move on... & oppose front - line job losses & the dismantling of specific public services i.e. oppose specific policies (don't even call them «cuts») that the public clearly do not support.

The move comes as more local officials, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, are calling for NYCHA to develop a long - term policy for the development of public housing land that includes

I was able to move smoothly from science to policy, while at the same time using my experience in the biotechnology industry as well as my educational qualifications in science and public health.

Dean Cheng, a research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, sees Chang» e 2's orbital gymnastics as part national pride, part scientific curiosity, and part political move: doing things at a First World level.

«The agency's move meant that six federal agencies that provide the bulk of the nation's basic research funding now have public access policies required by a 2013 White House order.

«The nation's incoming president will need to move quickly to appoint a respected scientist or engineer to serve as the next science adviser, to ensure immediate input related to science and technology,» Holt added, reinforcing the recommendations laid out in a September 2016 report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.