Sentences with phrase «public sector efforts»

Currently, even when there's funding and momentum to develop a new GMO in the lab, public sector efforts often wilt in the face of the cost, time and political will needed to gain approval — leaving the successes to the giants, Qaim notes.

Not exact matches

This gets back to the New York Times column I cited yesterday, which disparaged business efforts to address what have traditionally been public sector issues — like fixing the health care system, exploring space, or providing general education and training.

With software replacing hardware in most major sectors, users and businesses depend on researchers to unearth vulnerabilities and make them public as part of ongoing efforts to improve security.

One recent victory for unions was in Ohio, where in November 2011, voters overturned a Republican - led effort to place restrictions on public sector unions, similar to that in Wisconsin.

The federal government has increased pressure on the private sector to fight the war on drugs, just as public support for the effort has reached a low.

In 2013, Canadian public - sector pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec provided $ 12.9 million to help Bariatrix's expansion efforts, which included building a new 55,000 - sq.

A new study revealed the most diverse players in the tech sector as major companies make public efforts to hire more women and minorities.

Innovative minds and persistent efforts have led to unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sectors, resulting in the successful completion of important infrastructure projects that otherwise would have been unaffordable.

To paraphrase Charles Baudelaire's quip that the devil wins at the point where the public comes to believe that he doesn't exist, the financial sector's lobbying effort wins at the point where people believe that running into debt contributes to economic growth rather than burdens it, and that they will end up richer by acting as bank customers.

«The co-operation of the public and private sectors is key to the success of this effort,» said Murphy.

The Mayor is to be commended for organizing public and private sector leadership in an all - out effort to secure this major economic development opportunity.

Its mission is to support both the public and private sectors efforts to understand the factors which foster new business creation and to measure the impact new businesses have on the economy.

The Russian review of ArcSight's source code, the closely guarded internal instructions of the software, was part of HPE's effort to win the certification required to sell the product to Russia's public sector, according to the regulatory records seen by Reuters and confirmed by a company spokeswoman.

He said the government's efforts to boost spending by public sector companies - which still dominate large areas of the Indian economy - could help lift overall growth.

Originally, Quest concentrated its efforts on serving high - end parochial schools in the Chicago area, but in time the company discovered that there was need for its services in the public school sector.

A concerted effort by government and industry will help more Scottish - grown food find its way onto menus in schools, hospitals and other public settings, to support Scotland's food and drink sector.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

, President Obama established the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop a national action plan to mobilize the public and private sectors and engage families and communities in an effort to improve the health of our children.

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the Let's Move campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

To support private sector efforts in expanding access to housing, the Ministry of Finance will partner with banks, pension trustees and securities market players to start a process of developing and deepening the local mortgage and housing finance market to offer affordable mortgages at subsidized interest rate beginning with public sector workers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

Kwara Public - Private - Partnership Office, also known as KP3, is launching a brand new website in what it described as an effort to engage private sector investors in key sectors of Kwara state's economy.

«This is truly an outstanding achievement for the Buffalo Public Schools and a significant milestone for New York State's effort to create a thriving solar energy sector in our state,» said Alicia Barton, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA.

As federal «dysfunction» forces them to step up regulatory efforts, state and local governments need to develop new policies for the growing tech sectors in order to balance the need for protecting public interests and supporting innovation, AG Eric Schneiderman told a NY Tech Meetup event.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made SUNY Poly and its distinct economic development model — where the public owns a research or manufacturing facility, with the hope that private sector companies will lease and cluster around it — a cornerstone of his efforts to revive upstate New York.

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

Upcoming Career Fairs & Minority Recruitment Efforts Governor Cuomo also announced that more than two dozen state agencies are discussing public sector careers with college students and all interested job seekers at the 29th annual SOMOS El Futuro Spring Conference on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19, at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

Depending on how the conservative - leaning court rules, the case could have a significant impact on the organizing and spending efforts by public - sector labor groups.

Though he has differed with public - sector labor unions, Cuomo has worked closely with a variety of construction and trade union groups over the years, receiving an award from two labor unions for his efforts this past summer.

The publication made by Uncut at conference last year, identifying an additional # 34bn of public sector savings that might be made and reallocated to Labour priorities, remains one of the most substantive efforts made to explain how Labour might make the sums add up.

In an effort to reduce job instability across the public sector, in March 2012 the French government introduced the Loi Sauvadet, which was supposed to limit how long people can work on short - term contracts by moving them after 6 years to more stable, open - ended contracts.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

«While it can not be denied that the Beijing Municipal Government has made, and continues to make, strenuous efforts to improve air quality through addressing emissions from the transport, energy and industrial sectors, air pollution is still the single largest environmental and public health issue affecting the city,» they say.

Businesses in the public and private sectors teach people to recognize phishing, but those efforts often fail or don't work for very long because the training ignores users» habits and instead focuses exclusively on how users process information, says Vishwanath, whose latest research on email habits and phishing outcomes is published in the Journal of Computer - Mediated Communication.

Tuberculosis remains a stubborn foe despite the efforts of the public and private sector's efforts to deploy new antibiotics and diagnostic tools against a disease that thrives on poverty and ignorance

The researchers argue that their findings suggest the need to re-double efforts to address the TB burden in India, and urgently increase surveillance in the private sector, as well as ensure greater collaboration between the private and public sector in India.

«And, just as with the ACA, the impact of broader health insurance coverage in Massachusetts is intertwined with the effects of numerous efforts in the public and private sector to improve health care quality and contain costs,» he adds.

Numerous efforts are underway in the private and public sectors to narrow the employment gap between people with and without disabilities.

Addressing complex public health issues requires the combined efforts of government agencies, academic institutions, private - sector companies, and nonprofit organizations.

February 11, 2011 Research funding to accelerate South Side health and wellness community - mapping project The University of Chicago Medical Center announced $ 500,000 in new public and private - sector support that will help researchers, in partnership with South Side residents, take the next steps in a groundbreaking effort to compile and publish maps of all of the area's health, wellness and commercial resources.

It can be a collective effort involving both the private and public sector.

Through our efforts, PM best practice is widely known and appropriately applied at all levels of public and private sector organizations.

Under the latest round of S.S.I. grants, Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, and South Carolina will each receive up to $ 2 million annually to support widespread, coordinated reform efforts that incorporate the efforts of public - and private - sector agencies to improve the teaching of science and mathematics.

Unions and public sector employment have been central in the efforts of African - Americans, Latinos and other traditionally marginalized groups to gain access to the middle class.

Many of those involved in this process want to «increase equity» and believe the focus of K - 12 reform efforts should be confined to the «public sector.»

Before Justice Scalia passed away in February of 2016, the Supreme Court was set to strike down «agency fees,» which allow public sector unions to force non-members to pay for the collective bargaining efforts of the union.

The wide variation across states in the relative size and characteristics of the public and private sectors revealed by this exploratory, descriptive analysis suggests the need to tailor federal and state policy efforts to best leverage the private sector in each state to meet policymakers» goals.

This is part of a wider effort to cut CO2 across the public sector in Scotland by 42 per cent by 2020.