Sentences with phrase «public testimony about»

She then sat through several hours of furious public testimony about planned school moves and closures.
The advisory council must hold at least one hearing at which public testimony about the local wellness policy being developed is allowed.
The advisory council must hold at least one (1) hearing at which public testimony about the local wellness policy being developed is allowed.
The Republican presidential candidate's 2007 church switch also may mirror something much more personal: The culmination of Perry's journey from a mainline Protestant upbringing to an evangelical - flavored faith built on close relationships with Baptist preachers and giving public testimony about God.
While we do not all necessarily agree with the manner in which he dealt with the conclusion of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, we sincerely believe that his abrupt and belated termination for this conduct, occurring months later and on the heels of his public testimony about his oversight of the investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, has the appearance — if not the reality — of interfering with that investigation.

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Testimony this week ranged from journalism ethics and website analytics to Hogan's public statements about his sex life, including the his penis size.
Mark Zuckerberg answered questions about Facebook's data collection and privacy policies this week from almost 100 different politicians in nearly 10 hours of public testimony.
As questions about Facebook's role in the 2016 election and its privacy issues mounted, Mr. Zuckerberg initially tried to avoid the limelight, dodging requests for public testimony by lawmakers in the United States and Europe.
Zimpher, speaking to reporters after her testimony, also punted on a question about private colleges» concerns that their enrollments will decline if the state gives free tuition to some public college students.
Blair Horner with the New York Public Interest Research Group said if past corruption trials are any indication, there will be plenty of unflattering testimony about the inner workings of Cuomo's government.
He says testimonies he expects to be made public in the coming days were from «whistleblowers» who were «peripheral, making invented claims about things they didn't see».
Republicans have seized on testimony about Percoco's presence in the Democratic governor's office to raise questions about whether the administration kept separate private and public functions.
The New York State Department of Labor gives notice that on Monday, June 15, 2015, the Wage Board will hold a public hearing to receive testimony about an increase in the minimum wage...
In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.
parents, students, teachers and other district workers rallied Tuesday morning to counter the U.S. education secretary's recent testimony about public schools.Local teachers union president Annie Irvine...
At 6 p.m., PSC members hear testimony about the planned merger of communications firms Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., (NYC Councilman Ben Kallos is scheduled to testify); boardroom, state Department of Public Service, fourth floor, 90 Church St., Manhattan.
Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says if past corruption trials are any indication, there will be plenty of unflattering testimony about the inner workings of Cuomo's government.
At 11 a.m., Assembly members hear testimony about state regulation and reporting of sales and use of pesticides during a joint public hearing of state lawmakers on the Assembly's Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and Standing Committee on Health; Assembly Hearing Room, room 1923, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had a bout of memory loss Saturday during his first public comments about the damaging pay - to - play testimony of one of his biggest donors, Jona Rechnitz, though he did call Rechnitz a «liar» and a «horrible human being.»
The purpose will be to solicit testimony from experts and the general public about the best ways to fix -LSB-...]
State lawmakers listened to several hours of testimony Tuesday from contractors, labor representatives and industry groups about a bill that would ban mandatory project - labor agreements on public projects.
This includes sources of information on the job market, a listing of the major public sector and national research organizations, researchers» testimonies, and advice about applying for jobs in the private sector.
Obama will be visiting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to discuss the U.S. response, At about the same time, a U.S. Senate hearing on Ebola will also take place with testimony from key public officials and Ebola survivor Ken Brantly.
In a series of separate public hearings this fall, members of Congress and New Mexico state legislators heard testimonies from the full range of people who have something to say about uranium mining — community members aggrieved by six decades of mining impacts, industry officials trumpeting new jobs from renewed uranium activity, and government regulators trying to figure out how to address both the past uranium legacy and future uranium developments.
Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion.
parents, students, teachers and other district workers rallied Tuesday morning to counter the U.S. education secretary's recent testimony about public schools.Local teachers union president Annie Irvine...
Over the last year, parents at both public charter schools have given us powerful testimonies about what the opportunity to attend these schools means to their children and their families.
We don't have all the details yet about time and place as the public hearing notice has not yet been posted; however, the Commission will be taking testimony from school leaders (including board members, district administrators and school business officials) at this meeting.
The public testimony of Liliana Casillas raises some serious questions about Rocketship's role in preventing bullying.
Moukawsher, who heard months of expert testimony on public education from January 12 to June 3, made the same conclusion about special - education funding and what he concluded were lax standards for evaluating teachers and for promoting and graduating students who can not read.
Parents and teachers flooded Wednesday's open public testimony session to complain about the new tests, which will be administered to all students in grades 3 - 11 in March and again in May.
GO Deeper: Visit GO Public Schools Leadership Center's Linked Learning page for resources, including video of OUSD student and teacher testimony about Linked Learning and news articles about Linked Learning in Oakland.
In her public testimony during Connecticut's 2012 education reform bill, Jennifer Alexander of ConnCAN testified that too few teachers were being dismissed for poor performance: «When you look at the distribution of ratings in those systems, you again see only about two percent of teachers, maybe five max, falling at that bottom rating category.»
Superintendent Scarice used his testimony at the Education Committee Public Hearing to lay out the reality about why the SBAC Common Core test is not an appropriate measure for evaluating teachers.
In written testimony, 257 parents, educators and students expressed their concern about the quality of education that high potential students were receiving in Minnesota public schools.
On October 11th, 2016 Pat Tumulty, Executive Director of the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) and James Keehbler, Chair of the NJLA School Libraries Taskforce were asked to give testimony about ESSA and school library programs in New Jersey to the Joint Committee on Public Schools.
Organized by Scott Rothkopf, the museum's deputy director of programs and chief curator, and Jessica Man, a curatorial assistant, the show is accompanied by a catalog of more than 650 pages, which includes a memoir by the artist's mother, Carol Hendrickson, a public health nurse, who lives with her second husband next door to Owens and her family; testimonies about how wonderful Owens is as a person and a painter from a bevy of artists, curators, dealers, and studio assistants; price lists from early exhibitions; essays, including one about Elizabeth Murray by Francine Prose; statements by influential people who were among the first wave to recognize her importance.
That the show has political significance and speaks to the experience of African - Americans is clear from the inclusion of an essay titled «Speaking Truth,» in the catalog by Anita Hill, whose testimony about sexual harassment during Clarence Thomas» confirmation hearings to the U.S. Supreme Court made her a target of public wrath.
Tomorrow I will testify to Congress about global warming, 20 years after my 23 June 1988 testimony, which alerted the public that global warming was underway.
How can scientists help the political process by ensuring that the testimony is from the best representative (s) in that field, the person or persons who indeed possess the «full confidence» of the group to give the politicians and the public the facts and truth as it is currently known; and NOT a bunch of «personal views» or «bright ideas» about using pure gold slabs to cover every city and village on the planet and protecting everyone from harmful intergalactic Z - rays?
What Gelbspan is likely referring to when he says «until we wrote about it» is his lesser - known December 1995 Harper's Magazine cover story article that was the basis for his more widely read 1997 «The Heat is On» book, in particular, his reference to skeptic climate scientist Dr Patrick Michaels» testimony at a May 1995 Public Utilities hearing (full text here):
Witness testimony, a lot of times, is provided by affidavit, where the witness signs a written statement before a notary public setting forth what they observed and what they know about the accident.
In that case, the court ruled that public university officials violated the First Amendment when they disciplined a college administrator for his truthful court testimony about financial improprieties involving an Alabama state representative receiving monies from the college.
But as of early afternoon Tuesday, neither Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg nor his high - profile chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, had made public comments about the mushrooming crisis, which now involves a reported Federal Trade Commission probe, demands by Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill for testimony by Zuckerberg, and the release of an undercover video by a British television station that appears to show the head of the data analytics firm talking about bribes and traps to sway elections.
He says testimonies he expects to be made public in the coming days were from «whistleblowers» who were «peripheral, making invented claims about things they didn't see».
As questions about Facebook's role in the 2016 election and its privacy issues mounted, Mr. Zuckerberg initially tried to avoid the limelight, dodging requests for public testimony by lawmakers in the United States and Europe.
It's possible Facebook was worried about whatever might become public as part of the testimony.
Testimony and evidence presented to the court — which may reveal details about your personal life, detailed financials, even false allegations — also typically becomes part of the public record.
As to your question @Will Barnard, just about anyone who can testify with more knowledge than the general public as to industry standards and what is generally accepted practice that the court accepts may be viewed by the court as having expert testimony in a specific area.
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