Sentences with phrase «public testing process»

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BMPS failed a stress test in July and has to improve its capital position, even if that process might include public money.

In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management and, to the extent that we are no longer an «emerging growth company» as defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

Here is a quote from the USDA, «In 2007, the USDA determined the disinfection process was so effective that it would be exempt from «routine testing of meat used in hamburger sold to the general public.

All of these economic assumptions will be tested by the public consultation process; but the fundamental test will be political.

This year, advocates for more public inclusion in the redistricting process put an idea to the test: That open - source software and voter outreach efforts could make people more aware and more involved.

The New York State Allies for Public Education wants a much more open process with candidates explaining how they stand on issues like the Common Core and high - stakes testing.

They earlier said they planned to put in more activist Regents members amid calls by the public and New York State United Teachers, the major teachers union, to delay the process and place less emphasis on testing.

«We still have a long way to go to reduce testing, to make sure that the new curriculum is age - appropriate for every grade, and to restore the public's faith in the process,» said Mulgrew.

Two platforms have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use and UTHealth School of Public Health researchers, led by Zhi - Dong Jiang, M.D., Dr.P.H., were involved in the testing process for these platforms..

The same staff and facility also process deCODE's DNA - based reference laboratory tests for gauging individual risk of major public health challenges ranging from heart attack to breast cancer, as well as the company's pioneering deCODEme ™ scans, the world's first personal genome analysis and focused disease area scans.

For example, the Bioenergy Technologies Office has helped a company develop a process for making commercial airliner biofuel (now being tested by Boeing), and it sponsored research by public university scientists investigating how a bioenergy crop can help prevent water contamination from fertilizer runoff.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment should test.

In the process, the city has provided the first direct test of an alternative to the system that has dominated American public education for more than a century.

Our current Public School method of funded / unfunded mandates, testing by CSAP / TSAP (or whatever is in vogue this school year) is a process that is failing our Students and frustrating too many of our Teachers.

Policymakers and the public must immediately engage in an open and transparent community decision - making process about the best ways to use test scores and to develop accountability systems that fully support a broader, more accurate definition of college, career, and citizenship readiness that ensures equity and access for all students.

Appointed in 2002 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Klein transformed the city's public - school system by promoting privately managed charter schools to replace regular public schools, by increasing the consequences for principals and teachers of standardized tests, and by attacking union - sponsored due process and seniority provisions for teachers.

For parents, teachers and public school advocates who were looking to see if Malloy was going to soften his pro-corporate education reform industry agenda, there was no sign that the governor intended to hold Connecticut's charter schools accountable for their use of public funds nor was there a suggestion that the Malloy administration was going to fix their unfair «Teacher Evaluation» program by decoupling the inappropriate Common Core Test scores from the evaluation process for Connecticut's public school teachers.

Among those speaking in favor of decoupling student's standardized testing scores from the teacher evaluation process was Madison Public School Superintendent Thomas Scarice.

Despite the massive expenditure of public dollars, including more than $ 20 million a year in Connecticut state funds, the SBAC test and its sister version which is called the PARCC test, fail to adequately measure student achievement and have no appropriate role in the teacher evaluation process.

Developed through a collaborative process that involved public school leaders from Tennessee, Texas, California, and Pennsylvania as design partners, the Abl platform enables administrators to transform an otherwise static process into a flexible approach that allows principals to test and evaluate scheduling scenarios.

Baas also said the process for choosing a new test should be more public, to avoid «people being susceptible to conspiracy theories because they thought this was sprung on them.»

The testing process involves «real world» driving on public roads and a rating of each car based on 21 separate evaluation parameters that include acceleration, braking and vehicle dynamics, among others.

Go to your My RSI area, select settings and then access Public Test Universe to begin this process.

A description spotted by Dtoid about the company's Evolution of Beatmatch Gameplay panel reads: «The panel will include gameplay examples from internal prototypes, honest discussion of our design process successes and failures, insight into how we create and test our games in development, and a synopsis of the design history of a title on public display for the very first time at the Harmonix booth.»

KW Institute for Contemporary Art's educational and mediation program tests together with artists and different communities new spatial, thematic, and political constellations, that investigate KW in its function as a public institution and react to the current exhibition program and its concept with flexible feedback processes.

In locations as diverse as a Bronx public housing project, a military testing facility in the Nevada desert, a jazz festival in Sweden, and an activist neighborhood in Mexico, the artists reveal intimate and personal insights into their lives and creative processes.

DiverseWorks is a place where the process of creating art is valued and where artists can test new ideas in the public arena.

These process - oriented residencies are intended to provide an environment where artists can experiment with their craft, develop their focus or test new ideas and simultaneously engage in vital public dialogue.

This echoed comments by the chair of the Local Government Association, Lord Porter, in July: «If the public are going to have faith in this fire safety testing process then everything needs to be out in the open.

On April 20, the day before the March for Science protest in Washington, D.C., New York University physicist Steve Koonin published an op - ed in The Wall Street Journal calling for a red - team, blue - team exercise to «put the «consensus» to the test, and improve public understanding, through an open, adversarial process.»

calling for a red - team, blue - team exercise to «put the «consensus» to the test, and improve public understanding, through an open, adversarial process.»

This paper focuses on participatory methods for technology development and diffusion in urban agriculture, including use of multiple sources of knowledge in the identification and screening of promising technologies, the development, participatory testing and adaptation of the most promising technologies under local urban farming conditions, use of adult education techniques in technology evaluation, participatory diffusion of the results of the technology development and adaptation process; public - private partnerships in technology development and diffusion in urban agriculture.

In 1997, the same year Louisiana mandated drug testing for certain adult recipients of public assistance (HB 2435), the state enacted a process for random drug testing of all «elected officials» (HB 646).

These classes include cultivation, processing, sale to public, analytical testing, import / export and research.

Apparently the various arms of the BC government became aware they were being tested, and that resulted in a special effort, revealing a consciousness of the importance of the issue to the public, as well as a lack of integrity in the process.

The right applies when public access makes sense using the «experience and logic» test: Has the Anglo - Saxon experience typically been to provide access, and does logic tell us that access has beneficial effects for the judicial process?

Through the office's weekly seminars, on topics such as investigative techniques, public records requests, and DNA testing, I learned about some of the most important aspects of the post conviction process.

[26] Standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials state, Start Printed Page 82721 «Organizations and individuals who collect, process, handle, or maintain health information should provide individuals and the public with a notice of information practices.»

The determination of public interest standing relates directly to the effectiveness of process, and is therefore particularly appropriate for judicial discretion, which therefore should not render the test for public interest standing a strict technical requirement.

It is in those cases that the public eye is most closely focused on the process and the mettle of the criminal justice system undergoes its severest test.

Downstream Emissions in Canada's New Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public trust.»

The power to access this processed data would be granted to any designated senior officer of a relevant public authority as long as they believe it's necessary for an investigation or specific operation or «the purposes of testing, maintaining or developing equipment, systems or other capabilities relating to the availability or obtaining of communications data,» and as long as it's «proportionate to what is sought to be achieved.»

This coming week, Microsoft is expected to begin its internal sign - off process, in which the company will compile RTM (Release To Manufacturing) candidates and then select a release candidate for Insiders to test before deeming it good enough for the public.

Public OS beta tests are nice and all, making users feel included in the software optimizing process, and helping companies identify and quash more bugs faster.

Responsible for development and execution of test cases and scripts - from simple to complex - to verify process results and capture screen images for evidentiary value on Corporate Public Website, Client Services -LRB-.

Administrative Technician III for Texas Department of Transportation: - Implement improved and time saving procedures; consistently reduce overhead costs, improve workflow and increase office efficiency - Create and maintain a database of public assistance complaints; assign an internal investigator to each case and follow - up once closed - Developed and monitor a calendar system using PowerPoint where accurate records of vacation / sick leave / comp time used and accrued are tracked month - to - month for comparison with monthly time sheets - Answer inquiries from the general public, vehicle storage facility operators, motor carriers, the trucking industry and other state / federal agencies regarding rules, laws and regulations governing the issuance of motor carrier credentials - Prepare correspondence (email and written) and review for completeness and correctness - Field calls and manage administration, resolve a wide - range of staff dilemmas and challenging situations on a daily basisPrincipal Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Provided support to Directors, Department Managers, Project Managers and Project Engineers as well as international personnel - Maintained detailed calendars of appointment schedules for business meetings, conferences, domestic / international travel arrangements and special events - Expertly ran this fast - paced, large office encompassing office and structure maintenance, scheduling of machine / equipment service and repairs, and ordering and stocking office supplies; updated and maintained department web pages - Compiled, created and distributed financial reports and PowerPoint presentations - Edited and formatted technical documentation and maintained filing systems - Coordinated extensive domestic and international travel arrangements, including air, hotel, car and meeting locations - Planned departmental meetings, special events and office movesSenior Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Supported Department Manager and Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers and shop personnel - Tracked and monitored pending and confidential correspondence and financial information - Prepared apprenticeship packets for distribution; received applications, recorded data, and set - up and coordinated Differential Aptitude Tests; notified applicants of test results and set - up initial interviews - Coordinated special events; managed information systems and maintained web pages; oversee special projects - Resolved office obstacles, communication barriers and complicationsSenior Program Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Photographed, downloaded and printed digital pictures of parts, processes and people involved in Rotor CAM area - Created and produced departmental newsletter; initiated Receiving Inspection Records Retention process (scanned records onto CD for easy and accessible retrieval and storage)- Set - up and coordinated meetings and special events; created slide show presentations and maintained web pagesPage 2

Tags for this Online Resume: Management, Customer Service, customer service skills, Process Improvements, Public Relations, Call Center, Strategic Initiatives, Quality Assurance, Test

Smartronix (CA & MD) 08/2004 — 12/2008 S6 Information Systems Coordinator • Serve as Section Chief and Contract Lead at the MCNOSC providing overall support for the MCNOSC IT Systems • Manage the network, servers, switches, applications, and information and infrastructure security • Utilize DoD applications for network scanning and remediation of the classified and unclassified networks • Develop plans, procedures, and policies to directly support and defend the MCNOSC Network from security threats • Oversee the MCNOSC's PKI (public key infrastructure) and integration with the MCNOSC services with the coordination of recovery strategies with the Alternate Network Operations and Security Center (AltNOSC) • Determine minimum processing requirements for recovery site and provide guidance for recovering infrastructure processing • Provide technical input to the Contingency of Operations (COOP) Plan ensuring all activities, resources and procedures required to recover critical IT infrastructure processing are accurate • Manage the day to day support of the MCNOSC Infrastructure, supervising a team of IT service contractors • Perform complex repairs, upgrades, hardware configuration, and end user training • Serve as project manager for the transition and deployment of the MCNOSC's NMCI plan • Oversee the planning and build out of the network and MCNOSC's new Headquarters and Operations Center • Coordinate with local contractors to ensure timely delivery of the network • Design and coordinate the build out of the MCNOSC Internal Data Center, Server Room, and Testing Lab • Coordinate the movement to the MCNOSC's newly built Operations Center and Head Quarters • Install cabling, servers, racks, environmental controls, a / v systems, and other technical equipment • Develop the MCNOSC IT Lifecycle management for the LAN and other IT devices • Serve as project manager for the MCCDC (Marine Corps Combat Development Center) Studies and Analysis Division and the MCCLL (Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned)

Professional Experience Accenture (Chicago, IL) 2007 — Present Consultant for Department of Defense (2008 — Present) • Collaborate with management and client counterparts to identify key issues / risks and develop appropriate solutions, earning consistent high rankings for project success within peer group and managing resource regularly with little supervision • Develop procurement business processes models and sound functional designs for SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system • Lead system test phase for SAP Document Builder and Tech Quality (Material Management), holding responsibility for test case creation, data management, and status reporting • Identify cross-process gaps in custom functionality through systems design analyses, uncovering significant cost savings • Provide troubleshooting guidance by debugging software, working closely with technical counterparts during test / build phases of project to expedite issue resolution, including several hundred defects revealed through program testing • Obtain public trust clearance, issued by the US Department of Defense