Sentences with phrase «regulatory efforts of»

Since 2012, she has guided the legislative and regulatory efforts of a coalition of public schools, representing over half of public charter school students before Texas lawmakers.

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Members of Congress are working to adjust aspects of the Dodd - Frank regulatory overhaul, which was passed in the aftermath of the financial crisis in an effort to tighten the behavior of a banking industry blamed for much of the economic instability.

EA's removal of gambling - like elements will likely take some steam out of those regulatory efforts, despite less egregious versions of the idea being widespread.

Leading the effort has been Gary Boggs, who spent four decades as a DEA agent before joining McKesson in 2013 as the senior director of regulatory affairs, in the midst of the government's investigations into McKesson.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

But during the last year especially, there has been a concerted effort in Washington to cut back some of these new regulations, with the Senate passing a bank regulatory relief bill earlier this month.

In particular, as disclosed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Amarin's ability to effectively develop and commercialize Vascepa will depend in part on its ability to continue to effectively finance its business, efforts of third parties, its ability to create market demand for Vascepa through education, marketing and sales activities, to achieve increased market acceptance of Vascepa, to receive adequate levels of reimbursement from third - party payers, to develop and maintain a consistent source of commercial supply at a competitive price, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements in connection with the sale and promotion of Vascepa and to maintain patent protection for Vascepa.

The main regulatory issues surrounding Bayer - Monsanto center on combining seeds and agricultural chemicals titans; some critics argue that the combined market share of such a company in seeds and chemicals would be so high that it would drag down R&D efforts in the field.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

«If you go back to the rapaciousness and lawlessness of Gilded Age capitalism, it was the slow burn of public opinion that gradually gathered force and ultimately became the driving force that provided cover for dramatic new legislative and regulatory efforts,» she said.

Such a return may occur if the rule is not compatible with the law, if the quality of the agency's analysis is inadequate, if the regulation is not justified by the analysis, if the rule is not consistent with the regulatory principles stated in Executive Order 12866 or with the president's policies and priorities, or if the rule unnecessarily conflicts with other executive branch agency regulations or efforts.

Despite recent efforts at regulatory reform, our supply chains still suffer from the «tyranny of small differences.»

Recent efforts to reduce incidence of insider trading based on non-public information have originated from regulatory authorities and companies.

In an effort to curb jurisdictional overlaps, the National Financial Stability and Development Committee was formed to streamline the interactions between the three main Chinese regulatory bodies, along with the People's Bank of China (PBoC).

The effort by Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of the internet giant Alibaba, was seen as a test of the Trump administration's political and regulatory approach to China.

The move is yet another sign that food companies are trying to keep ahead of regulatory efforts and changing consumer desire for more healthful fare.

There has been substantial effort on the part of global regulatory and supervisory bodies to address the weaknesses identified in the financial crisis.

To the extent that Bitcoin is assured to have a limited supply, and is undoubtedly being used for money - laundering already, I doubt that the future value of Bitcoin will be identically zero, assuming governments refrain from any regulatory effort.

Investors have been concerned about lingering liabilities from the Option One subprime mortgage business that Block shut down in 2007, as well as regulatory efforts to stop refund anticipation loans (RALs) and the growing trend of taxpayers preparing their returns online.

Meanwhile, bigger businesses with deeper pockets also re-allocate resources towards lobbying efforts in hopes of gaining favored regulatory treatment and / or using regulations to limit competition.

Several Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have joined forces to form a self - regulatory body in an effort to better protect investors following last month's attack on Coincheck, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.

McKay, whose bank is Canada's largest mortgage lender, says he's supportive of government taxes and other measures targeting foreign buyers, as well as other regulatory efforts to cool the country's housing market.

The Bank of Canada is optimistic higher interest rates and regulatory efforts to rein in risky borrowing will make the country's financial system more resilient, though the process could take time to unfold and the outcome remains uncertain.

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.

The company's corporate sustainability policy has three core components: Complying with and exceeding all legal regulatory requirements; reducing its consumption of energy, fuel, water, packaging and other resources; and promoting its efforts to consumers and customers.

Despite the opportunity lost with the cancellation of the forum, AFSA and the VFMA will continue our efforts to engage regulators in a constructive dialogue of how they might work within the existing regulatory framework to best support and enable the producers and communities who are building local, transparent and fair food systems.

Learn more about the Brewers Association's grassroots efforts and what types of regulatory issues affect America's craft brewers.

ABOUT THE VIRGINIA DISTILLERS ASSOCIATION (VDA): The VDA is a nonprofit private trade association focused on promotional efforts to increase awareness of Virginia's growing craft spirits industry, as well as the regulatory and legislative needs of the industry.

Engaging efforts with experts from 47 IDFA member companies and cooperation from other parts of the dairy industry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulators, IDFA advocated for, among other things: reasonable regulations in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) that align the Interstate Milk Shippers program with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule; harmonizing the PMO with an FDA rule on higher fortification levels of vitamin D3 and requiring FDA to be more transparent in the determination of foreign country regulatory equivalence with the U.S. Grade «A» program.

«At Smithfield, we understand that financial stability and sustainability efforts go hand - in - hand,» said Stewart Leeth, vice president of regulatory affairs and chief sustainability officer for Smithfield Foods.

«Rice Chex... was truly our effort to meet the needs of these consumers,» said Kevin Farnum, director of sanitation, quality and regulatory operations for General Mills.

xxx proposal avoids the protection of vulnerable members of the community, the proposal was actually an important self - regulatory effort in the field of online safety, and passing it up only hurts parents and children.»

But that will be achieved by a massive, multilateral effort to internationalise the ownership of nuclear technology and a dense regulatory framework for all global production of such technology, with deviations rigorously and universally enforced.

«It is critically important the Department of Health puts all of its efforts into establishing a regulatory process, issuing the licenses and making sure we have a robust program that could benefit all of the potential applicants in New York state,» she said.

«Instead, the Woodstock Town Board should be supporting developers like us, who are spending substantial amounts of time and effort to follow the rules through the regulatory wringer at great expense while Airbnb gets a free ride.»

The new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil, led by DECC, will be able to focus regulatory effort where necessary to meet the needs of future production.

He also said he'd continue an effort on his «signature issues» of making the state more competitive in economic development, encouraging job growth and reducing regulatory burden on businesses so they can more effectively compete with enterprises elsewhere.

«This was what first led us to start an effort to identify novel genomic regulatory elements to explore the noncoding portion of the genome.

«Participants will spend 6 months immersed in health and life science regulatory policy and strategy issues to help support the efforts of Avalere clients that include some aspect of FDA related issues.

There, in addition to his core RIO duties, he teaches classes on responsible conduct of research and oversees efforts to ensure that research undertakings meet regulatory requirements.

Although such firms typically concentrated their early efforts on technology development and proof - of - concept testing, they recognized the need for regulatory affairs expertise.

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.

The meeting was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York as part of ongoing efforts to assist in an U.N. procedure, known as the «General Comment» process, to interpret the meaning of the right to science and guide participating nations in crafting a regulatory framework to implement the right.

Genome scientist Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos is part of the international ENCODE effort to discover regulatory elements of DNA.

The declining price of heroin, together with regulatory efforts designed to reduce harms associated with the use of prescription opioids — including the availability of abuse - deterrent formulations — may be contributing to increased heroin use, the report says.

Various federal regulatory agencies issued a flurry of bulletins and advisory letters in the early 1990s in an effort to prevent the spread of contamination.

Genentech, for example, is undertaking two major efforts to reduce the chances of difficulties with molecules that have reached the stage of late clinical trials and of drugs that have actually received regulatory approval.

«The trends we have established in this study highlight the need for regulatory bodies to look beyond the existing databases and take into account the uncertainty surrounding our current understanding of wildlife trade in their conservation efforts.

The paper also provides evidence that regulatory approaches are being overwhelmed by the drivers of poaching and trade, with enforcement of trade controls, including those agreed through CITES — the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species — attracting organised criminals who have the capacity to operate even under increased enforcement effort.

Again if we might be forgiving of f the EPA, we might be more forgiving if they were simply incompetent, but it appears to be more than that; at least charges from its own employees suggest that there is a deliberate effort to slow down any regulatory action on these pesticides.