Sentences with phrase «said as a matter of policy»

The spokesperson said as a matter of policy Amazon doesn't comment on future product plans.

Not exact matches

In other words, Greenspan saw eliminating the federal debt as a matter of «how,» not «if» - if, as he said, current policies remained in place.

Mitchells & Butlers (mbpff) said the use of antibiotics in livestock production is an important issue and the company is reviewing the matter across all species as part of its sourcing policy.

As a matter of professional policy, I record every interview I do so that I don't mess up what the subjects say.

«Once this sort of behavior becomes normalized, it becomes harder to push back on both as a consumer and as a matter of policy,» said Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University.

Other scholars say that religious tax exemption is simply a matter of good public policy, much as educational, cultural, and other voluntary organizations that render public service are tax - exempt.

Chief Executive Officer, Mr Roger Corbett, said that Woolworths does not set out to undercut others as a matter of policy, but accepted that there may be exceptions in some stores across Australia.

And I was their opponent as a matter of policy,» Cuomo said during a WNYC radio interview.

A Cuomo spokesman said the governor's office «as a matter of policy» already conducts such background checks on appointees.

Paul Cann, director of policy at Help the Aged, said: «Someone who claims pension credit over the phone will in future get council tax benefit and housing benefit as a matter of course, without the need to fill in any forms at all.

«It's a matter of better fitting the job to the right title,» said Schneider, adding Santeramo «excelled» as legislative liason and it gave her «a broad understanding of our government and policies, which makes her outstanding» for the new job.

«I totally disagree with him (DiNapoli) as a matter of policy,» Cuomo said.

«As a matter of policy, I do not make endorsements in state and local elections, but I am making an exception here because I am uniquely positioned to assess Micah Lasher's qualifications for this seat, and they are outstanding,» Schneiderman said.

«As a matter of policy, the Orange County District Attorney's Office does not confirm or deny the existence of investigations in any matter unless or until charges are filed publicly,» Chief Assistant District Attorney Christopher Borek said.

Rapfogel could not be reached by the paper for comment, and a spokesperson for Kushner said that «as a matter of policy we don't generally comment on personal matters.»

And I was their opponent as a matter of policy,» Cuomo said during a WNYC radio interview with Brian Lehrer.

A Kushner Companies spokesman asked about Rapfogel's departure said that «as a matter of policy we don't generally comment on personnel matters.»

«This matters not only for redistricting and control of Congress, but also for using states as laboratories for progressive policy as well,» he said.

The proposals will, ministers say, address the long - standing anomaly - known as the West Lothian Question - by which Scottish MPs can vote on issues such as health and education affecting England, but the House of Commons has no say on similar matters relating to Scotland, where such policies are devolved.

«Our results demonstrate that physically weak males are more reluctant than physically strong males to assert their self - interest — just as if disputes over national policies were a matter of direct physical confrontation among small numbers of individuals, rather than abstract electoral dynamics among millions,» says Petersen.

«We should get better at explaining science to laypeople, not just what we know and why it matters, but how we know it... and the imprudence of ignoring science,» said Holdren, who served as an assistant to the president for science and technology, a title that afforded him direct access to the president, during both terms of the Obama administration and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the same period.

«As a public policy matter, you're not doing the nation a favor if you reduce the government's share, if the total expenditure is coming out of the U.S. economy,» says Lewis Branscomb, an adjunct professor at the University of California at San Diego.

That said, it's not clear why the survey made the effort to frame these questions as matters of «federal policy.»

Pinsky said that rather than try to influence those policies through the confirmation process, lawmakers could intervene legislatively if they saw a new superintendent adopt policies on vouchers, charter schools and other matters that he described as out of the mainstream.

Graham Stuart said the policy reflects what he described as «the danger» of the deputy prime minister becoming involved in education matters.

«The bill as introduced represents a strong and critical step forward in supporting effective teachers across California and ensuring that every public school student has access to the great teaching and quality education that he or she deserves,» said Ben Austin, policy director of Students Matter, in an emailed statement.

An RIL spokesperson when approached for a comment said, «We do not comment on speculation as a matter of company policy.»

A Barnes & Noble spokeswomen declined to comment on the suit, saying the company doesn't comment on litigation as a matter of policy.

As I have said before, it doesn't matter who the next Fed Chairman is, because all of the candidates are basically the same when it comes to monetary policy.

It is clear that what he thinks and says matters, as the Department of Energy and Climate Change is an important department of the British Government, responsible for all aspects of UK energy policy, and is tasked with tackling global climate change on behalf of the UK (hence the mission to Australia as exemplified by Jill Duggan's interview above).

While it's one thing, he says, to employ ecological models to generate hypothesis for further testing, it's another matter entirely to present the results of these modeling exercises as predictions that policy makers and the public then interpret as forecasts.

daveburton says: January 6, 2014 at 10:40 am Paul Homewood wrote, «This only has relevance in the USA, where most stations moved from afternoon to morning recording as a matter of policy.»

As I said, none of this trivia would even matter if policy — and generally bad policy at that — was not being based upon it.

Finally, I think what the media really want to know when they ask about Katrina and global warming is whether the connection is «significant», and I don't think there's consensus there, partly as Gavin says, that's a matter of semantics, partly it's a genuine disagreement as to how important global warming is where hurricanes are concerned compared to other factors, and how «significant» an argument the influence of global warming on hurricanes is for deciding energy policy.

A statement of the AG's Web communications policies says her use of Twitter «is intended as one - way communication» and the office will «not respond via Twitter to press inquiries, consumer complaints, or other constituent matters.»

In the Crown office, it says attrition policies have depleted the senior ranks of prosecutors, and that their younger replacements are not as efficient in their handling of criminal matters.

Moylan J said that as a matter of policy, the wife was not entitled to half of the wealth as at the date of trial because it did not give sufficient weight to the amount accrued as a result of the husband's endeavours post-separation and would not reflect the wife's needs.

«I think that is the heart of the public policy decision: That they don't want people to be able to charge a fee to bring the application for someone as opposed to being a representative,» says Simes, whose firm often deals with human rights matters in the employment context.

Moreover, the EAT went on to say in para 15 that «the statutory procedures are no more than a minimum» and that liability for automatic unfairness is (deliberately and as a matter of policy) intended only to be available where the employer has failed to conduct even the most rudimentary procedure.

As a matter of fact, 85 % of State Farm customers report that they would recommend State Farm and 93 % said they would renew their existing auto insurance policy.

As a life insurance agent, one of the first things I like to tell my clients is that no matter what I say to you, and no matter how badly you want to purchase life insurance from me today, the truth is, it's probably going to take about 4 to 8 weeks to get a fully underwritten term life insurance policy in place.

However, no matter what IRDA (or the insurance Act) says, if the policy holder indulges in material suppression of an illness such as cancer, the insurance company will not stop at Ombudsman or the regulator.

In its first publication on the matter, this 6 - pp backgrounder by James Jay Carafano says autonomous technologies «may well be a defining characteristic of future generations of military systems» and endorses current US policy, which it interprets as reserving the use of lethal force for human operators.

Facebook says that as a matter of policy, it shares information with its competitors.

The news source also cited Hong Nam - ki, minister of the office for government policy coordination, as saying that policies on trading digital currencies vary between government offices, and it will take time to develop a unified policy on the matter.