Sentences with phrase «serve the public interest on»

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But when that agenda means reneging on the EPA's core mission of protecting public health to serve corporate interests, it falls way outside any electoral mandate.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

Inasmuch as the essence of rulers and government is rule - setting, deregulation represents an undoing of public power in society's broad interests, on the ground that public power is inherently corrupt and run in the bureaucracy's narrowly self - serving interest.

As provided by clause 11 (g) of Rule of the House of Representatives, the Committee has forwarded this Memorandum to the President based on its determination that the release of the Memorandum would serve the public interest.

We invite social movements, civil society and the public to join us on Friday, September 22 to discuss: Does NAFTA Serve the Public Intpublic to join us on Friday, September 22 to discuss: Does NAFTA Serve the Public IntPublic Interest?

It concluded: «Television entertainment based on violence may be effective merchandising, but it is an appalling way to serve the «public interest, convenience and necessity.»»

In that year, the FCC released a programming statement in which they concluded, under a good deal of pressure from particular groups) that no public - interest basis was to be served by distinguishing between sustaining - time programs (those broadcast on free air - time) and commercially sponsored programs in evaluating a station's performance in the public interest.

been more dependent on the largesse of some of the world's richest corporations — whose goals have more to do with burnishing their public images than with serving the public interest.

The report concluded: «Television entertainment based on violence may be effective merchandising, but it is an appalling way to serve the «public interest, convenience and necessity.

it is interesting to note that the constitutions in a number of states prohibit atheists from running for public office, or serving on juries... etc...

The mission of the Sports & Society Program is to convene leaders, foster dialogue, and inspire solutions that help sport serve the public interest, with a focus on the development of healthy children and communities.

On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70.On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70.on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70...

«And we are strong supporters of the Independent Press Standards Organisation that is expected to begin work this autumn, serving as a watchdog on the industry in the public interest.»

Silver's lawyers went on to quote a key staffer who said that Silver «acted with integrity and exhibited a deep, consistent commitment to issues that he felt best served the public interest.»

«We feel that they are always open to accusations of conflicts of interests, even when supposedly on a not - for - profit basis, and this serves to undermine public confidence.»

«We're just very concerned that a sole focus on the public universities would be so detrimental to the private colleges we may lose them and that would not serve the interest of our students,» replied Jacobs.

The prosecution counsel, S. K. Atteh, in his response, expressed fears on how a serving commissioner could diligently prosecute his fellow commissioner and be expected to serve the interest of justice and public good.

That's a far cry from the $ 591 million that Exelon, the plants» owner, expects to pocket by 2021, but it's worth noting the ZEC system was developed based on what the PSC could get away with without asking for legislative permission, not what best served the public interest.

«SERAP believes that rather than serving the common interest of the public, spending over N1 billion possibly of public funds on Zuma and Johnson - Sirleaf in the context of their participation in the opening of the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would seem to put Governor Okorocha in a conflict of interest situation.»

He opposes, for example, strictly limiting outside income, so that lawmakers would focus on serving the public interest, not their own.

This morning Mr Smith broke ranks with the party and said a public vote on the Brexit deal was the way «Labour can properly serve our democracy and the interests of the people».

Rather than encouraging researchers to take on problems that serve the public interest — a basic function of science and the fundamental reason that citizens support funding for science — Edwards believes those «perverse incentives» make researchers cautious and only concerned with their own interests.

Public funds should be spent on something that people want: whose interests are being served by this research effort?

He is active in promoting academic - industry relationships in the public interest and serves on the board of directors for the Laboratory Corporation of America.

It thus becomes more of a report to the profession on matters that interest people within the field than a report to the public about how well that field is serving the nation.

Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis on American precollegiate education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the general public.

inBloom, a non-profit that offered a data warehouse solution designed to help public schools embrace the promise of personalized learning by helping teachers integrate seamlessly the number of applications they use in their day - to - day teaching, collapsed and has ceased to exist, as privacy concerns from interested parties mounted over a period of many months (full disclosure: I served on the inBloom board of directors).

We're often accused of being hostile to the regular public - school system, but our real gripe is with its near - monopoly — which leaves it free to keep on serving the interests of its «stakeholders» rather than the students.

The report, called «Public Schools in the Crosshairs: Far - Right Propaganda and the Common Core State Standards,» distinguishes between legitimate criticism of the standards — which comes from various points on the political spectrum — and the right - wing campaign to cast the initiative as a «nefarious plot» by liberals «to turn public schools into anti-American, anti-God indoctrination camps that churn out submissive automatons who will unquestionably serve the interests of the government and big business.&Public Schools in the Crosshairs: Far - Right Propaganda and the Common Core State Standards,» distinguishes between legitimate criticism of the standards — which comes from various points on the political spectrum — and the right - wing campaign to cast the initiative as a «nefarious plot» by liberals «to turn public schools into anti-American, anti-God indoctrination camps that churn out submissive automatons who will unquestionably serve the interests of the government and big business.&public schools into anti-American, anti-God indoctrination camps that churn out submissive automatons who will unquestionably serve the interests of the government and big business.»

First lady Melania Trump and Queen Rania Al - Abdullah of Jordan paid a visit to an all - girls D.C. charter school on Wednesday, an event that served to promote the empowerment of young women and to highlight the Trump administration's interest in promoting alternatives to traditional public schools.

Rather than giving real power to the parents and kids public education is supposed to serve, they insist on keeping them subject to the authority of politicians and politically potent special interests.

He serves on the board of directors of Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that helps advance public interest law, and the ClimateWorks Foundation.

Founded in 1958, the American Pet Products Association is the nation's leading not - for - profit trade organization serving the interests of the pet product industry and educating the public on the many joys and health benefits associated with pet ownership.

A 22 - year - old senior at the University of California, Berkeley, she serves on the executive board of CalPIRG, a student - run public interest group.

If there are in fact serious environmental problems with fossil fuels it would be in the public interest to put resources into addressing these problems instead of wasting efforts and money on limited inefficient and costly alternatives which only serve to harm the economy and a failed economy can not properly look after the environment

The public interest is therefore served by opportunities to know what is happening on those blogs, and what type of discourse is used in those blogs.

Developed countries must raise and meet their public financial commitments to developing countries without relying on the private sector — climate finance must serve the public interest, not corporate profits.

«Personally I have the same approach to the two cases that I do to all others which involve the unauthorised release of information — I base my judgement on whether I think the wider public interest is served by the release of the information whilst acknowleging that the person responsible has to recognise that there may be personal consequences for their actions and accept them accordingly.

A big part of the staff duties to serve in the public interest at NWS Weather Forecast Offices (about 120 NWS WFOs in the US) is to provide education to media and the public on weather, climate and water.

The Court found that such measures serve «the ultimate aim -LSB-...] to protect consumers» as well as (in the case of the adequate investments in the distribution system) «security of energy supply» (already recognized in Campus Oil), and are therefore justifiable on overriding grounds in the public interest (para 66).

On appeal, the court rejected the regulator's assertion that solicitor - client privilege, which serves private interests, can not be used to stifle an inquiry with public interests at stake.

How can the public interest be served when the public is being deceived by those with the power and duty to act on this matter?

Minister Konaté wants this conference to take place every year — a gathering at which to reflect on standing up for the public interest and better serving the citizens of Mali.

«The public interest in securing the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every proceeding would be served in this case more fully by considering the merits of the asserted ground of unpatentability based on Hideji rather than by denying consideration for reasons tied to Petitioner's previous failure to submit the requisite attesting affidavit.»

At Harvard, Crawford was taken under wing by the late Archibald Cox, who would go on to earn a reputation as an advocate of the public interest after serving five months as Watergate special prosecutor — a position from which he was ultimately fired in 1973 by then - president Richard Nixon in what came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre.

Importance: With summer in full swing, and numerous public events underway (the Pan-American Games in Toronto, Bluesfest in Ottawa to name a few), Figueiras serves as an interesting opportunity to reflect on contemporary Canadian law enforcement practice.

Is it really in the public interest to pursue a convicted murderer who has just been given a 12 year sentence on a charge of perjury for which the punishment will be 12 months served concurrently?

In other words, if ABS + is the only approach which justifies the law society's mandate to serve the public interest, then all of the profession's concerns can theoretically be protected through proper regulation and an explicit focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Both complain that restrictions on multijurisdictional practice do not serve the public interest.

He has also served on the Florida Bar Legal Needs of Children Committee, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, and the Public Interest Law Section Legal Needs of Children Committee.