Sentences with phrase «sets general policy»

Co-ordinating and communication are essential for success; the IBFAN Co-ordinating Council (IBCoCo) sets general policy guidelines for the whole network and individual members raise funds and carry out their programs within these general guidelines.

Not exact matches

A set of policies that can not withstanding constructive criticism now will be of little use in a general election.

Brian Quintenz, commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said Wednesday that setting policy through enforcement is «something agencies in general need to avoid.»

Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, set aside a criminal justice memo from his Republican predecessor, John Ashcroft, to charge people with the most serious, provable offenses and replaced it with his own policy of discouraging harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime.

The vote happened Saturday at the General Synod, the three - times - a-year meeting that sets policies for the Church of England.

Rogers said he is a big believer that boards should set policy and steer clear of day - to - day operations, which should be run by the general superintendent and his staff.

In early December, a different set of 20 states — a Republican group led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette — filed their brief backing Mark Janus, the Illinois state employee challenging the agency - fees policy.

- while believing that, given the inconclusive outcome of the General Election, the creation of the coalition and its policy programme as set out in the Coalition Agreement was the best available option for promoting Liberal Democrat policies and values during this Parliament -

All such policy shall conform with and give expression to the general principles and objectives of the Party as set out in its manifesto.

It also strengthens political parties in general, providing an intermediary between the state and the voters which can build pre-election coalitions which are important to developing a consensus among the people in support of a coherent set of policies.

Her proposal is the latest call from green groups calling on Ed Miliband to adopt a bold set of policies going into next year's general election campaign, which is now less than a year away.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Enock Akonnor Teachers are being encouraged to use indigenous languages to help students Chief for Atwima Kwanwoma Nana Amponsa - Kwaa IV has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Education to consider setting in motion policies that will ensure that Akan language (Twi) is strictly used by teachers as the communication channel in the teaching of students in the country.

Our intention to undertake these reforms was clearly set out before the General Election in a Conservative policy paper entitled «Open Source Planning».

The Democratic governor told lawmakers Wednesday, the opening day of the new legislative session, that he has «no desire to diminish the General Assembly's right to set policy.»

While de Blasio and his allies have repeatedly argued that renewing mayoral control should not reflect any specific mayor or set of policies, but rather a general support of the system of governance, the Senate has done just the opposite.

While unveiling the 3 books; «Curriculum for Basic Critical Thinking and Judgement», «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement» and «Curriculum for Advanced Critical Thinking and Judgement», as well as «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement Workbook», Lieutenant General TY Buratai, who was represented by Major General Chris Jemitola, Chief of Policy and Plans (Army) at the occasion, said top military and management experts have rated Critical Thinking as the most important skill set for the complex strategic environment of the 21st century.

Gordon Brown gave a largely unsurprising speech to the UN general assembly last night, setting out his key foreign policy objectives ahead of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh and the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen.

«This unacceptable trend is set to continue, unless post the 2015 General Election we have a government which is committed to an economic policy which has at its heart a universal entitlement for all to access high quality education and which secures inclusive prosperity in which all of the people have the opportunity to share in the wealth of the nation.»

According to the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, who spoke after he received a 10 - Man Committee's report set up to review communiqué issued at the end of the summit, he pledged that Lagosians would soon feel the positive impact of the policy implementation of the State Government on justice administration.

«And when you talk about a Sessions being considered as attorney general, he's making it explicitly clear what his intent is and that is to continue to support that kind of sets of laws and policies across this country.

This is done against the general principle set out in the Ministerial Code that when Parliament is in Session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance, in Parliament, and taking into account the importance of the issue and the other business before the House.»

11 am: Delegates debate a policy development paper setting out broad themes for the general election manifesto.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

What needs to happen, the author recommends, is that there be more laws that mandate vaccinations, manure management and general animal welfare in urban and suburban settings similar to policies and regulations imposed on commercial chicken ranches.

In this study, published recently in the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Laura Bray, assistant professor of education, explored how educators wrote, used and conceptualized the role of IEPs for students with specific learning disabilities within inclusive general education settings.

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The contract reiterated that the school governance councils had the authority to set «general policy goals, objectives, and institutional priorities.»

Washington — In a rare appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh last week urged the justices to back a federal drug - testing policy that could set the pattern for similar requirements for teachers and other school employees.

When President Clinton fired Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, he set off alarms in the school - health community, where advocates fear that the Administration is abandoning the policies she championed.

But with free school closure rates, it seems to me, likely to be well above anything experienced in local authorities in the past; further questions hanging over the future of organisations such as Chapel Street and Parkfield; and general worries about the merits of setting up lots of small new institutions at a time of belt - tightening, questions about this policy are mounting up.

There may be no general election this year, but Whiteman insists he still wants his members in campaign mode as they prepare to debate and set policy on the biggest issues facing schools across the country.

While Texas officials and some outside the state argued that the policies were well within federal law that seek to minimize special education placements by authorizing procedures to use comprehensive research - based supports within the general education setting.

The problems with just this 25 % policy, however, and as he writes, include the following: the «policy reflects the view that teachers are inadequately motivated to do their jobs;» this implies, without any evidence that only an arbitrarily set «25 % of a district's teachers deserve a raise;» this facilitates a «culture of competition [that] kills the collaboration that is integral to effective education;» «[t] he idea that a single teacher's influence can be isolated [using VAMs] is absurd;» and just in general that this policy «reflects a myopic approach to reform.»

As an academic myself I have seen that most of the Deciders in academia due to both age and disposition may be aware of the issues in some general way but lack any real direct experience with digital reading so they are ill equipped to set policy in any meaningful way even if they agreed with most of what advocates such as this author say.

In addition to setting general economic policy, the Federal Reserve sets the base interest rates from which nearly all others are derived.

The document attached hereto and incorporated herein, entitled «Truth - in - Lending Statement» sets forth a general description of our margin policies, which are subject to change.

I am also sympathetic to people working in rescues and shelters who have to come up with a general set of policies or guidelines for adoption, even though there might wind up being «exceptions» to the rule.

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The political economy offers a general framework to understand the dominant architecture shaping the cultural field - namely Israel's military occupation and spatial reordering of the oPt and intensified processes of de-culturalization; the effects of neoliberal policies on the public sphere; the agenda - setting of foreign investment agendas; and the impact of globalized arts markets on the production, dissemination and reception of Palestinian culture.

The EU has long led the way on carbon emissions, implementing a cap and trade system in 2005, having set ambitious emissions reductions targets, having per person emissions that are less than half of those in the USA, Canada, and Australia, and which in general has been the global model on climate policy.

I'm not sure how a very general principle evoked by the UN could «tie the hands of policy makers by setting standards that preclude useful tools for success».

The difficultiy is, of course, that since no general public was ever onsulted about bringing these organisations into existence, and since no general public ever gets any say in any of the appalling policies they emit, it's hard to see how we can get any purchase on the problem — the entire degenerate system has been set up so as to be proof against anything external which might influence it.

This highly focused program — essential for employment lawyers seeking to update or sharpen their skills, in - house counsel reviewing existing handbooks and policies, business lawyers looking for more detailed insight into employment - law issues, and general practitioners improving issue - spotting skills — provides direct access to counter-balanced experts in a small, conversational setting.

The Court found that the interpretation of insurance contracts involves a unique blend of the general principles of interpretation applicable to all contracts and the unique principles applicable in the insurance setting.22 While courts have found that the «language of the policy» is the most important factor in determining whether coverage is granted or excluded, courts have found that where there is genuine ambiguity or doubt, the duty to defend ought to be resolved in favour of the insured.23 Similarly other insurance law principles should be considered, such as the principle that coverage provisions should be construed broadly and exclusion clauses should be construed narrowly.24 It was this last principle that the Court looked to in making a decision in this case.

In response to the contractor's argument that this interpretation of the policy rendered coverage illusory, the Court of Appeal disagreed and set out what it claimed is the general intention behind commercial general liability policies:

Specifically in the context of contemplated CROs, the current policy (set out in the Attorney General's Guidelines on asset recovery) 66 should prevent civil recovery proceedings from being pursued in parallel with criminal proceedings; although the Bruce Hall example discussed above demonstrates there is no bar against such proceedings being pursued in tandem with criminal proceedings provided the conduct that is the subject of the respective proceedings can be appropriately distinguished.67

Moreover, an employer is general not allowed to set its own standard or policy as to what will constitute cause for dismissal.

Whatever one thinks about these sorts of laws in general, we took upon ourselves the task of seeing how these sets of commitments lead us into a very bizarre and incoherent set of policies in our criminal justice system.

Specifically in the context of contemplated CROs, the current policy (set out in the Attorney General's Guidelines on asset recovery)[86] should prevent civil recovery proceedings from being pursued in parallel with criminal proceedings; although the Bruce Hall example discussed above demonstrates there is no bar against such proceedings being pursued in tandem with criminal proceedings provided the conduct that is the subject of the respective proceedings can be appropriately distinguished.

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