Sentences with phrase «sets national priorities»

States can «borrow strength» from the federal government when the Education Department sets national priorities for education.

It would start with setting national priorities for transparency on measures that matter (like student growth and college - readiness) and add in a strong federal role in research and innovation.

The report suggests: «Instruct agencies that in setting national priorities for energy resources generally and for transportation fuels in particular, the administration will not rely on unproven or commercially unavailable technologies — for example, reducing the climate impact of a fuel with a carbon capture and sequestration.

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Moreover, robust evidence on the cost effectiveness of birth in alternative settings is a priority, as was highlighted by the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidance on intrapartum care.11 The Birthplace in England research programme was designed to fill gaps in research evidence about the processes and outcomes associated with different settings for birth in the NHS in England.

The National Research Council, which reviews astronomy projects and sets priorities every 10 years, did not recommend SIM, so it was dropped from NASA's list.

Approved in 2007, the original COMPETES legislation committed the government to providing healthy funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, while also setting government - wide spending priorities to be coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

He emphasizes that NIH's plan applies only to its own portion of the BRAIN project — neither the National Science Foundation, which has committed $ 20 million to the project, nor the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which has pledged $ 50 million, has released a road map for their research, or explained how they are setting priorities.

House of Representatives spending panel adds language that limits the National Science Foundation's ability to set priorities

The release of the report coincides with the release by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy of the National HIV / AIDS Strategy Update, which sets priorities to guide the nation's HIV response through 2020.

DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the supporter of the development of the Internet, has declared the rapid engineering of biology one of the highest national priorities, but achieving that goal will require a different mind - set as we move from a discovery - based to an application - based biology.

Administration officials have long maintained that the agencies funding the research — such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-- are best qualified to set their own research priorities to ensure nanotech safety.

The overarching goals include (i) diversify the workforce, (ii) recruit the most talented researchers, (iii) improve the quality of the training environment, (iv) balance and broaden the national perspective in setting research priorities, (v) improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols, and (vi) improve the nation's capacity to address and eliminate health disparities.

The National Academies» decadal surveys are premier examples of setting priorities with extensive community input.

The National Data Guardian for Health and Care 2017 report: Impact and influence for patients and service users looks back at Dame Fiona Caldicott's three years as the first National Data Guardian and sets eight priorities for the future.

The PASA group of partners (including key network members like parents, funders, youth, educators, and program providers) reviewed and created a set of standards culled from such existing sources as the National Afterschool Association and from cities including Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, and Washington, DC, but that are reflective of the particular needs and priorities of Rhode Island and the city of Providence.

In the words of Hasan Bakhshi, executive director of creative economy and data analytics within the leading think tank NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), «this makes it all the more important that we set learning priorities for young people today that are grounded in a rigorous assessment of what skills will be required of them when they enter the workforce».

U.S. President — The elected official responsible for setting national educational priorities affecting all public schools.

Each affiliate receives a set amount based on membership, called UniServ grants, and some receive supplemental or discretionary grants based on the priorities of the national union.

While they disagreed on some issues, such as the role of the federal government in setting national standards and ensuring compliance with federal regulations, their answers to the question, «Should school reform be a national priority — and if so, why?»

A new national funding formula will mean money will go directly from central government to schools, rather than priorities being set locally.

Speaking before an audience of politicians, energy gurus and concerned citizens at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas last night, former president Bill Clinton laid out an ambitious set of what he considers national and global priorities for the deployment of clean energy technologies.

The strategy identifies three priority areas that match calls for international guidance, the urgent need for action at a national level on climate change and the organization's skill set, experience and mandate.

Perhaps the closest parallel we have to the Japanese priority - setting effort is a National Academy of Engineering project that identified the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century.

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They thus pair national policy setting — in which countries determine their contributions in the context of their national priorities, circumstances and capabilities — with a global framework that drives collective action towards a zero - carbon, climate - resilient future.

In order to enhance action on development and transfer of technology we decide to establish a Technology Mechanism as set forth in decision - / CP.l5 to accelerate technology development and transfer in support of action on adaptation and mitigation that will be guided by a country - driven approach and be based on national circumstances and priorities.

Other Committee projects and priorities include revising the ABA Standards on State Judicial Selection, Defending the Courts / Response to Unjust Criticism, and setting national judicial standards.

the Ministerial Taskforce sets out priorities informed by the National Indigenous Council and the Secretaries» Group on Indigenous Affairs;

Should the role of directly providing services be properly left to the province of the government, a National Indigenous Representative Body could still play a significant and important role in program delivery by setting priorities for program delivery, contributing to planning processes and monitoring government service delivery.

This participation needs to be at a national level, in order to influence the setting of priorities, as well as at the state, regional and local levels.

It will set the national policies and priorities for the National Representative Body through an annual cnational policies and priorities for the National Representative Body through an annual cNational Representative Body through an annual congress.

It should have a mandate to set targets to hold governments accountable — including establishing baseline data for setting priorities, with «scrutiny of government performance at state and territory and national level an important role that a representative body could play»

This would involve establishing priorities and deploying funds appropriately at the regional and local levels rather than relying on parameters set, often through rigid and generic program guidelines, at the national or state level.

We learn again through translating these experiences into our professional lives, in our case as public health academics, through community research priority setting, embracing the National Health and Medical Research Council's Values and Ethics, promoting two - way knowledge exchange, upholding the Cultural Respect Framework and more.

This National Strategic Framework sets agreed direction for reform in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health without imposing specific targets or benchmarks on the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments in recognition of the different histories, circumstances and priorities of each jurisdiction.

It sets out establishing collaborative approaches and partnerships to address housing, adequate safe water, food supplies and waste disposal as priorities.152 The National Environmental Health Strategy Implementation Plan sets out the «challenge» of «improv [ing] the health status of Indigenous Australian communities through the development of appropriate environmental health standards commensurate with the wider Australian population».153 The enHealth Council, responsible to the Natoinal Public Health Partnership, is responsible for providing national leadership and pursuing the partnerships necessary to implement the National Environmental Health Strategy Implementation Plan sets out the «challenge» of «improv [ing] the health status of Indigenous Australian communities through the development of appropriate environmental health standards commensurate with the wider Australian population».153 The enHealth Council, responsible to the Natoinal Public Health Partnership, is responsible for providing national leadership and pursuing the partnerships necessary to implement the national leadership and pursuing the partnerships necessary to implement the plan.154

[10] They identify the following five key subject areas for target setting as priorities, and the key elements of any national plan to achieve Indigenous health equality:

«We can set all the priorities we want at the national level, but if those priorities aren't embraced at every level of the organization, then they're somewhat hollow,» Whatley says.