Sentences with phrase «several policy initiatives»

In response, several policy initiatives are being considered by one or more states.

Not exact matches

Through several public policy initiatives, NACO represents Angel asset class issues of national significance, assumes a leadership role in areas requiring national coordination and support, and promotes the Angel asset class to the general public in Canada and abroad.

But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

We've certainly known this was coming, but Helena Bottemiller Evich of Politico has written an informative preview of how the new, Republican - controlled Congress is planning on rolling back several key Obama administration food policy initiatives, including improvements to school food.

Among his many initiatives, he created a model for correcting wrongful convictions, instituted a marijuana policy that would later be replicated citywide and started a summons forgiveness program that would also be instituted in several other jurisdictions.

The party was also praised for coming out with robust policies to strengthen democracy and transformational leadership of President John Dramani Mahama in rolling out several initiatives to improve quality education and health.

««In addition to offering several other detailed policy initiatives, Steve Levy has called for caps on state spending and on local property taxes for months now, in person and in public,» said the (Levy) source.

Cuomo has held events several days in a row to put forth major policy initiatives that will be a part of his combined State of the State Address and budget presentation to be given on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Albany.

Even if Cuomo and de Blasio have squabbled over policy and haven't worked well together, several of the governor's proposals and initiatives he touted Wednesday mirrored those the mayor had already undertaken in New York City.

«Enactment of this social - media policy is just one example of the numerous initiatives the Department of Social Services has implemented to strengthen CPS practice in the last several months,» said Department of Social Services Commissioner Carol Dankert - Maurer.

ALBANY — On top of higher - profile disagreements over education and tax policy, legislators threw several darts at Governor Andrew Cuomo in the one - house budget resolutions they adopted last week by de-funding key administration initiatives.

The national identification scheme and the national digital address system are part of the special policy initiatives by the government to formalize the economy, broaden the tax base, in order to rake in more revenue to make up for the abolishment of several «nuisance» taxes.

Her professional and research activities have taken her to more than thirty countries where she spearheaded several initiatives to bridge science, policy, and society across political, geographical, disciplinary, and cultural divides.

The KC initiative arose in response to a request from senior policy - makers and national program leaders from several developing countries.

The Hamilton Project is a broader ranged initiative that has been undertaken by Bob Rubin and several of his colleagues, who, like many of us, are distressed by many of the policies of the current administration that seem to be taking the country in a wrong direction.

More in - depth discussions with administrators in selected states identified several promising policies and initiatives.

As for Labour, despite several initiatives, the impression left by their document is that environmental issues are add - ons rather than central to policy.

The study's coauthors lay out several policy approaches to making zero - deforestation initiatives more effective, equitable, tailored to local contexts and verifiable on an ongoing basis.

She works with the unit's administrative staff to develop policies and procedures that will ensure efficient, safe, and compassionate care for all patients and has several ongoing initiatives related to efficiency, disposition, and patient experience.

His proposals do, in fact, include some education and job - training initiatives, as well as macro-economic policies, several of them noted in the speech itself.

As Minister of Education, Hon. Mitzie Hunter has several ways to inform policy, including a partnership table, the Minister's Principal Reference Group, a Provincial Committee on Ministry Initiatives, and the Minister's Student Advisory Council.

Of course, we can't really know the extent to which these shifts were driven by Cleveland's demand - side policy initiatives or by shifts in the supply side of the equation, including the district's investments in starting several new and innovative schools.

Several HGSE faculty members recently traveled to Mexico to study four key education policy initiatives.

In this aspect, it is worth mentioning that Uruguayan's government had several debates and policy initiatives but either there are no available evaluations of these policies or the policies have been truncated before time due to political disagreements.

Since joining the Center in July 2012, she has worked with several states to articulate coherent, defensible theories of action aligned to state goals and policy initiatives, and has developed user - friendly resources that support the evaluation and refinement of educator evaluation and school accountability systems.

She also previously worked on education policy in Senator Edward Kennedy's office and spent several years working on education reform initiatives at the Boston Plan for Excellence.

Her policy work has included several key educational initiatives in Connecticut.

Several states have adopted «course access» initiatives that provide students with opportunities to take many kinds of approved courses for credit — another way to enable students to learn both inside and outside traditional school hours and locations.31 Such policies also might be especially important for smaller high schools, where economies of scale can make it difficult to afford certified on - site teachers for a wide range of specialized courses, such as world languages, physics, and calculus.32

We have numerous other initiatives that we will be working on this year — including exciting legislative priorities that seek to advance several recommendations from our fall 2017 policy paper, a third national teacher - powered conference in Boston, several guest speakers on innovative educational topics, exploring new work on teacher preparation, and much more!

The Write for Texas initiative is built upon several guiding principles and key policies that shape all project activities and resources.

After several novel policy initiatives, it should be painfully obvious to Fed - watchers that the lack of increase in the monetary base is intentional.

She was the key architect of several significant market - first products, supported public policy initiatives, and represented MetLife with the media, at conferences and in industry groups.

Mr, Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor, said «TAT's Amazing Thailand Go Local initiative supports the existing government policy and expands on its main themes to partner with several leading corporations and organisations in both the public and private sectors to implement and promote this important project year - around.

Developed comprehensive governance policy frameworks as a result of the amalgamation of several Ontario hospital corporations and participated in comprehensive governance policy framework renewal processes for many Ontario public hospitals that have undertaken this initiative voluntarily or as a result of the appointment of a hospital supervisor.

María Jesús González - Espejo, founding member of the Instituto de Innovación Legal along with Laura Fauqueur, made several requests to the Minister: the review and modernization of law degree studies so that new lawyers can meet the technological challenges; more investment in technology that will benefit both legal professionals and citizens; more support for initiatives such as #HackTheJustice; the promotion of partnerships between public and private sector; more transparency and open data from institutions and finally, policies that promote greater diversity and in particular an increased presence of women in the governing bodies of organizations and companies in the legal industry.