Sentences with phrase «significant cost to the public»

«The tax credit and welfare reforms are potentially disastrous for kinship carer households and will deter many potential kinship carers from coming forward, resulting in more children ending up in the care system, at significant cost to the public purse.

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Over that period, it will cost the state more than $ 450,000 — a significant public commitment to a women's health initiative.

But one significant impact, which can cost a company considerable time and money to repair, is in the area of public relations.

The end result is bad faith infringement threats and licensing demands that cost companies significant money to litigate or settle without any addition to the public good.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

The union will seek to build momentum against the changes after criticism from the Commons» public administration committee last month, which described the changes as rushed and said they would not bring about «significant cost savings».

«With today's action, it is clear the Public Service Commission has failed to properly evaluate the significant costs associated with the Clean Energy Standard,» said Darren Suarez, the group's government affairs director.

High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke and is also a significant public health burden, costing the United States about $ 110 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2015, according to American Heart Association estimates.

Due to the continuing rise in life expectancy, the disease and its associated burden of suffering among individuals and their families and its costs to society are becoming ever more significant public health problems.

While protecting charter schools, who proved to be among his largest campaign donors, Malloy's new spending plan actually includes a variety of significant cuts to public education programs including a $ 15 million cut in the school transportation grant which will simply shift the burden for those costs onto local property taxpayers.

Just as significant, these cuts would amount to more than the cost of our entire administrative department, which is responsible for everything traditionally required of both a superintendent and a building principal in any other public school.

While private - school choice carries significant risks for students, public - school choice is not a bad thing to be avoided at all costs.

Many private schools do not provide special education or other services that public schools are required to provide, which is a significant cost for public schools.

«Saddling school districts with the costs of private assessments that fail to or only marginally address the educational needs of a child with disabilities results in a significant waste of limited public funds.»

The University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy suggests that these outcomes translate to significant cost savings to DC Public Schools, which is burdened by special education expenditures.

Rebecca Garland, chief academic officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, says the state could see a significant cost increase after adopting the Smarter Balanced assessment, which has been estimated to cost between $ 20 and $ 30 per student.

The report asks, «If a significant number of students left a public school district for any reason from one year to the next, is it feasible for the district to reduce the costs of these items commensurate with the decrease in its student population?»

There are significant opportunities to improve public safety and lower costs through elimination of unnecessary differences in US and EU regulatory requirements, harmonization of crash data to better understand safety problems and more accurately measure the effects of potential actions to address those problems, and improved cooperation in research and rulemaking addressing emerging safety issues and technologies.

enhancement of surface transportation efficiency and facilitation of intermodalism and international trade to enable existing facilities to meet a significant portion of future transportation needs, including public access to employment, goods, and services and to reduce regulatory, financial, and other transaction costs to public agencies and system users;

eBook adoption in school libraries stands to result in a significant savings for both public and private centers» budgets, given the typically lower cost of titles and the elimination of damaged copies.

In the four years before President Macri's arrival, the Argentine economy grew at a paltry 1.6 % rate per year — meaning that, in per capita terms, it didn't grow at all... Consumer inflation, on the other hand, averaged almost 30 % per year... At the end of May, the government announced a plan to increase public pensions and devolve tax revenues to the provinces that, if implemented (which is almost certain), will cost the national government a significant amount of money and make meeting primary deficit targets... all but impossible to achieve.

It's true that some of these policies require significant up - front investments, but they pay off in the long run by lowering energy costs, improving public health and making a city more attractive to people — who, in turn, help attract investment.

A significant part of Western public opinion seemed determined, even at the cost of financial sacrifice, to do some good in the world.

Expansion of renewable, non-combustion energy resources helps protect people from air pollutants and contributes to significant savings in public health costs.

In developing countries, improved waste and wastewater management using low - or medium - technology strategies are recommended to provide significant GHG mitigation and public health benefits at lower cost.

Given that, if one wants freedom of choice and an efficient market, shouldn't one accept a market solution (tax / credit or analogous system based on public costs, applied strategically to minimize paperwork (don't tax residential utility bills — apply upstream instead), applied approximately fairly to both be fair and encourage an efficient market response (don't ignore any significant category, put all sources of the same emission on equal footing; if cap / trade, allow some exchange between CO2 and CH4, etc, based CO2 (eq); include ocean acidification, etc.), allowing some approximation to that standard so as to not get very high costs in dealing with small details and also to address the biggest, most - well understood effects and sources first (put off dealing with the costs and benifits of sulphate aerosols, etc, until later if necessary — but get at high - latitude black carbon right away)?

The High Court has thrown out a challenge to the new fixed costs structure for personal injury claims, after the Government pushed through reforms which are set to have a significant impact on the earnings of law firms handling employers» liability, public liability and motor claims.

This article suggests that a significant number of benefit appeals could be avoided if that tribunal was given the power to award costs against public authority parties where they have behaved unreasonably.

I can explain the dead obvious that the only reason the non-lawyer investors would even invest would be to make a healthy return which does nothing except add a significant cost layer to be borne by the public, but you are not swayed.

This is unfortunate given that these particular challenges — which come at a significant cost not only to the applicants, but also the public — could likely have been avoided had Parliament done its duty.

Given the warnings, the routine and legitimate need to process information in the course of e-discovery, the recognized public interest in minimizing the costs of e-discovery and the inefficiency bound to be caused by rules that restrict the handling of potentially privileged employee communications, employers ought to be given significant latitude.

«This will lead to a significant increase in labour costs and a major administrative headache for companies which engage contractors working through their own companies (Personal Service Companies), exactly as witnessed in the public sector since April this year.

Judge Simmonds QC, no doubt anticipating the public interest in this case, and perhaps reflecting his own concern, granted permission for the claimant to appeal; he made no order for costs against the claimant as he had found for him on the two preliminary issues relating to breach and had accepted a significant proportion of the claimant's legal submissions.

Storage costs being what they are, there can be compelling business reasons for social media platform providers to retain «deleted» content for significant periods of time in order to use it for various purposes other than public display.

The Indian public at large understands that the cost of healthcare is rising, and access to quality healthcare facilities requires significant financial wherewithal.

If you are searching for an experienced, knowledgeable and dedicated Public Policy professional who will generate significant insight in legislative coordination, service and support, and develop and oversee efficient and effective program planning and cost containment efficiencies, please contact me to arrange an interview.

Professional Experience Accenture (Chicago, IL) 2007 — Present Consultant for Department of Defense (2008 — Present) • Collaborate with management and client counterparts to identify key issues / risks and develop appropriate solutions, earning consistent high rankings for project success within peer group and managing resource regularly with little supervision • Develop procurement business processes models and sound functional designs for SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system • Lead system test phase for SAP Document Builder and Tech Quality (Material Management), holding responsibility for test case creation, data management, and status reporting • Identify cross-process gaps in custom functionality through systems design analyses, uncovering significant cost savings • Provide troubleshooting guidance by debugging software, working closely with technical counterparts during test / build phases of project to expedite issue resolution, including several hundred defects revealed through program testing • Obtain public trust clearance, issued by the US Department of Defense

Office Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Manage office operations for a variety of businesses and not for profit institutions Serve as trusted advisor to senior leadership and member of various advisory committees Train and supervise large staffs ensuring they understand the brand and adhere to corporate protocols Build and strengthen professional relationships with clients, partners, vendors, and senior leadership Set and strictly enforce departmental budgets and project timelines ensuring efficient operations Create and oversee various fundraisers including all logistics, staffing, and marketing Design and implement employee development curriculum enhancing team morale and skill sets Perform human resource functions including recruitment, discipline, termination, and benefit administration Represent the company at public speaking engagements building community respect and goodwill Responsible for material procurement valued in excess of $ 10 million and an additional $ 20 million in inventory Reduce yearly operational costs by more than $ 1 million through effective management techniques Negotiate and administer contracts with vendors and partners ensuring favorable and profitable conditions Oversee all corporate hardware and software purchases, database management, and other IT functions Assist with marketing, sales, and customer service initiatives resulting in significant revenue gains Maintained accurate and secure client records, sales reports, and other pertinent data Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity

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Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits,...

Given the high costs and dubious benefits to be expected from continuing on the lock»em - up path, and given the encouraging results of many youth oriented prevention and intervention strategies, a significant public investment is surely warranted both to strengthen and expand a youth oriented prevention agenda and to step up the effort to refine and improve on prevention's promise.

The global prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms has been increasing in recent decades.1 The lifetime prevalence of depression ranges from 20 % to 25 % in women and 7 % to 12 % in men.2 Depression is a significant determinant of quality of life and survival, accounting for approximately 50 % of psychiatric consultations and 12 % of all hospital admissions.3 Notably, the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms is higher in patients than in the general public.3 — 6 The underlying reasons include the illness itself and the heavy medical cost, unsatisfactory medical care service and poor doctor — patient relationship.7 8 Several informative systematic reviews on specific groups of outpatients have been published.

Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits, promote growth and...

There has and continues to be significant financial cost to our industry from her libelous and misinformed statements to the public through national media for which compensation needs to be sought by both TREB and CREA.