Sentences with phrase «significant public benefit»

A small provision (pages 1082 and 1092 to 1104) will offer a significant public benefit: it directs the Congressional...

«The final rule adds new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case - by - case basis with respect to entrepreneurs of start - up entities who can demonstrate through evidence of substantial and demonstrated potential for rapid business growth and job creation that they would provide a significant public benefit to the United States.

These policies are consistent with the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which provide for mandatory detention of such aliens and allow me [Secretary John Kelly, DHS] or my designee to exercise discretionary parole authority pursuant to section 212 (d)(5) of the INA only on a case - by - case basis, and only where parole is in the interest of the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.

CCLA is an intervenor in the case, and will argue before the Supreme Court that accreditation of a law school confers upon the host university a significant public benefit — financial and reputational.

An academic institution seeking a significant public benefit is a very different kind of entity, and is not entitled to violate the equality, privacy, liberty and other fundamental rights of its students and faculty.»

The GSS will ultimately take ownership of the project with data reports from Vodafone Ghana, whilst Flowminder will ensure an effective mechanism is in place to mine and analyse the information for significant public benefit.

The stories exposed self - dealing at the Nature Conservancy; sham deductions taken for protecting facades on urban buildings; and jaw - dropping write - offs for golf resorts, whose chemical - doused fairways and private membership seemed at odds with the goals of protecting natural habitat and providing «significant public benefit.»

Not exact matches

«What this shows is that increased competition among manufacturers, the aggressive negotiations by pharmacy benefits managers, and to some extent the significant public discussion about drug pricing and prices have all contributed to a relatively modest level of growth in 2015,» says Murray Aitken, Executive Director of the IMS Institute.

«Similar projects in both the public and private sectors around the world have already shown that shared services deliver significant benefits in terms of cost and efficiency,» Mr Ripper said.

Taxable municipal bonds The interest on some municipal bonds is taxable because the federal government will not subsidize the financing of activities that do not provide significant benefit to the public.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

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.

ACA provides professional development, public policy advocacy and significant benefits and resources to its membership more than 13,000 individual accredited investors throughout North America.

If as a consequence of the proposed merger there is likely to be a significant increase in the real value of exports, or a significant substitution of domestic products for imported goods, the Tribunal must regard these as a public benefit: s 95AZH (2)(a).

The Duty requires that public authorities prioritise actions that result in significant benefits to gender equality (paragraph 2.26 of the guidance).

This award was given in recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of social and public policies that contribute to the mental health and overall benefit of infants, toddlers, and their families.

MMA should be allowed because the public will pay good money to attend these events and that will attract a fairly significant tax base (plus spin off benefits abound in restaurant sport bars, souvenirs, gym memberships, promotional firms, etc), but whats my opinion worth, I am just a CPA with a law degree and LL.M.

It is important to draw the attention of the general public to the objectives and significant benefits of the Act which are to revise and consolidate the laws relating to income tax after fifteen years of operation of the Internal Revenue Act, 2000 (Act 592).

The campaign to save lone parent benefit registered, as even those generally supportive of the government's strategy have acknowledged, a significant breakthrough for the Labour left because it successfully identified with and led public, extra-parliamentary political opposition.

The government has made «significant progress» in its # 20 billion IT programme for the NHS, but its benefits must be better explained to staff, the public spending watchdog has warned.

The governor said his administration was «actively» investigating whether full - scale commercial gambling should be legalized in the state, a move that would quite likely draw significant public disagreement but could offer huge financial benefits for the state and be a source of upstate jobs.

In a culture in which it can almost seem eccentric not to be «of counsel» to a major law firm that represents clients with state business, say, or to have a beef with the practice of steering pork, tax breaks or other public benefit to political donors, this sets significant precedent.

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

Public anger over cuts to tax credits, disability benefits, and changes to national insurance contributions for self - employed workers have driven the most significant government welfare policy U-turns in recent years.

«The NCI's investment in SWOG and our network has resulted in a significant benefit to the American public,» Unger said.

She adds, «With an estimated 96 million clinically apparent dengue infections annually, a reduction by half would present a significant public health benefit that would support dengue vaccine introduction....

As such, work on the viruses is unlikely to offer significant, immediate public - health benefits, they say.

So, work on the viruses is unlikely to offer significant, immediate public - health benefits, some say

The second most significant policy involved public benefit funds allotted for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.

«We also found a significant impact in states that adopt public benefit funds aimed at energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.»

That carries a big policy implication, Cohen says: It not only «makes both public health and economic sense to clean up dirty places,» but also means there could be significant health benefits from reducing air pollution even in areas that already have relatively tight controls.

«Increased uptake of folic acid prior to pregnancy and throughout the first trimester could have significant public health benefits given the poor outcomes associated with SGA babies.

The UK soft drinks industry levy, due to be introduced in April 2018, is estimated to have significant health benefits, especially among children, according to the first study to estimate its health impact, published in The Lancet Public Health.

But, despite what the headlines say, I know our research has the potential to provide significant public health benefits.»

Out - of - hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health issue accounting for approximately 200000 deaths per year in the United States.1 Despite more than 2 decades of evidence demonstrating significant benefits from early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, wide variation in CPR training, bystander and first - responder intervention, and survival after out - of - hospital cardiac arrest remains.2 - 5

Pillai said the study showed that if electron - beam pasteurization technology was included as part of a comprehensive food safety plan to reduce illnesses from raw oysters, significant public health benefits and, by extension, significant savings in medical and related expenses due to foodborne illness, can occur.

The P5 aims to produce an HIV vaccine that could have a significant public health benefit in southern Africa and to deepen scientists» understanding of the immune responses associated with preventing HIV infection.

• Varenicline (Chantix) came onto the market in 2006 after a «priority» FDA review, sped up because the agency saw a «significant potential benefit to public health.»

The Internet and digital media present unmistakable opportunities and benefits to the public but also significant challenges.

Understanding how work zones can be designed to maintain the efficient movement of large freight transportation vehicles within the restricted right - of - way space and to ensure that DOT and public works staff and highway contractors» employees can safely work within work zones can provide significant benefits for all work zone users.

In addition, once the association provides the technology, we need a significant effort to educate members on why and how independent booksellers should engage in digital commerce and to share best practices for communicating the benefits of buying digital through indie stores to the consuming public.

Few Canadians outside the public sector enjoy good defined benefit pensions anymore, but many will by then have significant amounts in more modest employer - sponsored plans, or RRSPs and TFSAs.

Also called «taxable municipal bonds», these are bonds that are not subsidized by the federal government, since the bonds are to fund activities that are not deemed to provide a significant benefit to the general public.

Certain municipal bonds are taxable because they are issued for purposes which the federal government deems not to provide a significant benefit to the public at large.

There is a growing recognition that the magnitude of health «co-benefits,» like reducing both pollution and cardiovascular disease, could be significant, both from a public health and an economic standpoint.273, 272,309 Some climate change resilience efforts will benefit health, but potential co-harms should be considered when implementing these strategies.

Aside from the significant climate benefits and long - term cost savings shown by this study, landfills which capture methane are safer and less of a public health hazard than those which do not.

With Washington's low electric rates, the math is pretty simple — EVs are growing in popularity not only because of the significant benefits to public health and the environment, but because they are becoming more economical as well.

RGGI has helped the states achieve these reductions while providing significant economic and public health benefits.

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.

In addition to providing mitigation of GHG emissions, improved public health, and environmental benefits, solid waste and wastewater technologies confer significant co-benefits for adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development (Table 10.7; see also Section 12.3.4).