Sentences with phrase «specific policy level»

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According to the policy statement, the central bank indicated that interest rates will continue to remain at present levels for an extended period of time, although they did not mention what the specific timeframe would be.

But, the president offered few specific policy proposals beyond calling for a code that is fairer for lower - and middle - class Americans and for the corporate tax rate to be lowered to 15 %, a level he said would create jobs and raise wages.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

There are other think tanks, for example, that could assess specific policy commitments — from scrapping tuition fees or reducing the level of immigration — that may take a different position to the IFS.

Greening the Recovery identifies innovation, infrastructure and information as the key areas in which policies are needed to support a green economy, in addition to arguing for environmental fiscal reform and specific policies at UK and EU level to support resource efficiency.

In a new, hospital - level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy Kozhimannnil at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, they report that women who gave birth at hospitals that had a larger percentage of midwife - attended births were less likely to have two specific medical interventions, cesarean delivery and episiotomy.

Given that many social and health policies are implemented at the state level, looking at how specific states have fared can provide important clues for addressing these health inequalities.

Emphasis on «soft engineering» For instance, the task force suggests adding specific text to the state's Tidal Wetlands Act stating: «It is declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve and protect tidal wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and destruction, giving due consideration to the occurrence of sea level rise that will result in wetlands loss and migration, and to the reasonable economic and social development of the state.»

The administration has not offered a school choice policy proposal with any specific details to date, and education policy watchers are looking to past proposals and state level policies.

Specific regulations on beverages include a 12 - ounce cap on all drinks except water and milk with less than 2 percent fat, and at the elementary school level, a policy allowing only water, milk, and 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice.

The pattern of differences across schools, across and within school districts, argues for enacting school accountability policies that hold schools accountable for the success of specific populations, rather than concentrating solely on overall schoolwide performance levels or gains.

Moreover, the cross-school differences in the relative success of advantaged and disadvantaged students argue for enacting school accountability policies that shine the light on the success of specific populations, rather than concentrating solely on overall schoolwide performance levels or gains.

And this would also indicate the value of introducing school accountability policies that shine the light on specific populations of students, rather than concentrating solely on overall performance levels or gains.

Many of us work in specific enterprise - level projects, or have clients and thus have multiple stakeholders; we have rules and policies, and people who make decisions and / or pay the bills.

During the course of the volume, NAEP and Current Population Survey data are used to probe a broad range of variables, including teacher qualifications, hours spent watching television, levels of socioeconomic inequality, degrees of racial segregation, particular school - reform policies, family structure, and race - specific cultural attitudes.

On the other hand, the CCSS can facilitate policies that are good for gifted learners, such as academic acceleration, which depends on clear expectations of what students should know and be able to do at specific grade levels.

The main topics covered were: 1) the respondent «s perceptions of the major state - level policy initiatives of importance over the last few years (allowing the respondent to determine the starting year / policy); 2) specific policy initiatives in two arenas: accountability and promoting school leadership; 3) a discussion of the policy initiators and actors, and their stakes and stands on major policy initiatives; and 4) their comments about the way in which groups and individuals work together or separately to exercise influence over educational policy.

Other research has pointed to the possibility that top - down and bottom - up approaches need not be viewed as alternatives, but can be combined.235 Recent research on the district role in school - improvement activity has focused increasingly on the identification of specific district - level policies, actions, and conditions that are related to improvement in teachers «and students «performance.

At a deeper level, Darling - Hammond (1990) argued that we knew little about the meaning of specific policies for educational life within classrooms.

The student assessment scores reported by performance level for schools and school districts for each grade and subject will also be important components of state accountability and public reporting systems, and numerous other state - specific policies that use student performance results.

«Corporate education reform» refers to a specific set of policy proposals currently driving education policy at the state and federal level.

A: While standard policies and procedures for the new grants payment process have been developed at the Department level, Agencies may provide grant recipients with additional directions that reflect their specific processes.

The most common type of coverage is called level - premium term life; this type of policy allows you to lock in a specific rate for the entire length of your term.

EAM creates an Investment Policy Statement for each client, which outlines the client's current situation (income, tax levels, and risk tolerance levels) and then constructs a plan (the Investment Policy Statement) to aid in the selection of a portfolio that matches each client's specific situation.

While you can buy a similar level of auto insurance coverage from multiple insurers, it might be wise to tailor your policy to your specific needs.

With excellent levels of cover at a great price and varying policies to cater to specific needs - including medical and non-medical insurance, cruise cover, winter sports, and more - you'll be able to rest easy knowing you're in great hands.

Although this was not a specific objective of the RUAF - CFF programme, the programme also yielded important results at the national level: in 13 countries, facilitated by RUAF - CFF, initiatives have been taken to integrate urban agriculture into existing policies (agriculture, poverty alleviation) or to formulate a special policy or national programme on urban agriculture.

Unless and until we have reliable models that can accurately predict what the rainfall and temperature will be at the local or regional level as a function of specific CO2 levels the models are not of value to policy makers.

In this notion, you break down the gap between the emissions level you want at some point in the future and the emissions level you will have at current rates of growth, and break it down into manageable fractions - wedges - that can each be addressed with specific policies.

They were also asked about three specific climate - change mitigation policies that have been proposed or implemented in many cities: regulating coastal properties, so their bottom floor is «elevated among the highest estimated flood level»; limiting outdoor water usage, such as lawn sprinklers; and setting aside at least 25 percent of residential lots for land that allows water to filter into the ground.

To avoid confusing policy makers, China and Japan opposed causally linking sea level rise to specific temperature levels, explaining that mechanisms affecting sea level rise in pre-industrial times were different.

It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader legislation, on strengthening of coordination and collaboration across horizontal and vertical government levels, and on design of specific programmes and policies for sustainable city region food systems.

Based on these findings from the TIMER energy model, we introduce an indicative region - specific framework for assessing mitigation strategies for the transport sector up to 2050, for different ambition levels of climate policy.

UNISDR supports these efforts at the highest levels by developing specific policies at the international level on the linkages between reducing disaster risk and responding to climate change, guiding national and regional action to integrate policies and practices, and strengthening capacities to support the integration of disaster reduction and climate change by all actors.

International standards, such as ISO 27001 and 27002, offer high - level policy statements and specific policy implementation methods.

in case of an apparent policy of exploitation being pursued in one specific aftermarket, a sufficient number of customers would adapt their purchasing behaviour at the level of the primary market

The Committee considers that the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by Aboriginal women and the numerous forms of violence that they face call for specific policies, measures and programmes in order to ensure that the justice system as a whole is capable of adequately responding to such situations.

We also regularly engage with US, European and Asian competition agencies to discuss both policy and specific matters at the intersection of antitrust and IP that are of concern to our clients — drawing on the experience of our partners and senior counsel who have served in high levels of government in the United States and elsewhere.

The paper's stated aims are to: - provide strategic orientation on the role of sport in the EU; - encourage debate on sport - specific issues; - enhance the visibility of sport in EU policy - making; - raise awareness of the needs and specificities of the sector; and - identify the appropriate level of further action at EU level.

Given that numerous American consumers have some sort of health rating issue, usually the best option involves shopping instead for a carrier willing to accept each specific client with a level term policy.

There's «annual renewable term,» which gives you one year of coverage at a time that you renew annually, «level premium term,» which you buy for a specific multiyear period — 10, 15, 25 or 30 years and «return of premium» which is like a level term policy but gives you all your money back after your term is over if you do not pass away.

Wyoming insurance companies require specific levels of liability coverage on your auto and home insurance policies before they will approve an umbrella policy, typically the following:

Unlike whole life insurance, which is considered a type of permanent life insurance, level term policies will eventually come to an end at a specific amount of time based on the policy you purchase.

The non-medical policy covers insureds through the age of 80, and you can choose your benefit level to suit your specific needs, ranging anywhere from $ 25,000 to $ 100,000.

«In Plain English,» level term life insurance is a term life insurance policy that guarantees the premiums will stay the same for a specific term length.

Under a guaranteed renewable insurance policy the insurer is required to offer the policy holder renewed coverage as long as they make payments of their premiums, but no specific warranty is given in regard to the level of premium that customer may be charged.

Not having to replace your life insurance policy after a specific term of level premiums with a new policy, and face potentially higher premiums based on your current your age or health status

Often considered a temporary policy, term life insurance is only meant to cover you for a specific «term» or period of time during which the premiums may remain level.

Guaranteed level premiums throughout the life of your policy Option to select a specific period of time for level protection Income and living expense protection for dependents Funding for mortgage payment

Level term life insurance policies provide a fixed amount of coverage over a specific period of time.