Sentences with phrase «such as lobbyists»

But emails with anyone outside of the administration — such as lobbyists, company executives, or reporters — usually have to be made public upon request.

Not only can controversial conflicts of interest cases have a significant impact on the climate in which they operate, the publicity they generate is fuelling other developments, such as lobbyist registers, and in some cases leading to an increase in queries from council members seeking informal advice on conflicts.

Not exact matches

The lobbyist added that several major firms were more interested in making deals with the Trump administration that could affect their bottom lines, such as tax repatriation, than getting caught in politically charged fights over government surveillance.

While things arguably haven't gone too badly so far, there are mounting factors such as vertical integration, subtle net neutrality violations and attempts by copyright lobbyists that are swinging the pendulum closer to the Repressive side of the spectrum.

But lobbyists in Washington expressed concern that Trump's ambitious tariff plan would also include other labor - intensive consumer goods sectors such as apparel, footwear and toys.

Shareholders are also taking notice of issues related to socioeconomic and political equity, access and opportunity — such as public disclosure of corporate funding for political action committees (PACs), campaigns and lobbyists.

With populist nationalism on the rise, there is fear among citizens that the operational aspects of democracy are being debilitated by elements such as «fake news,» corporate lobbyists and voter...

The Department of Education is unnecessary; since 1980, it has just been an opportunity for lobbyists and bureaucrats to interfere, to invent new regulations, to make political «contributions» to further such things as unwanted textbook imposition in a school system.

Their presence and the constant pressure by lobbyists and duck - rescuers such as Laurie Levy of the Coalition Against Duck Shooting have resulted in:

«Even though the EU is wavering in front of unprecedented emergencies such as immigration, it is ready to support the lobbyists who want to force us to lower the quality of our food produce.»

Read a sample of e-mails sent to MEPs by lobbyists High time for CIAA to come clean on its lobbying CIAA's $ 1 - billion campaign to promote the GDA labelling system was clearly a key element in its political strategy to combat other, stricter labelling options which it feared would damage sales of unhealthy food, such as the «traffic light» system.

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

Between them they have succeeded in persuading a range of senior lobbyists, academics and Eurocrats to contribute a series of essays on the ethical issues surrounding lobbying, as well as practical issues such as how to sign up to the commission register, and how to hire a lobbying consultancy.

The very fact that we need such a definition, the very fact that social scientists need to work so hard to be included in policy discussions to the same extent as, say, economists (held in high esteem as being infallible, such as they are these days, naturally...), could be symptomatic of something deeper than social scientists being bad lobbyists.

Prior to The Business Council, she was a consultant and lobbyist for Powers and Company, where she advised clients on a range of issues including high - profile economic development projects such as the Javits Center expansion and the new Yankee Stadium in New York City.

The first problem for Blair was that the right wing was split into two slates — the AEEU - backed Labour First slate made up of individuals tied to right wing unions, and a number of other Blairites, such as actor Michael Cashman, retired USDAW official Diana Jeuda and Scottish party official - turned - lobbyist Jack McConnell.

The Campaign Finance Board does have different, lower contribution limits for individuals who are categorized by them as doing business with the city — registered lobbyists, those applying for land use actions, grants or contracts — but neither Herrera nor his relatives who worked at MJM or Masonry were categorized as such.

Mr. Rosen is not a lobbyist and as such does not have to disclose his meetings with the mayor, but his firm represents a slew of boldfaced names that have major business at City Hall.

Among the donors listed are major New York City real estate players (the Durst Organization, Tishman Speyer) and influential lobbyists such as James Capalino.

Advocacy organizations such as Citizens Union and New York Public Interest Research Group have recommended that contributions bundled by lobbyists should not be eligible for matching funds.

The law's survival is a top priority for the lobbyists employed by PRI, as the company is one of two such firms operating in the red in New York.

He's a lobbyist whether he likes it or not and he has to register as such,» Barnhart said.

Lobbyists for environmental groups and the planet's biggest automobile manufacturers are pushing the governor and legislative leaders to give tax breaks or taxpayer - funded rebates to consumers who buy zero - emissions vehicles, such as battery electric or hydrogen cell fuel cars.

Berman also enjoyed a broad range of support: Florida AFL - CIO, Publix, utility company Duke Energy, hospital group HCA, several lobbyists and firms such as Ron Book, Colodny Fass and Meenan.

That provision has been renewed every few years; its survival is a top priority for the lobbyists employed by PRI, as the company is one of two such firms operating in the red in New York.

Such advocacy, the commission determined, did not meet the definition of lobbying under state law and did not require Mr. Sachs to register as a lobbyist.

New York's JCOPE is contemplating requiring «public relations» firms such as Hilltop to register as lobbyists.

The shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett also called for the register to be extended to include full - time lobbyists working for companies and trade associations such as the CBI.

The bills ranged from sweeping changes — from measures banning most larger campaign donors from securing state contracts to legislation blocking political consultants from doing double duty as lobbyists — to the more symbolic, such as one that would bring an end to political fundraisers in Albany County during the legislative session.

Dan Rossmiller, a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, said his members generally oppose such programs because they send public money to private organizations and companies, and see the proposal as expanding the voucher system.

If you are so inclined, you may also want to read the recent Washington Post (10.24.16) article, entitled «The big problem with the Obama administration's new teacher - education regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.»

Perhaps with some help, such as permanently disallowing politicians from being lobbyists, it could make a genuine change in the way our government works.

In a Dog News interview, AKC Lobbyist Jim Holt (now deceased) stated that «AKC would support the addition of such a provision to the bill» which would authorize the USDA to «certify the inspections programs of non-governmental organizations such as the AKC».

The climate science also sure is subject to severe political pressures from varying lobbyist groups, first and foremost the oil an coal interests which are huge financial powerhouses especially in the US Senate — a body which in reality dictates the whole global «climate policy» or rather the absence of any such — serious climate politicans round the globe in reality have — as we now have seen — no chance at all against the denying forces and their huge media apparatus, as long as the public don't see some very serious consequences of climate change, fx.

I don't regard our gov» t as being competent at this, because they're too beholden to the oil lobbyists and such.

Once climate change becomes a citizen pocket book issue, dollars to donuts say those whose political leanings on the side of taxing the hell out of everyone for climate warming, will soon find employment in other than government, possibly as lawyers or lobbyists or other such low valued citizens.

Central to these efforts is the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), through which lobbyists — such as those from API — can meet in secret with state legislators from across the country.

CPI does not attack pro-Obama climate change lobbyists for exaggeration or scare mongering but instead give praise and approval to alarmist pressure groups such as Bill McKibben's 350.org and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

What hasn't been reported is the complementary role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

The group allowed lobbyists from fossil fuel giants, such as Koch Industries and Peabody Energy, to draft legislation designed to undermine regulation on air pollution and climate change.

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

Site links to numerous conservative sites, as well as to «science» sites such as JunkScience.com, run by the tobacco and fossil fuel industry lobbyist Stephen J. Milloy.

Donald Kennedy, an environmental scientist who is former president of Stanford University and current editor - in - chief of the peer - reviewed journal Science, said skeptics such as Michaels are lobbyists more than researchers.

Most modern lobbyists do not deny the irrefutable science indicating that our planet is warming, but instead deny the need for viable solutions — such as a cost on industrial carbon pollution, energy efficiency, clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels — as demonstrated by the science.

More than 95 percent of climate lobbyists work on other issues such as tax and health care for their clients as well, and they don't have to report how much they're being paid on global warming specifically.

The Economist says» The importance of this decline can hardly be over-estimated for big environmental organisations such as the Sierra Club: they have depended on what one expert calls «a transcendent experience in nature», usually in childhood, to gain new members and thus remain powerful lobbyists for environmental causes.»

At the centre of the blob is just one organisation: the European Climate Foundation (ECF), which pulls in about # 20million a year in funds donated mainly from America, Switzerland and Holland, and parcels it back out to green lobbyists such as Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Green Alliance and E3G (the elite lobby group which persuaded the government to set up the Green Investment Bank at a cost of # 3billion) and others.

As with other such eco scams / malfeasance, doing the best thing ina etablished industry often isn't profitable enough for lobbyists, so laws are passed to exploit an issue du jour, to increase profitability by law.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

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